West Valley City

City Commute Profile

West Valley City, UT

Where West Valley City’s 67,975 resident workers go each day — 14.4% work within the area; the top destination beyond it is Salt Lake City.

UtahLODES 2023 data
65
Commute Score

65 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

West Valley City at a glance
Employed Residents
67,975
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.2mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
14.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
11.9%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Salt Lake City
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for West Valley City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How West Valley City commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

West Valley City

67,975 commutes, one dot at a time

West Valley City

Where 67,975 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in West Valley City, by worker count.

1Salt Lake City7.2 mi21,776
2West Valley City0.0 mi9,776
3South Salt Lake5.8 mi3,374
4West Jordan5.8 mi3,163
5Murray6.5 mi3,072
6Sandy10.9 mi2,450
7Draper14.1 mi2,084
8Taylorsville3.4 mi2,058

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into West Valley City.

1West Valley City0.0 mi9,776
2West Jordan5.8 mi5,661
3Salt Lake City7.2 mi5,548
4Taylorsville3.4 mi3,085
5South Jordan9.4 mi2,395
6Sandy10.9 mi2,389
7Kearns metro township2.7 mi2,230
8Magna metro township4.8 mi2,039

Top industries

The sectors that employ West Valley City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing12.9%
TRTransportation and Warehousing11.0%
FIFinance and Insurance10.1%
COConstruction9.2%
RTRetail Trade9.2%
WSWholesale Trade7.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.4%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.2%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance6.2%

West Valley City city profile

Who lives in West Valley City — population, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
138,437
Median age
31.2yrs
Median household income
$92,209
Median home value
$419,100
Median gross rent
$1,504/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
16.1%
Poverty rate
9.9%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

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