Cable Mountain Draw Works · Photo: Andrey Zharkikh from Salt Lake City, USA · CC BY 2.0Springdale has 7.2 jobs for every working resident: 1,394 people commute in to work
About one in five work in Springdale; the top destination outside it is St. George (15%, 32 miles). Employers in Springdale report 1,433 jobs; 199 of its residents have a job. 38% of workers have no commute at all, against 18% across Utah.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Springdale, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 160 residents head out to work and 39 work right here.
About 1,800 people are in Springdale on a workday afternoon, 205% more 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.
Who travels to work in Springdale, and from where
Where Springdale clocks in
15% of workers
9% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Springdale
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Springdale, 2013 → 2023: 477 → 1,433. 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 Springdale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Springdale: about 12 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 3.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Springdale workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 146 commuters (the 38% 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 Springdale works
About 15% 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.
How Springdale compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Springdale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale | – | — | — | 12 min | $89,000 |
| Rockville | under 4% | — | — | 22 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Rockville: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Springdale’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 Springdale: questions
What is the median household income in Springdale?
$89,000 (±$53,077) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Springdale?
6.7%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Springdale?
12 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 38% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Springdale work?
20% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. George (15%, 32 mi), Hurricane (9%, 20 mi), Hildale (8%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Springdale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Springdale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Springdale
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.