Jobs, pay and the trip to work in Peter
Employers in Peter report 231 jobs for 274 working residents. Only 1% work in Peter; the top destination outside it is Logan (25%, 9 miles). Commuters spend 33 minutes getting to work on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Peter
Peter and Logan trade workers both ways
Logan is the top workplace for Peter residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Peter come from (19% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Peter workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 33 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 253 hours of commuting, 84 more than the state’s typical 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 274 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Peter to work: where people go
Where Peter clocks in
25% of workers
11% of workers
7% 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.
A commute of about 33 minutes in Peter
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Peter workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 18% 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.
The daily commute in and out of Peter
On a workday 270 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 227 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 (0.84 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.
Peter is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Peter, 2013 → 2023: 93 → 231. 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 Peter’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Peter works
About 28% 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.
Work in the towns next to Peter
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Peter’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 Peter: questions
What is the median household income in Peter?
$116,719 (±$45,321) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Peter?
0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Peter?
33 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Peter work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (25%, 9 mi), North Logan (11%, 10 mi), Salt Lake City (7%, 70 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Peter without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Peter, from the people who make the trip.
More of Peter
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.