Hans Peter Olsen House · Photo: Ntsimp · CC0Making a living in Fountain Green
Only 5% stay in Fountain Green for work; outside it, Moroni is the main destination (11%, 8 miles). Fountain Green grades C+ for jobs and income and D for walkability. The average commute takes 35 minutes each way; Utah averages 22, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Fountain Green, in a few figures
Fountain Green workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 35 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 268 hours of commuting, 100 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
33% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
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; with 412 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Fountain Green’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Fountain Green is better than 42% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Fountain Green’s grade up (5.3%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 7% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (4.2%) is left out: Fountain Green’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Fountain Green could be anywhere from C to B−.
The daily trip from Fountain Green: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fountain Green workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 572 commuters (the 12% 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.
How far Fountain Green’s workers travel
About 33% 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.
Fountain Green by day and by night
On a workday 390 residents head out to work, 22 work right here, and 251 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Fountain Green on a workday afternoon, 10% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
The towns that employ Fountain Green’s residents
Where Fountain Green clocks in
11% 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.
Jobs in Fountain Green: what the 273 are
273 jobs are based in Fountain Green.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fountain Green, 2013 → 2023: 234 → 273. 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 Fountain Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting around Fountain Green: mostly by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fountain Green is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 652 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 8.4% of Fountain Green households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Fountain Green’s commuters take a bus or train.
Fountain Green next to U.S. towns of 900 to 1,800: 2,336th of 5,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 130 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 253 | Lake Shore UT | 1,129 | $99K | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 262 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,334 | New Hope NC | 1,487 | $59K | 8.6% | 12.7% | 1% | C+ |
| 2,335 | Preston TX | 1,747 | $65K | 6.7% | 11.6% | 2% | C+ |
| 2,336 | Fountain Green UT | 1,333 | $73K | 5.3% | 4.2% | 5% | C+ |
| 2,337 | North Bennington VT | 1,688 | $69K | 7.4% | 7.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 2,338 | Pike Township IN | 1,161 | $88K | 8.9% | 9.9% | 6% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5,400 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Fountain Green, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
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 Fountain Green: questions
What is the median household income in Fountain Green?
$73,017 (±$5,293) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fountain Green?
5.3%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fountain Green?
35 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fountain Green work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Moroni (11%, 8 mi), Mount Pleasant (7%, 12 mi), Ephraim (6%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fountain Green walkable?
Fountain Green is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.7 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fountain Green without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fountain Green, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fountain Green
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.