Photo: Chadthomas2013 · CC BY-SA 4.0Layton has higher household incomes than 79% of U.S. towns
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 3.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 14.8 in Salt Lake City. 8.1% of residents live below the poverty line; Utah has 8.5%. The two grades for Layton are A− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Layton in brief
Layton’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Layton is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #57 of 119 in Utah. Household income is its strongest input ($102,480, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns. 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, Layton could be anywhere from B+ to A.
What the 28,571 jobs in Layton are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Layton, 2013 → 2023: 21,690 → 28,571. 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 Layton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
In and out of Layton on a workday
On a workday 30,580 residents head out to work, 5,164 work right here, and 23,407 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 (0.80 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.
17% of working residents work in Salt Lake City
Where Layton clocks in
17% 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.
Time on the road from Layton: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Layton workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 36,137 commuters (the 16% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Layton
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.
In Layton, walking beats the bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Layton is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns, #35 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.2% 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 43,163 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 54% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 78% 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). 3.0% of Layton households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Layton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Layton next to U.S. towns of 60,000 to 115,000: 124th of 531 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lakeville MN | 79,270 | $139K | 2.9% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Fulshear TX | 64,630 | $187K | 1.6% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 5 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 31 | Sandy UT | 92,386 | $112K | 5.5% | 2.6% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 54 | Saratoga Springs UT | 61,397 | $129K | 5.0% | 2.7% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 122 | Franklin Township IN | 67,488 | $97K | 7.8% | 3.4% | 10% | A− |
| 123 | Naperville Township IL | 107,908 | $120K | 6.6% | 5.1% | 17% | A− |
| 124 | Layton UT | 85,308 | $102K | 8.1% | 2.8% | 14% | A− |
| 125 | Eagle Mountain UT | 66,557 | $114K | 3.6% | 3.8% | 6% | A− |
| 126 | Sandy Springs GA | 105,013 | $104K | 8.5% | 4.0% | 15% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 531 | Albany GA | 66,907 | $47K | 27.5% | 11.2% | 51% | 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 Layton, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Layton and its neighbors: 10% work next door
The biggest share goes to Clearfield (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Layton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Layton | – | A− | A− | 23 min | $102,480 |
| Kaysville | 4% | A+ | A− | 22 min | $133,026 |
| Clearfield | 6% | B | A− | 22 min | $75,495 |
| South Weber | under 2% | A+ | D | 23 min | $138,600 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Layton’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 Layton: questions
What is the median household income in Layton?
$102,480 (±$4,649) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Layton?
8.1%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Layton?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Layton work?
14% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (17%, 21 mi), Ogden (10%, 10 mi), Clearfield (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Layton walkable?
Layton is more walkable than 81% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 10.8 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Layton without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Layton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Layton
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.