Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0Mapleton’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 94% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #20 of 119 in Utah.
Walkability B−: more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns · #91 of 119 in Utah.
Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Utah 22, U.S. 26). Only 6% work in Mapleton; the top destination outside it is Provo (18%, 10 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work and commuting in Mapleton, in brief
Jobs in Mapleton have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Mapleton went from 1,171 in 2013 to 2,521 in 2023, +115%. The jobs ↓
Mapleton makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Mapleton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Mapleton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 18%. The jobs ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
33% of the jobs based in Mapleton are held by workers 29 or younger, against 29% of Mapleton’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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
What’s behind Mapleton’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mapleton is better than 94% of U.S. towns, #20 of 119 in Utah. The poverty rate is its strongest input (2.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 62% 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, Mapleton could be anywhere from A to A+.
Mapleton makes things: 37% of its jobs are in goods
2,521 jobs are based in Mapleton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Mapleton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mapleton, 2013 → 2023: 1,171 → 2,521. 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.
Mapleton quiets down on a workday
On a workday 5,687 residents head out to work, 393 work right here, and 2,128 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Mapleton on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
0.41 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.
18% of working residents work in Provo
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Mapleton clocks in
18% of workers
9% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
About 22 minutes each way, about the UT average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mapleton workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 4,441 commuters (the 21% who work from home are left out). Across Utah: 82% drive alone, 2% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
Half of Mapleton commutes less than 13 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Most trips from Mapleton start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Mapleton is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns, #91 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 5,597 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 0.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 50% 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). 1.6% of Mapleton households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Mapleton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mapleton is 228th of 2,220 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 22,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Mapleton, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | West Point UT | 13,058 | $121K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 101 | Bluffdale UT | 19,506 | $130K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 103 | Centerville UT | 16,480 | $123K | 3.1% | 2.3% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 226 | Copley Township OH | 18,482 | $115K | 4.8% | 2.6% | 7% | A |
| 227 | James Island SC | 12,660 | $104K | 5.6% | 1.2% | 4% | A |
| 228 | Mapleton UT | 16,275 | $133K | 2.7% | 2.3% | 6% | A |
| 229 | North Smithfield RI | 12,990 | $109K | 4.8% | 2.5% | 9% | A |
| 230 | Fairfax Station VA | 12,566 | $212K | 1.7% | 4.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,220 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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.
17% of Mapleton works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Springville (9%). Darker towns draw more of Mapleton’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mapleton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton | – | A | B− | 22 min | $133,142 |
| Springville | 9% | A− | B+ | 23 min | $89,816 |
| Spanish Fork | 8% | A− | B+ | 20 min | $104,844 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
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 Mapleton: questions
What is the median household income in Mapleton?
$133,142 (±$11,429) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mapleton?
2.7%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mapleton?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mapleton work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Provo (18%, 10 mi), Springville (9%, 4 mi), Orem (9%, 14 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mapleton walkable?
Mapleton is more walkable than 51% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 7.7 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mapleton 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 Mapleton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mapleton
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.