Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0Where Redmond earns its living
The average commute takes 21 minutes each way, next to 22 for Utah and 26 for the U.S. Working from home is the commute for 4% of workers, where Utah as a whole has 18%. Only 1% work in Redmond itself; outside it, Salina draws the most (23%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Redmond at work: what stands out
Redmond and Salina trade workers both ways
Salina is the top workplace for Redmond residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Redmond come from (14% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A big share show a job far from home
35% 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 ↓
Few Redmond workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 18% across Utah. Almost everyone here travels to a job. 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 347 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Out of Redmond to work: where people go
Where Redmond clocks in
23% of workers
10% 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.
The commute from Redmond, by distance
About 35% 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.
A commute of about 21 minutes in Redmond
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Redmond workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 301 commuters (the 4% 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 Redmond
On a workday 343 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 200 people come in from elsewhere.
About 680 people are in Redmond on a workday afternoon, 17% fewer than live here.
0.59 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
In Redmond, 43% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
204 jobs are based in Redmond.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Redmond, 2013 → 2023: 178 → 204. 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 Redmond’s own residents hold wherever they work.
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 Redmond: questions
What is the median household income in Redmond?
$77,083 (±$11,068) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Redmond?
7.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Redmond?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Redmond work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salina (23%, 5 mi), Richfield (10%, 21 mi), Gunnison (6%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Redmond without a car?
0% 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 Redmond, from the people who make the trip.
More of Redmond
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.