Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainRoy has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 14.8 in Salt Lake City. There are 9,005 jobs in Roy, against 18,728 working residents. Jobs and income earn Roy A; getting around on foot earns it A−.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Roy: the figures worth knowing
Roy has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Roy went from 5,358 in 2013 to 9,005 in 2023, +68%. The jobs ↓
Short distances, slow trips
Half of Roy’s working residents have a job less than 7 miles away, yet the average commute still takes 25 minutes, longer than the Utah average of 22. Time on the road ↓
A lot of Roy works one town over
28% of working residents work in a town that borders Roy: Ogden (23%), Riverdale (3%) and West Haven (2%). Next door ↓
Most Roy residents work close to home
61% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home. Only 6% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
A young workforce
30% of Roy’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Roy’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Roy is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #46 of 119 in Utah. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Roy’s grade. It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Roy could be anywhere from A− to A.
In Roy, 32% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Roy, 2013 → 2023: 5,358 → 9,005. 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 Roy’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Roy takes about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Roy workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,330 commuters (the 16% 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.
Half of Roy commutes less than 7 miles
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.
How a workday changes Roy
On a workday 17,493 residents head out to work, 1,235 work right here, and 7,770 people come in from elsewhere.
About 29,000 people are in Roy on a workday afternoon, 25% 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.
23% of working residents work in Ogden
Where Roy clocks in
23% of workers
10% 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.
Walkable streets, thin transit: Roy
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Roy is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns, #30 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.3% 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 20,586 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 75% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 13% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 2.5% of Roy households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Roy’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Roy ranks: 299th of 1,113 U.S. towns of 27,000 to 52,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Holladay UT | 31,162 | $117K | 4.1% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | Syracuse UT | 39,909 | $133K | 4.8% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 80 | Kaysville UT | 33,307 | $133K | 3.4% | 2.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 297 | Tysons VA | 28,936 | $130K | 7.9% | 4.5% | 21% | A |
| 298 | O'Fallon IL | 32,656 | $106K | 6.2% | 3.7% | 13% | A |
| 299 | Roy UT | 38,794 | $91K | 5.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| 300 | Mamaroneck NY | 31,479 | $164K | 7.4% | 5.2% | 10% | A− |
| 301 | Oakville MO | 35,333 | $106K | 6.4% | 4.0% | 5% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,113 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Roy, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Bordering towns draw 28% of Roy’s workers
The biggest share goes to Ogden (23%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Roy workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy | – | A | A− | 25 min | $91,282 |
| Riverdale | 3% | B | B+ | 18 min | $67,323 |
| West Haven | 2% | A | B− | 23 min | $101,012 |
| Hooper | under 2% | A | C− | 24 min | $113,333 |
| Ogden | 23% | B− | A | 23 min | $72,575 |
| Clinton | under 2% | A− | B+ | 25 min | $116,194 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Roy’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 Roy: questions
What is the median household income in Roy?
$91,282 (±$5,975) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Roy?
5.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Roy?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Roy work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ogden (23%, 6 mi), Salt Lake City (10%, 28 mi), Layton (7%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Roy walkable?
Roy is more walkable than 83% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Roy without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Roy, from the people who make the trip.
More of Roy
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.