John Maycock Cabin · Photo: MJBUMM · CC BY-SA 3.0Samak has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Samak has 5 jobs, against 39 working residents. Hardly any work in Samak itself; outside it, Park City draws the most (10%, 13 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers; Utah has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Samak
On a workday 39 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 0 people are in Samak on a workday afternoon, 100% 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.
Where Samak goes to work
Where Samak clocks in
10% of workers
8% 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.
A place that makes things: 80% of Samak’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Samak, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 5. 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 Samak’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Samak
of Samak workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where in the region Samak works
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.
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 Samak: questions
What is the poverty rate in Samak?
0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Samak work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Park City (10%, 13 mi), West Valley City (10%, 40 mi), Kamas (8%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Samak 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 Samak, from the people who make the trip.
More of Samak
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.