Howell-Theurer House · Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0At 1.0%, unemployment in Wellsville is lower than in 94% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Wellsville; the top destination outside it is Logan (25%, 10 miles). The two grades for Wellsville are A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Measured by household income, Wellsville is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Wellsville stands out on work
Wellsville and Logan trade workers both ways
Logan is the top workplace for Wellsville residents (25%) and also where the most people who work in Wellsville come from (17% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Wellsville is a place people come home to
There are 509 jobs based in Wellsville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wellsville has about 2,900 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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.
How Wellsville earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Wellsville is better than 90% of U.S. towns, #33 of 119 in Utah. Unemployment holds Wellsville’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Wellsville could be anywhere from A− to A.
Where Wellsville goes to work
Where Wellsville clocks in
25% 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.
Wellsville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,864 residents head out to work, 42 work right here, and 467 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,900 people are in Wellsville on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.27 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.
What Wellsville’s employers do
509 jobs are based in Wellsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wellsville, 2013 → 2023: 511 → 509. 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 Wellsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Wellsville’s commute takes about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wellsville workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,664 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.
Miles to work from Wellsville
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.
Getting around Wellsville: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Wellsville is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #111 of 119 in Utah. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 5.0% across Utah, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,958 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). 0.5% of Wellsville households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Wellsville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Wellsville is 418th of 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 296 | Mountain Green UT | 3,976 | $150K | 0.9% | 1.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 416 | Richville OH | 3,145 | $74K | 1.9% | 1.8% | 1% | A |
| 417 | Coopertown TN | 4,843 | $118K | 9.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A |
| 418 | Wellsville UT | 4,303 | $104K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A |
| 419 | Fremont NH | 4,923 | $121K | 5.2% | 1.3% | 4% | A |
| 420 | Ellington WI | 3,307 | $94K | 3.1% | 2.5% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 427 | East Basin UT | 4,002 | $146K | 7.5% | 0.6% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 441 | Richmond UT | 3,130 | $110K | 1.0% | 0.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Wellsville, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
How Wellsville compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wellsville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wellsville | – | A | C | 21 min | $104,351 |
| Benson | under 3% | B− | C+ | 20 min | $93,194 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Wellsville’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 Wellsville: questions
What is the median household income in Wellsville?
$104,351 (±$19,340) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wellsville?
3.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wellsville?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wellsville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Logan (25%, 10 mi), North Logan (7%, 13 mi), Salt Lake City (6%, 59 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Wellsville walkable?
Wellsville is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Wellsville 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 Wellsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wellsville
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.