Photo: GreenGlass1972 · Public domainMost of Riverside commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Riverside; the top destination outside it is Tremonton (15%, 7 miles). Riverside has 75 jobs, and 446 of its residents work somewhere. Jobs and income earn Riverside C; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Riverside, in a few figures
Riverside is a place people come home to
There are 75 jobs based in Riverside, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Riverside has about 760 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Riverside and Tremonton trade workers both ways
Tremonton is the top workplace for Riverside residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Riverside come from (12% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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 446 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Riverside
On income, poverty and job access, Riverside is better than 28% of U.S. towns. Household income holds Riverside’s grade up ($73,246, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 17% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Riverside’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, Riverside could be anywhere from D− to B+.
How a workday changes Riverside
On a workday 443 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 72 people come in from elsewhere.
About 760 people are in Riverside on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
The towns that employ Riverside’s residents
Where Riverside clocks in
15% of workers
9% 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.
Making and building: 31% of jobs based in Riverside
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 90 → 75. 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 Riverside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Riverside takes about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverside workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 310 commuters (the 19% 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.
How many miles Riverside commutes
About 29% 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 commute in Riverside is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Riverside is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Riverside near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 383 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Riverside households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Riverside’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Riverside ranks: 2,180th of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 88 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Lake Shore UT | 1,129 | $99K | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,178 | Spencer Township OH | 1,033 | $73K | 12.5% | 3.2% | <1% | C |
| 2,179 | Southwest Sandhill TX | 1,143 | $74K | 11.2% | 3.0% | 7% | C |
| 2,180 | Riverside UT | 1,135 | $73K | 11.6% | 0.0% | 1% | C |
| 2,181 | Springwater WI | 1,273 | $71K | 10.1% | 5.6% | 6% | C |
| 2,182 | Pinconning MI | 1,176 | $65K | 12.1% | 4.2% | 11% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 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 Riverside, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Next door to Riverside
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riverside workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | – | C | D | 22 min | $73,246 |
| Fielding | under 2% | — | — | 33 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Fielding: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Riverside’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 Riverside: questions
What is the median household income in Riverside?
$73,246 (±$23,758) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riverside?
11.6%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverside?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riverside work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Tremonton (15%, 7 mi), Brigham City (9%, 22 mi), Logan (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Riverside walkable?
Riverside is more walkable than 6% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riverside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riverside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverside
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.