Photo: Tedder · CC BY 4.0Fillmore draws about half of Meadow’s working residents
3% of workers have no commute at all, where Utah as a whole has 18%. Hardly any stay in Meadow for work; outside it, Fillmore is the main destination (48%, 6 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 19 minutes, where Utah has 22 and the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Meadow
On a workday 130 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 46 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Meadow on a workday afternoon, 23% fewer than live here.
0.35 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Meadow goes to work
Where Meadow clocks in
48% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What work there is in Meadow: 46 jobs
46 jobs are based in Meadow.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Meadow, 2013 → 2023: 46 → 46. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Meadow’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Meadow: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Meadow workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 114 commuters (the 3% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Meadow
About 34% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Meadow: questions
What is the median household income in Meadow?
$54,375 (±$20,891) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Meadow?
6.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Meadow?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 3% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Meadow work?
0% work in town.
Can you get around Meadow without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Meadow, from the people who make the trip.
More of Meadow
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.