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Jobs & commute in Neola

With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Neola works elsewhere

There are 49 jobs in Neola, and 140 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any work in Neola itself; outside it, Roosevelt draws the most (27%, 10 miles). A typical one-way commute from Neola lasts 25 minutes (Utah 22, U.S. 26).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

A workday in Neola: who goes, who stays, who comes

On a workday 139 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 48 people come in from elsewhere.

139live here, work elsewhere
1live and work here
48work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night350
Workday260
350live here− 140head out to work+ 48come in to work= 260on a workday

About 260 people are in Neola on a workday afternoon, 26% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.35jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Commuting out of Neola: the destinations

YumaMontrose: 2 residents work here (1%)AuroraMyton: 3 residents work here (2%)FerronDuchesne: 4 residents work here (3%)Vernal: 6 residents work here (4%)KearnsRoosevelt: 38 residents work here (27%)Ballard: 6 residents work here (4%)Orem: 3 residents work here (2%)Salt Lake City: 6 residents work here (4%)Bonanza: 3 residents work here (2%)NeolaMaeserFort Duchesne: 3 residents work here (2%)RooseveltVernalBallardSalt Lake CityDuchesneMytonNeola
1
Roosevelt10.4 mi away
27%38
2
Vernal25.9 mi away
4%6
3
Ballard10.6 mi away
4%6
4
Salt Lake City102.2 mi away
4%6
5
Duchesne26.2 mi away
3%4
6
Myton16.8 mi away
2%3
7
Orem88.3 mi away
2%3
8
Bonanza52.5 mi away
2%3
9
Fort Duchesne13.3 mi away
2%3
10
Montrose, CO178.5 mi away
1%2
Everywhere elseother towns and states
47%66
The top trips

Where Neola clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Neola

Jobs based in NeolaJobs Neola residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms14%34%
Trade, transport & utilities4%24%
Services: health, schools, offices82%42%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less12%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month31%33%
Over $3,333 a month57%56%

Who does it

29 or younger16%20%
30 to 5465%56%
55 and older18%24%
+113%

Jobs based in Neola, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 49. 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 Neola’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Time on the road from Neola: about 25 minutes

A year of commuting
192 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Neola25 min
Utah22 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
19%

of Neola workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
How Neola gets to work
68%Drive alone
32%Carpool

Share of the 115 commuters (the 19% 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.

How far

Where in the region Neola works

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miRoosevelt: 27% · 10.4 miVernal: 4% · 25.9 miBallard: 4% · 10.6 miSalt Lake City: 4% · 102.2 miDuchesne: 3% · 26.2 miMyton: 2% · 16.8 miOrem: 2% · 88.3 miBonanza: 2% · 52.5 miFort Duchesne: 2% · 13.3 miMontrose: 1% · 178.5 miRoosevelt 27%Vernal 4%Ballard 4%Salt Lake City 4%Duchesne 3%Neola
NeolaTop destinations (size = commuters)
20%Under 10 mi28 residents
39%10–24 mi54 residents
12%25–50 mi16 residents
29%Over 50 mi41 residents

About 29% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Neola: questions

What is the median household income in Neola?

$101,875 (±$61,381) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.

What is the poverty rate in Neola?

1.7%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

How long is the commute from Neola?

25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.

Where do people who live in Neola work?

1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Roosevelt (27%, 10 mi), Vernal (4%, 26 mi), Ballard (4%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Neola without a car?

0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.

Commuter talk

Getting to work from Neola, from the people who make the trip.

Town Square →
Ask neighbors
Beyond the commute

More of Neola

Neola home →

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.