Photo: David Jolley · CC BY-SA 3.0Stockton has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
There are 15 jobs in Stockton for 281 working residents. Hardly any work in Stockton; the top destination outside it is Salt Lake City (19%, 33 miles). For 10% of workers, the job is at home, where Utah as a whole has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Stockton apart on work
Stockton is a place people come home to
There are 15 jobs based in Stockton, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stockton has about 360 people in it, 43% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Stockton’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stockton is Salt Lake City, 33 miles away as the crow flies. 19% of working residents (54) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
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; with 281 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Stockton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 280 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 360 people are in Stockton on a workday afternoon, 43% 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.
Half of Stockton commutes less than 28 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.
Out of Stockton to work: where people go
Where Stockton clocks in
19% of workers
19% 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.
Jobs in Stockton: what the 15 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stockton, 2013 → 2023: 39 → 15. 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 Stockton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Stockton, about 26 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stockton workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 344 commuters (the 10% 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.
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 Stockton: questions
What is the median household income in Stockton?
$110,625 (±$63,490) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stockton?
4.6%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stockton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stockton work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (19%, 33 mi), Tooele (19%, 8 mi), West Valley City (6%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Stockton 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 Stockton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stockton
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.