Photo: Stanporter · CC BY-SA 4.0North Salt Lake has higher household incomes than 78% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn North Salt Lake A−; getting around on foot earns it B+. Below the poverty line: 5.9% of residents (Utah 8.5%). Only 7% work in North Salt Lake itself; outside it, Salt Lake City draws the most (36%, 5 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets North Salt Lake apart on work
A lot of North Salt Lake works one town over
44% of working residents work in a town that borders North Salt Lake: Salt Lake City (36%), Bountiful (5%) and Woods Cross (3%). Next door ↓
North Salt Lake has added jobs fast
Jobs based in North Salt Lake went from 10,288 in 2014 to 14,910 in 2024, +45%. The jobs ↓
North Salt Lake draws workers from far and wide
The 14,910 jobs in North Salt Lake are filled from a wide area. North Salt Lake’s own residents hold 5% and the ten next-biggest home towns 38%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
North Salt Lake gains people on a workday
About 28,000 people are in North Salt Lake on a workday afternoon, 20% more than the 24,000 who live here: 14,000 come in to work and 9,500 head out. Day and night ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, 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.
How North Salt Lake earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, North Salt Lake is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #47 of 119 in Utah. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, North Salt Lake could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
North Salt Lake makes things: 33% of its jobs are in goods
14,910 jobs are based in North Salt Lake.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Salt Lake, 2014 → 2024: 10,288 → 14,910. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Salt Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ North Salt Lake’s residents
Where North Salt Lake clocks in
36% 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.
Who works in North Salt Lake, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 9,515 residents head out to work, 696 work right here, and 14,214 people come in from elsewhere.
About 28,000 people are in North Salt Lake on a workday afternoon, 20% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.46 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
From North Salt Lake, about 20 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Salt Lake workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 10,219 commuters (the 17% 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.
Where in the region North Salt Lake works
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
For most of North Salt Lake, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, North Salt Lake is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns, #51 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.0% 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 12,340 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 28% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 13% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 3.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 80% 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). 2.4% of North Salt Lake households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of North Salt Lake’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, North Salt Lake is 424th of 1,577 U.S. towns of 17,000 to 32,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
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| 61 | Bluffdale UT | 19,506 | $130K | 3.1% | 2.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 100 | Holladay UT | 31,162 | $117K | 4.1% | 2.7% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Highland UT | 21,571 | $186K | 1.9% | 3.9% | 4% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 422 | Mamaroneck NY | 31,479 | $164K | 7.4% | 5.2% | 11% | A− |
| 423 | Montgomery IL | 21,978 | $104K | 6.7% | 3.4% | 3% | A− |
| 424 | North Salt Lake UT | 23,588 | $101K | 5.9% | 3.9% | 7% | A− |
| 425 | Holden MA | 20,526 | $142K | 4.4% | 4.7% | 8% | A− |
| 426 | Windsor CA | 25,864 | $134K | 5.9% | 3.6% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,577 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 35% | 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 North Salt Lake, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
44% of North Salt Lake works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Salt Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Salt Lake | – | A− | B+ | 20 min | $101,447 |
| Bountiful | 5% | A | A | 23 min | $104,785 |
| Woods Cross | 3% | A+ | A− | 20 min | $120,543 |
| Salt Lake City | 36% | B | A+ | 20 min | $75,090 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Salt Lake City. Darker towns draw more of North Salt Lake’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 2024, 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 North Salt Lake: questions
What is the median household income in North Salt Lake?
$101,447 (±$9,849) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Salt Lake?
5.9%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Salt Lake?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Salt Lake work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (36%, 5 mi), Bountiful (5%, 4 mi), West Valley City (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is North Salt Lake walkable?
North Salt Lake is more walkable than 74% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Salt Lake without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 13% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Salt Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Salt Lake
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.