Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST · CC BY 3.0Where Panguitch earns its living
About one in three work in Panguitch; the top destination outside it is St. George (8%, 81 miles). The two grades for Panguitch are C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 8% of workers work from home, against 18% across Utah.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Panguitch
Panguitch’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Panguitch is St. George, 81 miles away as the crow flies. 8% of working residents (45) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A big share show a job far from home
42% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Commutes from Panguitch are quick
The average trip to work takes 12 minutes, against 22 across Utah. That’s about 77 hours a year less on the road than the typical Utah worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 594 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Panguitch: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Panguitch is better than 39% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Panguitch’s grade up (5.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (near the bottom of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (8.1%) is left out: Panguitch’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Panguitch could be anywhere from D to B.
Panguitch’s commute, mile by mile
About 42% 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.
Getting to work from Panguitch takes about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Panguitch workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 622 commuters (the 8% 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 383 residents head out to work, 211 work right here, and 315 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).
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 Panguitch: the destinations
Where Panguitch clocks in
8% of workers
4% 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.
The 526 jobs based in Panguitch
526 jobs are based in Panguitch.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Panguitch, 2013 → 2023: 517 → 526. 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 Panguitch’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The commute in Panguitch is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Panguitch is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 674 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). 1.7% of Panguitch households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Panguitch’s commuters take a bus or train.
Panguitch is 3,007th of 6,085 U.S. towns of 1,200 to 2,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Hewlett Harbor NY | 1,332 | $250K | 1.9% | 7.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 360 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 369 | West Mountain UT | 1,282 | $112K | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,005 | Oakes ND | 1,765 | $68K | 12.1% | 1.7% | 36% | C+ |
| 3,006 | Pine Island TX | 1,271 | $55K | 12.9% | 5.4% | 2% | C+ |
| 3,007 | Panguitch UT | 1,779 | $77K | 5.9% | 8.1% | 36% | C+ |
| 3,008 | Silver Lake Township PA | 1,498 | $87K | 14.2% | 4.4% | 3% | C+ |
| 3,009 | Boaz WV | 1,400 | $73K | 10.6% | 1.0% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 6,085 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Panguitch, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
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 Panguitch: questions
What is the median household income in Panguitch?
$76,750 (±$18,651) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Panguitch?
5.9%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Panguitch?
12 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Panguitch work?
36% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. George (8%, 81 mi), Cedar City (5%, 37 mi), Bryce Canyon City (4%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Panguitch walkable?
Panguitch is more walkable than 41% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 9.2 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Panguitch without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Panguitch, from the people who make the trip.
More of Panguitch
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.