Weber River Railroad Bridge · Photo: Ntsimp · CC0Mountain Green has higher household incomes than 95% of U.S. towns
Only 5% work in Mountain Green itself; outside it, Salt Lake City draws the most (13%, 27 miles). 0.9% of residents live below the poverty line, against 8.5% across Utah. The two grades for Mountain Green are A for jobs and income and D− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Mountain Green stands out on work
Mountain Green has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Mountain Green went from 318 in 2013 to 627 in 2023, +97%. The jobs ↓
Mountain Green workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 30 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 230 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Mountain Green’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Mountain Green is Salt Lake City, 27 miles away as the crow flies. 13% of working residents (237) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Mountain Green empties out on a workday
About 2,700 people are in Mountain Green on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than the 4,000 who live here: 1,800 head out to work and 540 come in. Day and night ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Mountain Green
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Mountain Green is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #23 of 119 in Utah. The poverty rate holds Mountain Green’s grade up; job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Mountain Green could be anywhere from A to A+.
Inside Mountain Green’s 627 jobs
627 jobs are based in Mountain Green.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mountain Green, 2013 → 2023: 318 → 627. 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 Mountain Green’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Mountain Green: about 30 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mountain Green workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,558 commuters (the 18% 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.
How far Mountain Green’s workers travel
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.
Who works in Mountain Green, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,800 residents head out to work, 91 work right here, and 536 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,700 people are in Mountain Green on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.33 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.
The towns that employ Mountain Green’s residents
Where Mountain Green clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
8% 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.
Driving is how Mountain Green gets around
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,900 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.0% of Mountain Green households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Mountain Green’s commuters take a bus or train.
Mountain Green next to U.S. towns of 2,800 to 5,400: 297th of 4,177 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 104 | Lake Point UT | 2,947 | $137K | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 295 | West Laurel MD | 4,428 | $165K | 2.6% | 5.0% | <1% | A |
| 296 | Monee IL | 5,119 | $92K | 6.2% | 1.2% | 4% | A |
| 297 | Mountain Green UT | 3,976 | $150K | 0.9% | 1.7% | 5% | A |
| 298 | Mirrormont WA | 4,019 | $182K | 3.2% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| 299 | Sag Harbor NY | 2,841 | $130K | 3.1% | 0.4% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 427 | Wellsville UT | 4,303 | $104K | 3.1% | 1.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 436 | East Basin UT | 4,002 | $146K | 7.5% | 0.6% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 4,177 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Mountain Green, 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 Mountain Green: questions
What is the median household income in Mountain Green?
$150,313 (±$14,413) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mountain Green?
0.9%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mountain Green?
30 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mountain Green work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (13%, 27 mi), Morgan (9%, 9 mi), Ogden (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Mountain Green walkable?
Mountain Green is more walkable than 5% of U.S. towns (Walkability D−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Mountain Green without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mountain Green, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mountain Green
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.