Timpanogos Cave Historic District (Boundary Increase) · Photo: National Park Service · Public domainHousehold incomes in Cedar Hills are higher than in 93% of U.S. towns
Cedar Hills grades A for jobs and income and B for walkability. Poverty touches 4.2% of residents, next to 8.5% for Utah as a whole. Only 3% work in Cedar Hills itself; outside it, Lehi draws the most (10%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Cedar Hills and work: the main findings
Cedar Hills is a place people come home to
There are 1,104 jobs based in Cedar Hills, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Cedar Hills has about 6,200 people in it, 36% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A young workforce
31% of Cedar Hills’ working residents are 29 or younger. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Cedar Hills pay little
26% of the jobs based in Cedar Hills pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 36% of all the jobs here go to people 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.
Income, poverty and work: Cedar Hills’ grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Cedar Hills is better than 92% of U.S. towns, #26 of 119 in Utah. Household income is its strongest input ($139,008, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.5%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Cedar Hills could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Cedar Hills by day and by night
On a workday 4,513 residents head out to work, 128 work right here, and 976 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Cedar Hills on a workday afternoon, 36% fewer than live here.
0.24 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.
Jobs in Cedar Hills: what the 1,104 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Cedar Hills, 2013 → 2023: 824 → 1,104. 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 Cedar Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Cedar Hills to work: where people go
Where Cedar Hills clocks in
10% of workers
9% 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.
Commuting from Cedar Hills: about 22 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Cedar Hills workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,332 commuters (the 24% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Cedar Hills
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.
Most trips from Cedar Hills start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Cedar Hills is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns, #80 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.4% 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 4,367 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 10% 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 0.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 46% 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). 2.6% of Cedar Hills households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Cedar Hills’ commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Cedar Hills is 342nd of 2,800 U.S. towns of 6,800 to 13,200
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 107 | West Point UT | 13,058 | $121K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 161 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 340 | Olivette MO | 8,937 | $112K | 4.3% | 3.9% | 2% | A |
| 341 | Aubrey TX | 9,066 | $102K | 7.8% | 1.2% | 2% | A |
| 342 | Cedar Hills UT | 9,755 | $139K | 4.2% | 3.5% | 3% | A |
| 343 | Lake Forest Park WA | 13,191 | $160K | 4.0% | 4.4% | 2% | A |
| 344 | Old Lyme CT | 7,702 | $132K | 2.9% | 2.7% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,800 | 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 Cedar Hills, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Next door is work for 13% of Cedar Hills
The biggest share goes to American Fork (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Cedar Hills workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Hills | – | A | B | 22 min | $139,008 |
| Pleasant Grove | 5% | A | B+ | 22 min | $101,073 |
| American Fork | 8% | A− | A− | 23 min | $98,878 |
| Highland | under 3% | A | A− | 23 min | $186,075 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Cedar Hills’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 Cedar Hills: questions
What is the median household income in Cedar Hills?
$139,008 (±$9,979) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Cedar Hills?
4.2%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Cedar Hills?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Cedar Hills work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lehi (10%, 6 mi), Salt Lake City (9%, 27 mi), Orem (8%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Cedar Hills walkable?
Cedar Hills is more walkable than 57% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Cedar Hills without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Cedar Hills, from the people who make the trip.
More of Cedar Hills
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.