Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0Toquerville has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 75% of U.S. towns. Toquerville has 188 jobs; 675 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Toquerville are A− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Toquerville
Toquerville is a place people come home to
There are 188 jobs based in Toquerville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. Day and night ↓
30% of Toquerville works in St. George
204 working residents, 30%, have their main job in St. George, 20 miles away. That’s 30 times as many as work in Toquerville itself. The commute map ↓
Toquerville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 27 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 207 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 675 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Toquerville’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Toquerville is better than 76% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Toquerville’s grade up (3.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 23% 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, Toquerville could be anywhere from B− to A.
How a workday changes Toquerville
On a workday 668 residents head out to work, 7 work right here, and 181 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,500 people are in Toquerville on a workday afternoon, 24% 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.
30% of working residents work in St. George
Where Toquerville clocks in
30% of workers
13% 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.
Time on the road from Toquerville: about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Toquerville workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 849 commuters (the 15% 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 Toquerville’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Toquerville, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 188. 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 Toquerville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Toquerville
About 21% 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 Toquerville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Toquerville is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Toquerville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,003 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). 0.0% of Toquerville households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Toquerville’s commuters take a bus or train.
How Toquerville ranks: 905th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 160 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 402 | Silver Summit UT | 1,476 | $242K | 6.8% | 6.4% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 410 | South Willard UT | 1,532 | $119K | 4.5% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 903 | Stansberry Lake WA | 1,807 | $91K | 1.8% | 4.9% | <1% | A− |
| 904 | Trafalgar IN | 1,658 | $78K | 5.1% | 4.3% | 6% | A− |
| 905 | Toquerville UT | 1,999 | $98K | 3.5% | 2.3% | 1% | A− |
| 906 | Westford VT | 2,072 | $113K | 2.5% | 4.0% | 2% | A− |
| 907 | Fox Lake WI | 2,550 | $93K | 3.5% | 1.0% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Toquerville, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Next door to Toquerville
The biggest share goes to La Verkin (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Toquerville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toquerville | – | A− | D | 27 min | $97,813 |
| La Verkin | 4% | C− | B− | 29 min | $68,269 |
| Leeds | 1% | — | — | 25 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Leeds: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Toquerville’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 Toquerville: questions
What is the median household income in Toquerville?
$97,813 (±$18,825) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Toquerville?
3.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Toquerville?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Toquerville work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are St. George (30%, 20 mi), Hurricane (13%, 9 mi), Cedar City (11%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Toquerville walkable?
Toquerville is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Toquerville 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 Toquerville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Toquerville
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.