Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0With 0.4 jobs for every working resident, most of Smithfield works elsewhere
For jobs and income Smithfield is better than 81% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (B). Employers in Smithfield report 2,794 jobs; 6,905 of its residents have a job. About one in ten work in Smithfield; the top destination outside it is Logan (31%, 7 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Smithfield
Smithfield and Logan trade workers both ways
Logan is the top workplace for Smithfield residents (31%) and also where the most people who work in Smithfield come from (15% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Smithfield has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Smithfield went from 1,796 in 2013 to 2,794 in 2023, +56%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Smithfield pay little
30% of the jobs based in Smithfield pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 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.
Income, poverty and work: Smithfield’s grade explained
The poverty rate holds Smithfield’s grade up (3.6%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Smithfield could be anywhere from B to A.
Commuting out of Smithfield: the destinations
Where Smithfield clocks in
31% of workers
9% 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 kinds of work in Smithfield
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Smithfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,796 → 2,794. 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 Smithfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Smithfield on a workday
On a workday 6,266 residents head out to work, 639 work right here, and 2,155 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Smithfield on a workday afternoon, 27% 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.
Commuting from Smithfield: about 21 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Smithfield workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,306 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 Smithfield commutes
About 25% 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.
Driving is how Smithfield gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,538 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.8% of Smithfield households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Smithfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Smithfield ranks: 623rd of 1,969 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 20,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 70 | West Point UT | 13,058 | $121K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | Bluffdale UT | 19,506 | $130K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 96 | Centerville UT | 16,480 | $123K | 3.1% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 621 | Addison TX | 17,195 | $74K | 7.6% | 2.8% | 7% | A− |
| 622 | Towamencin Township PA | 17,955 | $100K | 6.6% | 4.7% | 5% | A− |
| 623 | Smithfield UT | 15,153 | $98K | 3.6% | 2.8% | 9% | A− |
| 624 | Silver Creek Township IN | 14,771 | $76K | 7.4% | 2.1% | 8% | A− |
| 625 | Rosedale CA | 18,877 | $136K | 6.4% | 4.4% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,969 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Smithfield, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
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 Smithfield: questions
What is the median household income in Smithfield?
$97,537 (±$8,323) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Smithfield?
3.6%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Smithfield?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Smithfield work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (31%, 7 mi), North Logan (9%, 4 mi), Salt Lake City (6%, 73 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Smithfield walkable?
Smithfield is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.2 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Smithfield without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Smithfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Smithfield
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.