Household incomes in Lake Shore top those of 76% of U.S. towns
10% of workers have no commute at all (Utah 18%). Jobs and income earn Lake Shore A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 1% stay in Lake Shore for work; outside it, Provo is the main destination (14%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lake Shore apart on work
Lake Shore’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty and job access, Lake Shore is better than 90% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate is its strongest input (hardly any, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 58% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
Unemployment (20.0%) is left out: Lake Shore’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, Lake Shore could be anywhere from A− to A.
70% of the jobs in Lake Shore pay over $3,333 a month
418 jobs are based in Lake Shore.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Shore, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 418. 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 Shore’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How a workday changes Lake Shore
On a workday 364 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 414 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).
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 Lake Shore’s residents
Where Lake Shore clocks in
14% of workers
11% 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 long Lake Shore spends getting to work: about 21 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Shore workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 344 commuters (the 10% 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.
Lake Shore’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Lake Shore is a driving town
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Lake Shore is more walkable than 19% 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 384 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 0.0% of Lake Shore households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Lake Shore’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Lake Shore is 161st of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500
| # | 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+ |
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| 88 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Langhorne Manor PA | 1,467 | $138K | 10.5% | 10.8% | 4% | A |
| 160 | Kalmar Township MN | 1,157 | $161K | 2.4% | 1.2% | 1% | A |
| 161 | Lake Shore UT | 1,129 | $99K | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1% | A |
| 162 | Hartford Township OH | 1,476 | $131K | 5.5% | 2.8% | 1% | A |
| 163 | Eldorado WI | 1,399 | $105K | 3.2% | 3.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 171 | West Mountain UT | 1,282 | $112K | 1.2% | 2.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | 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 Lake Shore, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Lake Shore and the towns next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Shore workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Shore | – | A | C− | 21 min | $99,058 |
| Palmyra | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Benjamin | under 3% | — | — | 27 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Palmyra and Benjamin: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Shore’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 Lake Shore: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Shore?
$99,058 (±$17,587) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Shore?
0.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Shore?
21 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 10% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Shore work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Provo (14%, 9 mi), Spanish Fork (11%, 5 mi), Orem (10%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lake Shore walkable?
Lake Shore is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.6 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lake Shore without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Shore, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Shore
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.