Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainWhere Sigurd earns its living
The average commute takes 15 minutes each way, next to 22 for Utah and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 6% of workers, against 18% across Utah. Only 2% work in Sigurd; the top destination outside it is Richfield (27%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The workday shuffle in and out of Sigurd
On a workday 139 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 208 people come in from elsewhere.
About 500 people are in Sigurd on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.49 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.
Out of Sigurd to work: where people go
Where Sigurd clocks in
27% of workers
6% of workers
4% 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: 53% of jobs based in Sigurd
211 jobs are based in Sigurd.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sigurd, 2013 → 2023: 181 → 211. 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 Sigurd’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 15 minutes from Sigurd
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sigurd workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 196 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.
How far Sigurd’s workers travel
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.
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 Sigurd: questions
What is the median household income in Sigurd?
$80,357 (±$5,934) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sigurd?
5.4%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sigurd?
15 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sigurd work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Richfield (27%, 10 mi), Koosharem (6%, 25 mi), Orem (4%, 100 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sigurd 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 Sigurd, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sigurd
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.