Fruita Schoolhouse · Photo: Caddymob · CC BY-SA 3.0Making a living in Torrey
Only 2% work in Torrey itself; outside it, Bicknell draws the most (23%, 7 miles). The average commute takes 8 minutes each way; Utah averages 22, the U.S. 26. 61 jobs are based in Torrey, and 91 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Torrey for work, and who comes in
On a workday 89 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere.
About 230 people are in Torrey on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.67 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Where Torrey goes to work
Where Torrey clocks in
23% of workers
19% 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.
Most jobs in Torrey are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Torrey, 2013 → 2023: 47 → 61. 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 Torrey’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Torrey: about 8 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Torrey workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 83 commuters (the 18% 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.
Torrey’s commute, mile by mile
About 33% 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 Torrey: questions
What is the median household income in Torrey?
$64,583 (±$26,574) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Torrey?
9.3%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Torrey?
8 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Torrey work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bicknell (23%, 7 mi), Loa (19%, 14 mi), Springville (4%, 129 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Torrey 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 Torrey, from the people who make the trip.
More of Torrey
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.