Photo: GreenGlass1972 · Public domainPlymouth has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
10% of workers have no commute at all, next to 18% for Utah as a whole. Employers in Plymouth report 91 jobs, against 212 working residents. Hardly any stay in Plymouth for work; outside it, Tremonton is the main destination (16%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Plymouth in brief
Plymouth and Tremonton trade workers both ways
Tremonton is the top workplace for Plymouth residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Plymouth come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
36% 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 ↓
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 212 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Plymouth goes to work
Where Plymouth clocks in
16% of workers
8% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Plymouth
About 36% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Plymouth
On a workday 212 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 91 people come in from elsewhere.
About 400 people are in Plymouth on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Plymouth works in goods: 93% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plymouth, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 91. 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 Plymouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 19 minutes from Plymouth
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plymouth workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 153 commuters (the 9% 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.
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 Plymouth: questions
What is the median household income in Plymouth?
$85,625 (±$12,852) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plymouth?
3.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plymouth?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plymouth work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tremonton (16%, 11 mi), Salt Lake City (8%, 77 mi), Logan (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Plymouth 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 Plymouth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plymouth
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.