Ashton-Driggs House · Photo: Aliciaqb · CC BY-SA 3.0Pleasant Grove’s household incomes are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns
Jobs & income A: better than 91% of U.S. towns on income, poverty, unemployment and job access · #28 of 119 in Utah.
Walkability B+: more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns · #48 of 119 in Utah.
Working residents average 22 minutes each way (Utah 22, U.S. 26). About one in ten work in Pleasant Grove; the top destination outside it is Orem (12%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The short version on getting to work from Pleasant Grove
Jobs in Pleasant Grove have more than doubled in ten years
Jobs based in Pleasant Grove went from 5,790 in 2013 to 14,558 in 2023, +151%. The jobs ↓
Pleasant Grove trades workers with the towns around it
Pleasant Grove has about as many jobs (14,558) as working residents (16,733), but they are mostly different people: 14,984 residents leave for work each day while 12,809 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Pleasant Grove are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A young workforce
33% of Pleasant Grove’s working residents are 29 or younger, about one in three. 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 Pleasant Grove’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Pleasant Grove is better than 91% of U.S. towns, #28 of 119 in Utah. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Pleasant Grove’s grade. 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, Pleasant Grove could be anywhere from A− to A+.
What the 14,558 jobs in Pleasant Grove are
14,558 jobs are based in Pleasant Grove. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pleasant Grove’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Pleasant Grove, 2013 → 2023: 5,790 → 14,558. 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.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 14,984 residents head out to work, 1,749 work right here, and 12,809 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 (0.87 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.
12% of working residents work in Orem
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Pleasant Grove clocks in
12% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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 6.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Pleasant Grove workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,601 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.
Half of Pleasant Grove commutes less than 8 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 Pleasant Grove start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Pleasant Grove is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #48 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.3% 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 17,887 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 53% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 4% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 70% 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). 2.8% of Pleasant Grove households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Pleasant Grove’s commuters take a bus or train.
Pleasant Grove is 174th of 1,196 U.S. towns of 26,000 to 51,000 on jobs and income
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Pleasant Grove, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 2 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Holladay UT | 31,162 | $117K | 4.1% | 2.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 76 | Syracuse UT | 39,909 | $133K | 4.8% | 1.2% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 81 | Kaysville UT | 33,307 | $133K | 3.4% | 2.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 172 | Ken Caryl CO | 33,233 | $118K | 3.7% | 3.8% | 6% | A |
| 173 | Aliso Viejo CA | 49,844 | $142K | 5.1% | 4.2% | 8% | A |
| 174 | Pleasant Grove UT | 37,773 | $101K | 4.6% | 2.6% | 10% | A |
| 175 | Bel Air North MD | 31,302 | $137K | 3.5% | 3.2% | 5% | A |
| 176 | Wakefield MA | 29,234 | $134K | 4.9% | 4.4% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,196 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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.
15% of Pleasant Grove works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to American Fork (9%). Darker towns draw more of Pleasant Grove’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Pleasant Grove workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove | – | A | B+ | 22 min | $101,073 |
| Cedar Hills | under 2% | A | B | 22 min | $139,008 |
| Lindon | 6% | A− | B+ | 20 min | $120,956 |
| American Fork | 9% | A− | A− | 23 min | $98,878 |
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 Pleasant Grove: questions
What is the median household income in Pleasant Grove?
$101,073 (±$4,207) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Pleasant Grove?
4.6%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Pleasant Grove?
22 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Pleasant Grove work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Orem (12%, 6 mi), Provo (11%, 10 mi), Lehi (10%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Pleasant Grove walkable?
Pleasant Grove is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 10.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Pleasant Grove without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 4% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Pleasant Grove, from the people who make the trip.
More of Pleasant Grove
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.