Albert and Mariah Bryner House · Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0At 7.4%, unemployment in Price is higher than in 85% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 6% of workers (Utah 18%). The two grades for Price are D for jobs and income and B for walkability. Measured by household income, Price is behind 84% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Price, in brief
A big share show a job far from home
46% 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 Price are quick
The average trip to work takes 16 minutes, against 22 across Utah. That’s about 46 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.
Income, poverty and work: Price’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Price is better than 8% of U.S. towns, #119 of 119 in Utah. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Price’s grade.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Price could be anywhere from D− to C−.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Price
About 46% 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 trip to work from Price: about 16 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Price workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,186 commuters (the 6% 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 2,714 residents head out to work, 1,340 work right here, and 3,318 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 (1.15 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.
5% of working residents work in Salt Lake City
Where Price clocks in
5% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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.
What the 4,658 jobs in Price are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Price, 2013 → 2023: 4,921 → 4,658. 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 Price’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Most of Price commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Price is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns, #73 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.7% 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 3,403 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). 4.9% of Price households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Price’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Price compares with U.S. towns of 5,900 to 11,300
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | Fruit Heights UT | 5,952 | $141K | 3.9% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | West Bountiful UT | 5,931 | $135K | 3.7% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,819 | Coshocton OH | 11,169 | $49K | 25.9% | 7.4% | 31% | D |
| 2,820 | Raymondville TX | 10,082 | $51K | 31.0% | 9.1% | 13% | D |
| 2,821 | Price UT | 8,368 | $53K | 17.7% | 7.4% | 33% | D |
| 2,822 | West Hattiesburg MS | 6,715 | $39K | 38.5% | 11.4% | 1% | D |
| 2,823 | Peru IN | 10,962 | $46K | 23.6% | 9.1% | 25% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 2,947 | 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 Price, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Price and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Price workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Price | – | D | B | 16 min | $53,203 |
| West Wood | under 2% | — | — | 34 min | — |
| Carbonville | under 2% | C+ | C | 10 min | $67,193 |
Same-state neighbors only. West Wood: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Price’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 Price: questions
What is the median household income in Price?
$53,203 (±$6,386) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Price?
17.7%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Price?
16 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Price work?
33% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (5%, 100 mi), Wellington (3%, 6 mi), Provo (3%, 63 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Price walkable?
Price is more walkable than 63% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Price without a car?
<1% 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 Price, from the people who make the trip.
More of Price
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.