Photo: Stephen125 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Nibley works elsewhere
Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns. Nibley has 1,497 jobs, against 4,074 working residents. Only 5% work in Nibley itself; outside it, Logan draws the most (32%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Nibley
Jobs in Nibley have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Nibley went from 414 in 2013 to 1,497 in 2023, +262%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Nibley works one town over
36% of working residents work in a town that borders Nibley: Logan (32%) and Hyrum (4%). Next door ↓
A young workforce
30% of Nibley’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Nibley makes and builds things
35% of the jobs based in Nibley are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Nibley residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Why Nibley gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Nibley is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #44 of 119 in Utah. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.0%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 53% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Nibley could be anywhere from B+ to A.
35% of the jobs in Nibley make or build things
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Nibley, 2013 → 2023: 414 → 1,497. 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 Nibley’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The workday shuffle in and out of Nibley
On a workday 3,887 residents head out to work, 187 work right here, and 1,310 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,400 people are in Nibley on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Nibley: the destinations
Where Nibley clocks in
32% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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.
Getting to work from Nibley takes about 18 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Nibley workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,965 commuters (the 16% 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 Nibley
About 25% 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.
In Nibley, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Nibley is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns, #108 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 3,534 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.4% of Nibley households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Nibley’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Nibley ranks: 620th of 2,862 U.S. towns of 6,300 to 12,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 93 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 207 | Stansbury Park UT | 11,242 | $127K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 618 | Rolling Hills Estates CA | 7,948 | $192K | 3.2% | 7.5% | 3% | A |
| 619 | Marvin NC | 7,040 | $250K | 7.6% | 4.0% | 2% | A |
| 620 | Nibley UT | 8,975 | $108K | 1.0% | 3.4% | 5% | A |
| 621 | Johnson Lane NV | 6,467 | $121K | 3.3% | 0.8% | 1% | A |
| 622 | Rye Brook NY | 9,955 | $247K | 5.6% | 6.2% | 6% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,862 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Nibley, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Work next door: 36% of Nibley’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
The biggest share goes to Logan. Darker towns draw more of Nibley’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Nibley: questions
What is the median household income in Nibley?
$108,072 (±$6,373) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Nibley?
1.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Nibley?
18 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Nibley work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (32%, 5 mi), North Logan (7%, 7 mi), Salt Lake City (5%, 62 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Nibley walkable?
Nibley is more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Nibley without a car?
<1% 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 Nibley, from the people who make the trip.
More of Nibley
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.