Photo: Rlittle09 · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Lake Point have higher incomes than those in 93% of U.S. towns
Lake Point grades A+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability. The poverty rate is 2.0% (Utah 8.5%). 27% of workers have no commute at all (Utah 18%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lake Point, in brief
Lake Point workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 29 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 222 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Lake Point makes and builds things
42% of the jobs based in Lake Point are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Lake Point residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 24%. The jobs ↓
A lot of Lake Point works from home
27% of Lake Point workers work from home, against 18% across Utah. Time on the road ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
36% of the jobs based in Lake Point are held by workers 29 or younger, against 26% of Lake Point’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 Lake Point’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Lake Point is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #3 of 119 in Utah. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 69% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Lake Point could be anywhere from A to A+.
Commuting from Lake Point: about 29 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Point workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,071 commuters (the 27% 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.
A place that makes things: 42% of Lake Point’s jobs are in goods
490 jobs are based in Lake Point.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Point, 2013 → 2023: 260 → 490. 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 Lake Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Lake Point
On a workday 1,303 residents head out to work, 24 work right here, and 466 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,100 people are in Lake Point on a workday afternoon, 28% fewer than live here.
0.37 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.
23% of working residents work in Salt Lake City
Where Lake Point clocks in
23% of workers
10% 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 many miles Lake Point 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.
For most of Lake Point, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Point is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #90 of 119 in Utah. Both inputs place Lake Point 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 1,464 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 58% 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). 2.1% of Lake Point households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Lake Point’s commuters take a bus or train.
92nd of 4,618: where Lake Point ranks among U.S. towns of 2,100 to 4,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 90 | Ross CA | 2,304 | $250K | 4.8% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 91 | Avondale Estates GA | 3,543 | $124K | 6.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A+ |
| 92 | Lake Point UT | 2,947 | $137K | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 93 | Sun Prairie WI | 2,291 | $127K | 2.0% | 1.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 94 | India Hook SC | 3,960 | $107K | 1.2% | 0.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 265 | Mountain Green UT | 3,976 | $150K | 0.9% | 1.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 417 | Richmond UT | 3,130 | $110K | 1.0% | 0.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 459 | River Heights UT | 2,253 | $118K | 5.5% | 2.2% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,618 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Lake Point, 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 Lake Point: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Point?
$137,367 (±$9,683) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Point?
2.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Point?
29 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Point work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (23%, 19 mi), Tooele (10%, 10 mi), West Valley City (9%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Point walkable?
Lake Point is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.5 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Point without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Point, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Point
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.