Photo: Tricia Simpson · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Woodruff works elsewhere
The average commute takes 27 minutes each way, next to 22 for Utah and 26 for the U.S. Woodruff has 14 jobs for 61 working residents. Hardly any work in Woodruff; the top destination outside it is Garden City (18%, 32 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who commutes out of Woodruff, and who commutes in
On a workday 61 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 110 people are in Woodruff on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Commuting out of Woodruff: the destinations
Where Woodruff clocks in
18% of workers
7% 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.
Jobs in Woodruff: what the 14 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Woodruff, 2013 → 2023: 24 → 14. 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 Woodruff’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 27 minutes to work from Woodruff
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Woodruff workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 139 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where in the region Woodruff works
About 41% 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 Woodruff: questions
What is the median household income in Woodruff?
$63,750 (±$20,496) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Woodruff?
1.3%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Woodruff?
27 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Woodruff work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Garden City (18%, 32 mi), Laketown (8%, 23 mi), Logan (7%, 38 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Woodruff 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 Woodruff, from the people who make the trip.
More of Woodruff
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.