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Jobs & commute in Whiterocks

Whiterocks has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.0 for each

Hardly any stay in Whiterocks for work; outside it, Fort Duchesne is the main destination (35%, 14 miles). Employers in Whiterocks report 1 jobs; 37 of its residents have a job. Working from home is the commute for 0% of workers (Utah 18%).

Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made

Day and night

The daily commute in and out of Whiterocks

On a workday 37 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 1 people come in from elsewhere.

37live here, work elsewhere
0live and work here
1work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night120
Workday81
120live here− 37head out to work+ 1come in to work= 81on a workday

About 81 people are in Whiterocks on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.03jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

Where Whiterocks goes to work

Tempe: 1 residents work here (3%)Altamont: 1 residents work here (3%)Vernal: 1 residents work here (3%)Centerville: 1 residents work here (3%)Roosevelt: 2 residents work here (5%)Ballard: 5 residents work here (14%)South Jordan: 1 residents work here (3%)Tooele: 1 residents work here (3%)Provo: 1 residents work here (3%)WhiterocksFort Duchesne: 13 residents work here (35%)Fort DuchesneBallardRooseveltTempeAltamontVernalWhiterocks
1
Fort Duchesne13.6 mi away
35%13
2
Ballard12.3 mi away
14%5
3
Roosevelt13 mi away
5%2
4
Tempe, AZ501.6 mi away
3%1
5
Altamont19.8 mi away
3%1
6
Vernal21.2 mi away
3%1
7
Centerville106.5 mi away
3%1
8
South Jordan107.9 mi away
3%1
9
Tooele124.4 mi away
3%1
10
Provo91.1 mi away
3%1
Everywhere elseother towns and states
27%10
The top trips

Where Whiterocks clocks in

Lines 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.

The jobs

Services make up most of the work in Whiterocks

Jobs based in WhiterocksJobs Whiterocks residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms0%19%
Trade, transport & utilities0%11%
Services: health, schools, offices100%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less0%24%
$1,251–$3,333 a month0%30%
Over $3,333 a month100%46%

Who does it

29 or younger0%22%
30 to 540%54%
55 and older100%24%

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 Whiterocks’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Time on the road

Working from home in Whiterocks

Working from home
0%

of Whiterocks workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.

About 0 in 10
How Whiterocks gets to work
29%Carpool
71%Walk

Share of the 24 commuters (the 0% 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.

How far

Short hops and long hauls from Whiterocks

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miFort Duchesne: 35% · 13.6 miBallard: 14% · 12.3 miRoosevelt: 5% · 13 miTempe: 3% · 501.6 miAltamont: 3% · 19.8 miVernal: 3% · 21.2 miCenterville: 3% · 106.5 miSouth Jordan: 3% · 107.9 miTooele: 3% · 124.4 miProvo: 3% · 91.1 miFort Duchesne 35%Ballard 14%Roosevelt 5%Tempe 3%Altamont 3%Whiterocks
WhiterocksTop destinations (size = commuters)
0%Under 10 mi0 residents
78%10–24 mi29 residents
0%25–50 mi0 residents
22%Over 50 mi8 residents

About 22% 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.

How to read these numbers

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.

How these figures and grades are made →

Jobs and commuting in Whiterocks: questions

What is the poverty rate in Whiterocks?

0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).

Where do people who live in Whiterocks work?

0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Fort Duchesne (35%, 14 mi), Ballard (14%, 12 mi), Roosevelt (5%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).

Can you get around Whiterocks 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 Whiterocks, from the people who make the trip.

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Beyond the commute

More of Whiterocks

Whiterocks home →

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.