Kimball Stage Stop · Photo: P. Kent Fairbanks · Public domainHousehold incomes put Silver Summit near the very top of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Silver Summit A; getting around on foot earns it C. Household incomes here are among the highest in the country. 6.8% of residents are in poverty (Utah 8.5%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Silver Summit: the figures worth knowing
A lot of Silver Summit works from home
32% of Silver Summit workers work from home, against 18% across Utah. Time on the road ↓
Silver Summit workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 28 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 215 hours of commuting, 46 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (19 to 25 minutes). Time on the road ↓
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; with 881 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How Silver Summit earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Silver Summit is better than 88% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($241,792, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (6.4%) is left out: Silver Summit’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Silver Summit could be anywhere from A− to A+.
About 28 minutes each way, longer than most of Utah
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Silver Summit workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 515 commuters (the 32% 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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Silver Summit
On a workday 856 residents head out to work, 25 work right here, and 614 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,200 people are in Silver Summit on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.73 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.
21% of working residents work in Park City
Where Silver Summit clocks in
21% of workers
16% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 32% of the jobs in Silver Summit
639 jobs are based in Silver Summit.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Silver Summit, 2013 → 2023: 293 → 639. 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 Silver Summit’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Silver Summit commutes less than 18 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 Silver Summit gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Silver Summit is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any 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 756 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). 2.4% of Silver Summit households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Silver Summit’s commuters take a bus or train.
Silver Summit is 349th of 6,308 U.S. towns of 1,000 to 2,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 156 | Emigration Canyon UT | 1,417 | $191K | 2.7% | 1.6% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 314 | Lake Shore UT | 1,129 | $99K | 0.0% | 20.0% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 324 | Mantua UT | 1,389 | $142K | 2.4% | 2.1% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 347 | Monroe Township OH | 1,297 | $110K | 3.3% | 0.0% | 1% | A |
| 348 | Dry Grove Township IL | 1,531 | $118K | 4.9% | 0.0% | 8% | A |
| 349 | Silver Summit UT | 1,476 | $242K | 6.8% | 6.4% | 3% | A |
| 350 | Luckey OH | 1,017 | $91K | 2.8% | 0.5% | <1% | A |
| 351 | Mendon UT | 1,326 | $148K | 1.5% | 0.8% | 1% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 6,308 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Silver Summit, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Work next door: 14% of Silver Summit’s workers
The biggest share goes to Snyderville (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Silver Summit workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Summit | – | A | C | 28 min | $241,792 |
| Snyderville | 8% | A+ | A | 22 min | $143,517 |
| Summit Park | 4% | A | B− | 19 min | $185,900 |
| East Basin | 2% | A | B | 25 min | $145,678 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Silver Summit’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 Silver Summit: questions
What is the median household income in Silver Summit?
$241,792 (±$54,889) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Silver Summit?
6.8%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Silver Summit?
28 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 32% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Silver Summit work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Park City (21%, 6 mi), Salt Lake City (16%, 22 mi), Snyderville (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Silver Summit walkable?
Silver Summit is more walkable than 26% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Silver Summit without a car?
0% 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 Silver Summit, from the people who make the trip.
More of Silver Summit
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.