Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainWhere Wallsburg earns its living
For 8% of workers, the job is at home; Utah has 18%. Only 2% stay in Wallsburg for work; outside it, Heber is the main destination (12%, 11 miles). Working residents average 24 minutes each way (Utah 22, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
In and out of Wallsburg on a workday
On a workday 166 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 101 people come in from elsewhere.
About 240 people are in Wallsburg on a workday afternoon, 21% fewer than live here.
0.62 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.
Out of Wallsburg to work: where people go
Where Wallsburg clocks in
12% 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.
Inside Wallsburg’s 105 jobs
105 jobs are based in Wallsburg.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wallsburg, 2013 → 2023: 44 → 105. 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 Wallsburg’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Wallsburg takes about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wallsburg workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 124 commuters (the 8% 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 Wallsburg
About 28% 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 Wallsburg: questions
What is the median household income in Wallsburg?
$107,292 (±$22,556) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wallsburg?
8.9%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wallsburg?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wallsburg work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Heber (12%, 11 mi), Provo (9%, 15 mi), Salt Lake City (8%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wallsburg 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 Wallsburg, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wallsburg
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.