Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainHouseholds in Fruit Heights earn more than those in 94% of U.S. towns
3.9% of residents live below the poverty line, where Utah as a whole has 8.5%. Fruit Heights grades A+ for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Only 2% work in Fruit Heights itself; outside it, Salt Lake City draws the most (22%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Fruit Heights, in brief
Fruit Heights has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Fruit Heights went from 335 in 2013 to 641 in 2023, +91%. The jobs ↓
Fruit Heights is a place people come home to
There are 641 jobs based in Fruit Heights, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Fruit Heights has about 3,900 people in it, 34% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Many jobs in Fruit Heights pay little
29% of the jobs based in Fruit Heights pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 35% 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Inside Fruit Heights’ Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Fruit Heights is among the top U.S. towns, #1 of 119 in Utah. Unemployment is its strongest input (0.2%, U.S. 5.2%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Fruit Heights could be anywhere from A to A+.
Jobs in Fruit Heights: what the 641 are
641 jobs are based in Fruit Heights.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Fruit Heights, 2013 → 2023: 335 → 641. 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 Fruit Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Fruit Heights
On a workday 2,601 residents head out to work, 47 work right here, and 594 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,900 people are in Fruit Heights on a workday afternoon, 34% 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.
The towns that employ Fruit Heights’ residents
Where Fruit Heights clocks in
22% 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.
How long Fruit Heights spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Fruit Heights workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,253 commuters (the 22% 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 many miles Fruit Heights commutes
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.
Fruit Heights is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Fruit Heights is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns, #56 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.5% 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 2,905 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 42% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 6.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 87% 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). 1.5% of Fruit Heights households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Fruit Heights’ commuters take a bus or train.
Fruit Heights places 65th of 3,336 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 4,200 to 8,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Las Flores CA | 5,513 | $212K | 4.8% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| 64 | Grayson GA | 5,569 | $131K | 3.5% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 65 | Fruit Heights UT | 5,952 | $141K | 3.9% | 0.2% | 2% | A+ |
| 66 | Freedom WI | 6,354 | $122K | 1.9% | 0.6% | 8% | A+ |
| 67 | Broadmoor CA | 4,586 | $167K | 2.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 89 | West Bountiful UT | 5,931 | $135K | 3.7% | 1.9% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 201 | Snyderville UT | 5,948 | $144K | 4.6% | 1.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 302 | Perry UT | 6,226 | $113K | 2.3% | 1.6% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,336 | Medina TX | 4,226 | $22K | 53.8% | 10.1% | 4% | 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 Fruit Heights, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
The towns next door employ 12% of Fruit Heights
The biggest share goes to Kaysville (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Fruit Heights workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit Heights | – | A+ | B+ | 25 min | $140,679 |
| Kaysville | 6% | A+ | A− | 22 min | $133,026 |
| Farmington | 6% | A | A− | 22 min | $127,338 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Fruit Heights’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 Fruit Heights: questions
What is the median household income in Fruit Heights?
$140,679 (±$13,965) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Fruit Heights?
3.9%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Fruit Heights?
25 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Fruit Heights work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (22%, 18 mi), Layton (10%, 4 mi), Kaysville (6%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Fruit Heights walkable?
Fruit Heights is more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 12.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Fruit Heights without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 42% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Fruit Heights, from the people who make the trip.
More of Fruit Heights
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.