Bountiful Historic District · Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainBountiful has 0.6 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Jobs & income A: better than 86% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #41 of 119 in Utah.
Walkability A: more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns · #11 of 119 in Utah.
Household incomes here are higher than in 80% of U.S. towns. Working residents average 23 minutes each way (Utah 22, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Bountiful; the top destination outside it is Salt Lake City (31%, 8 miles).
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.0 transit trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 14.8 in Salt Lake City (EPA, 2020 schedules).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Bountiful, in brief
31% of Bountiful works in Salt Lake City
6,140 working residents, 31%, have their main job in Salt Lake City, 7.5 miles away. That’s 3 times as many as work in Bountiful itself. The commute map ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Bountiful are held by workers 29 or younger, against 27% of Bountiful’s own working residents. 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.
What’s behind Bountiful’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Bountiful is better than 86% of U.S. towns, #41 of 119 in Utah. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 85% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (6.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bountiful could be anywhere from A− to A.
31% of working residents work in Salt Lake City
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Bountiful clocks in
31% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
What the 11,488 jobs in Bountiful are
11,488 jobs are based in Bountiful. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bountiful’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bountiful, 2013 → 2023: 11,121 → 11,488. 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.
Bountiful quiets down on a workday
On a workday 17,801 residents head out to work, 1,818 work right here, and 9,670 people come in from elsewhere.
About 37,000 people are in Bountiful on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.59 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.
About 23 minutes each way, about the UT average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bountiful workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 16,986 commuters (the 20% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Bountiful commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Bountiful is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Bountiful is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns, #11 of 119 in Utah. Both inputs place Bountiful near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 21,334 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 68% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 20% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 75% 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). 3.0% of Bountiful households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 3% of Bountiful’s commuters take a bus or train.
Bountiful is 229th of 1,021 U.S. towns of 31,000 to 61,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bountiful, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Holladay UT | 31,162 | $117K | 4.1% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 58 | Syracuse UT | 39,909 | $133K | 4.8% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 62 | Kaysville UT | 33,307 | $133K | 3.4% | 2.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 227 | Catonsville MD | 43,368 | $114K | 6.9% | 4.0% | 8% | A |
| 228 | Grove City OH | 45,180 | $93K | 6.4% | 3.0% | 11% | A |
| 229 | Bountiful UT | 44,988 | $105K | 6.9% | 3.1% | 9% | A |
| 230 | Manalapan Township NJ | 40,987 | $153K | 5.2% | 5.0% | 7% | A |
| 231 | Wake Forest NC | 58,147 | $124K | 4.5% | 4.0% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,021 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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.
10% of Bountiful works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to North Salt Lake (5%). Darker towns draw more of Bountiful’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bountiful workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bountiful | – | A | A | 23 min | $104,785 |
| North Salt Lake | 5% | A− | B+ | 20 min | $101,447 |
| Centerville | 2% | A+ | A | 20 min | $123,130 |
| West Bountiful | under 3% | A+ | B | 25 min | $135,179 |
| Woods Cross | 3% | A+ | A− | 20 min | $120,543 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Bountiful: questions
What is the median household income in Bountiful?
$104,785 (±$8,822) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bountiful?
6.9%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bountiful?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 20% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bountiful work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (31%, 8 mi), West Valley City (5%, 15 mi), North Salt Lake (5%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bountiful walkable?
Bountiful is more walkable than 91% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 12.1 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bountiful without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 20% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bountiful, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bountiful
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.