Photo: GreenGlass1972 · Public domainWith 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Willard works elsewhere
For 26% of workers, the job is at home, where Utah as a whole has 18%. There are 284 jobs in Willard, against 1,377 working residents. Willard grades A for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Willard stands out on work
Willard is a place people come home to
There are 284 jobs based in Willard, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Willard has about 1,400 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Willard and Ogden trade workers both ways
Ogden is the top workplace for Willard residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Willard come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Willard works from home
26% of Willard workers work from home, against 18% across Utah. Time on the road ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Willard
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Willard is better than 87% of U.S. towns. Unemployment is its strongest input (1.9%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 59% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Willard could be anywhere from B+ to A.
Willard quiets down on a workday
On a workday 1,353 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 260 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Willard on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
17% of working residents work in Ogden
Where Willard clocks in
17% of workers
10% 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.
About 24 minutes each way for Willard’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Willard workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 816 commuters (the 26% 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.
In Willard, 57% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Willard, 2013 → 2023: 171 → 284. 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 Willard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Near or far: the trip to work from Willard
About 19% 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.
In Willard, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Willard is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.4% 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 1,096 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 2.4% of Willard households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Willard’s commuters take a bus or train.
Willard is 512th of 5,401 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 85 | Lake Point UT | 2,947 | $137K | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 421 | Richmond UT | 3,130 | $110K | 1.0% | 0.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 456 | River Heights UT | 2,253 | $118K | 5.5% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 510 | Clay Township IN | 2,422 | $100K | 4.5% | 1.0% | 3% | A |
| 511 | Auburn WI | 2,404 | $114K | 5.1% | 2.3% | 2% | A |
| 512 | Willard UT | 2,486 | $98K | 4.7% | 1.9% | 2% | A |
| 513 | Hurstbourne Acres KY | 2,003 | $67K | 4.6% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 514 | North Annville Township PA | 2,324 | $84K | 3.2% | 2.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 5,401 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Willard, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
The towns around Willard
The biggest share goes to Perry (2%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Willard’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 Willard: questions
What is the median household income in Willard?
$97,782 (±$13,470) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Willard?
4.7%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Willard?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Willard work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ogden (17%, 13 mi), Brigham City (10%, 7 mi), Salt Lake City (8%, 44 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Willard walkable?
Willard is more walkable than 64% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Willard without a car?
1% 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 Willard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Willard
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.