Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0Spring Lake has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
14 jobs are based in Spring Lake, against 260 working residents. Commuters spend 14 minutes getting to work on average; the Utah average is 22, the U.S. 26. The poverty rate is 0.8% (Utah 8.5%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Spring Lake, in a few figures
Spring Lake is a place people come home to
There are 14 jobs based in Spring Lake, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Spring Lake has about 410 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Commutes from Spring Lake are quick
The average trip to work takes 14 minutes, against 22 across Utah. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Utah worker, and quicker than any town next door (23 to 27 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 260 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Spring Lake by day and by night
On a workday 260 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 14 people come in from elsewhere.
About 410 people are in Spring Lake on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 14 minutes each way for Spring Lake’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 4.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Spring Lake workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 207 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.
13% of working residents work in Spanish Fork
Where Spring Lake clocks in
13% of workers
13% of workers
13% 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Spring Lake, 2013 → 2023: 4 → 14. 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 Spring Lake’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Spring Lake’s commute, mile by mile
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
The towns next door employ 13% of Spring Lake
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Spring Lake workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake | – | — | — | 14 min | $94,936 |
| Payson | 13% | B | B+ | 23 min | $89,905 |
| Santaquin | under 2% | A− | C+ | 27 min | $99,837 |
| West Mountain | under 2% | A | D | 25 min | $111,791 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Payson. Darker towns draw more of Spring 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 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 Spring Lake: questions
What is the median household income in Spring Lake?
$94,936 (±$82,800) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Spring Lake?
0.8%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Spring Lake?
14 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Spring Lake work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Spanish Fork (13%, 9 mi), Provo (13%, 17 mi), Payson (13%, 2 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake, from the people who make the trip.
More of Spring Lake
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.