Photo: Ntsimp · Public domainPlain City’s household incomes are higher than in 92% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Plain City A+; getting around on foot earns it C−. The poverty rate is 2.6%; Utah has 8.5%. Only 3% work in Plain City itself; outside it, Ogden draws the most (23%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Plain City: the figures worth knowing
Plain City and Ogden trade workers both ways
Ogden is the top workplace for Plain City residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Plain City come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Plain City is a place people come home to
There are 1,026 jobs based in Plain City, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Plain City has about 6,200 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Plain City makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Plain City are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Plain City residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 26%. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Plain City pay little
26% of the jobs based in Plain City pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. Young workers hold many of them: 33% of all the jobs here go to people 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Plain City
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Plain City is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #9 of 119 in Utah. The poverty rate is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 61% 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, Plain City could be anywhere from A to A+.
Where Plain City goes to work
Where Plain City clocks in
23% of workers
9% 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.
How many people are in Plain City by day
On a workday 3,925 residents head out to work, 110 work right here, and 916 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,200 people are in Plain City on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
0.25 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.
In Plain City, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,026 jobs are based in Plain City.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plain City, 2013 → 2023: 1,049 → 1,026. 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 Plain City’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Plain City: about 23 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plain City workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,624 commuters (the 14% 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.
Half of Plain City commutes less than 10 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.
Driving is how Plain City gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Plain City is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns, #112 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.2% 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 4,227 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 under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 40% 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). 0.0% of Plain City households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Plain City’s commuters take a bus or train.
Plain City next to U.S. towns of 6,500 to 12,500: 167th of 2,841 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Pimmit Hills VA | 6,589 | $173K | 1.6% | 1.3% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Braddock VA | 6,536 | $212K | 0.9% | 1.0% | 2% | A+ |
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| 94 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 165 | Leighton Township MI | 7,374 | $104K | 2.9% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| 166 | Travilah MD | 11,721 | $250K | 1.7% | 4.3% | 4% | A+ |
| 167 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| 168 | Algoma Township MI | 12,454 | $123K | 4.0% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| 169 | Shamong Township NJ | 6,659 | $128K | 3.2% | 2.4% | 7% | A+ |
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| 205 | Stansbury Park UT | 11,242 | $127K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
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| 211 | Woods Cross UT | 11,429 | $121K | 4.8% | 2.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,841 | Shiprock NM | 7,610 | $36K | 34.6% | 14.9% | 14% | 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 Plain City, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Plain City and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to Farr West (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plain City workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain City | – | A+ | C− | 23 min | $132,766 |
| Marriott-Slaterville | under 3% | A− | B | 20 min | $101,786 |
| Farr West | 5% | A | B | 21 min | $127,574 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Plain City’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 Plain City: questions
What is the median household income in Plain City?
$132,766 (±$15,257) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plain City?
2.6%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plain City?
23 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plain City work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ogden (23%, 8 mi), Salt Lake City (9%, 38 mi), Farr West (5%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Plain City walkable?
Plain City is more walkable than 22% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.4 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Plain City without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plain City, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plain City
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.