Photo: Hamilton Gardner · Public domainLehi’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Lehi itself; outside it, Salt Lake City draws the most (11%, 25 miles). 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line, where Utah as a whole has 8.5%. For jobs and income Lehi is better than 89% of U.S. towns (A); for walkability it is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (B+).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Lehi
Jobs in Lehi have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Lehi went from 15,323 in 2013 to 47,033 in 2023, +207%. The jobs ↓
Lehi trades workers with the towns around it
Lehi has about as many jobs (47,033) as working residents (40,650), but they are mostly different people: 33,549 residents leave for work each day while 39,932 people come in. Only 15% of the jobs in Lehi are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Lehi’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Lehi is Salt Lake City, 25 miles away as the crow flies. 11% of working residents (4,530) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
A young workforce
31% of Lehi’s working residents are 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.
Where Lehi’s Jobs & income grade comes from
Household income is its strongest input ($131,299, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Lehi could be anywhere from A− to A.
What Lehi’s employers do
47,033 jobs are based in Lehi.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lehi, 2013 → 2023: 15,323 → 47,033. 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 Lehi’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Lehi, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 33,549 residents head out to work, 7,101 work right here, and 39,932 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 (1.16 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.
Half of Lehi commutes less than 12 miles
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.
The towns that employ Lehi’s residents
Where Lehi clocks in
11% of workers
7% 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.
The trip to work from Lehi: about 24 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lehi workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 31,356 commuters (the 24% 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.
In Lehi, most people drive to work
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 41,470 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 36% 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 3.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 76% 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). 1.8% of Lehi households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Lehi’s commuters take a bus or train.
Lehi is 55th of 457 U.S. towns of 67,000 to 129,000 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 | Plymouth MN | 78,942 | $137K | 4.3% | 2.3% | 12% | A+ |
| 3 | Bethesda MD | 69,397 | $192K | 4.3% | 3.1% | 16% | A+ |
| 4 | South Jordan UT | 87,614 | $134K | 3.7% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 24 | Sandy UT | 92,386 | $112K | 5.5% | 2.6% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 53 | Schaumburg IL | 77,249 | $98K | 5.7% | 3.5% | 13% | A |
| 54 | Somerville MA | 84,211 | $133K | 9.8% | 3.0% | 8% | A |
| 55 | Lehi UT | 95,313 | $131K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 17% | A |
| 56 | Troy MI | 88,733 | $120K | 5.4% | 4.4% | 20% | A |
| 57 | Castle Rock CO | 83,815 | $145K | 3.8% | 4.4% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 77 | West Jordan UT | 116,812 | $108K | 6.1% | 3.8% | 10% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 457 | Flint MI | 79,306 | $38K | 34.1% | 14.8% | 20% | 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 Lehi, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
12% of Lehi works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to American Fork (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lehi workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehi | – | A | B+ | 24 min | $131,299 |
| Saratoga Springs | under 3% | A | B+ | 29 min | $128,802 |
| American Fork | 6% | A− | A− | 23 min | $98,878 |
| Highland | under 3% | A | A− | 23 min | $186,075 |
| Draper | 6% | A | A− | 24 min | $128,910 |
| Bluffdale | under 3% | A+ | B | 21 min | $129,531 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lehi’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 Lehi: questions
What is the median household income in Lehi?
$131,299 (±$7,964) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lehi?
5.0%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lehi?
24 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lehi work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (11%, 25 mi), Provo (7%, 17 mi), Orem (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Lehi walkable?
Lehi is more walkable than 67% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.4 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Lehi without a car?
1% 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 Lehi, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lehi
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.