Holmgren Farmstead · Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0More people are out of work in Tremonton (5.6%) than in 69% of U.S. towns
Tremonton grades C+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability. 6% of workers work from home, against 18% across Utah. About one in five work in Tremonton itself; outside it, Brigham City draws the most (10%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Tremonton, in brief
Tremonton has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Tremonton went from 2,454 in 2013 to 3,980 in 2023, +62%. The jobs ↓
A young workforce
32% of Tremonton’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Tremonton makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Tremonton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Tremonton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 36%. 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.
The four measures behind Tremonton’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Tremonton is better than 35% of U.S. towns, #101 of 119 in Utah. Household income holds Tremonton’s grade up ($74,741, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Tremonton could be anywhere from C− to B+.
In Tremonton, 38% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
3,980 jobs are based in Tremonton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tremonton, 2013 → 2023: 2,454 → 3,980. 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 Tremonton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Tremonton on a workday
On a workday 4,690 residents head out to work, 1,057 work right here, and 2,923 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in Tremonton on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.69 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 Tremonton goes to work
Where Tremonton clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
Commuting from Tremonton: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tremonton workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,173 commuters (the 6% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Tremonton
About 27% 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.
The commute in Tremonton is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Tremonton is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns, #100 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 5.0% across Utah.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,484 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.5% of Tremonton households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Tremonton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000, Tremonton ranks 1,746th of 2,354 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 92 | West Point UT | 13,058 | $121K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Centerville UT | 16,480 | $123K | 3.1% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 144 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,744 | Liberty Township MO | 14,741 | $58K | 14.0% | 2.5% | 36% | C+ |
| 1,745 | Woodmere LA | 11,879 | $76K | 18.2% | 9.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,746 | Tremonton UT | 12,934 | $75K | 10.2% | 5.6% | 18% | C+ |
| 1,747 | Port Huron Township MI | 10,665 | $62K | 16.5% | 3.8% | 6% | C+ |
| 1,748 | Harper Woods MI | 14,860 | $65K | 19.8% | 7.1% | 2% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | 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 Tremonton, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
The towns around Tremonton
The biggest share goes to Garland (1%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Tremonton’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 Tremonton: questions
What is the median household income in Tremonton?
$74,741 (±$4,423) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tremonton?
10.2%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tremonton?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 6% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tremonton work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Brigham City (10%, 16 mi), Ogden (7%, 36 mi), Logan (6%, 18 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Tremonton walkable?
Tremonton is more walkable than 43% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Tremonton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tremonton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tremonton
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.