Photo: Original uploader was Manderson164 at en.wikipedia · Public domainHouseholds in Alpine earn more than those in 97% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Alpine are A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. Below the poverty line: 7.4% of residents; Utah has 8.5%. Home is the office for 30% of workers; Utah has 18%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Alpine apart
Alpine has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Alpine went from 1,218 in 2013 to 2,294 in 2023, +88%. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Alpine
30% of Alpine workers work from home, against 18% across Utah. Time on the road ↓
Alpine workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Alpine’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Alpine is Salt Lake City, 23 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (485) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A young workforce
30% of Alpine’s working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Alpine’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Alpine is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #24 of 119 in Utah. Household income is its strongest input ($168,929, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Alpine could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What Alpine’s employers do
2,294 jobs are based in Alpine.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Alpine, 2013 → 2023: 1,218 → 2,294. 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 Alpine’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Alpine, about 30 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Alpine workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,033 commuters (the 30% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Alpine
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Alpine
On a workday 4,121 residents head out to work, 299 work right here, and 1,995 people come in from elsewhere.
About 8,300 people are in Alpine on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.
0.52 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.
11% of working residents work in Salt Lake City
Where Alpine clocks in
11% of workers
10% 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.
In Alpine, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Alpine is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns, #96 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.9% 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 4,339 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 5% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 41% 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). 0.6% of Alpine households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Alpine’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,878 U.S. towns of 7,000 to 14,000, Alpine comes 333rd on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | West Point UT | 13,058 | $121K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 331 | New Hyde Park NY | 10,226 | $143K | 3.6% | 4.9% | 3% | A |
| 332 | Chalco NE | 10,595 | $86K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 3% | A |
| 333 | Alpine UT | 10,444 | $169K | 7.4% | 2.0% | 7% | A |
| 334 | Closter NJ | 8,663 | $190K | 8.1% | 3.3% | 6% | A |
| 335 | Van Alstyne TX | 8,012 | $102K | 7.0% | 0.6% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,878 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Alpine, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Alpine and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Draper (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Alpine’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 Alpine: questions
What is the median household income in Alpine?
$168,929 (±$34,191) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Alpine?
7.4%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Alpine?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Alpine work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (11%, 23 mi), Lehi (10%, 6 mi), Provo (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Alpine walkable?
Alpine is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Alpine without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Alpine, from the people who make the trip.
More of Alpine
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.