Benson Mill · Photo: NPS Staff (Photo Credit: NPS) · Public domainHousehold incomes in Stansbury Park top those of 91% of U.S. towns
Only 2% work in Stansbury Park; the top destination outside it is Salt Lake City (26%, 22 miles). The poverty rate is 2.5%; Utah has 8.5%. Stansbury Park grades A+ for jobs and income and B for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Stansbury Park, in a few figures
Stansbury Park is a place people come home to
There are 863 jobs based in Stansbury Park, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Stansbury Park has about 6,300 people in it, 44% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Stansbury Park workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 31 minutes each way, against 22 across Utah. Over a year that’s about 238 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Stansbury Park’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Stansbury Park is Salt Lake City, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 26% of working residents (1,497) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Stansbury Park has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Stansbury Park went from 582 in 2014 to 863 in 2024, +48%. The jobs ↓
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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Stansbury Park
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Stansbury Park is better than 96% of U.S. towns, #11 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 62% 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, Stansbury Park could be anywhere from A to A+.
The daily commute in and out of Stansbury Park
On a workday 5,685 residents head out to work, 133 work right here, and 730 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,300 people are in Stansbury Park on a workday afternoon, 44% fewer than live here.
0.15 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 2024, primary jobs.
Time on the road from Stansbury Park: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stansbury Park workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,010 commuters (the 15% 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.
How many miles Stansbury Park commutes
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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
863 jobs are based in Stansbury Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stansbury Park, 2014 → 2024: 582 → 863. 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 Stansbury Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting out of Stansbury Park: the destinations
Where Stansbury Park clocks in
26% of workers
11% 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.
For most of Stansbury Park, work means a drive
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stansbury Park is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns, #78 of 119 in Utah. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 5,922 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 1.0 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 57% 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). 1.6% of Stansbury Park households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Stansbury Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,507 U.S. towns of 8,000 to 15,000, Stansbury Park comes 179th 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 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
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| 78 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | West Point UT | 13,058 | $121K | 1.6% | 1.2% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 146 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 177 | Medfield MA | 13,248 | $236K | 2.1% | 4.1% | 10% | A+ |
| 178 | Linganore MD | 14,444 | $176K | 1.3% | 2.8% | 2% | A+ |
| 179 | Stansbury Park UT | 11,242 | $127K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 2% | A+ |
| 180 | Lake Tapps WA | 12,798 | $148K | 4.6% | 1.8% | 3% | A+ |
| 181 | Rochester MI | 12,824 | $112K | 4.2% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,507 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Stansbury Park, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
The towns around Stansbury Park
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Stansbury Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stansbury Park | – | A+ | B | 31 min | $126,526 |
| Erda | under 3% | B+ | C− | 26 min | $148,676 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Stansbury Park’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 Stansbury Park: questions
What is the median household income in Stansbury Park?
$126,526 (±$12,032) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stansbury Park?
2.5%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stansbury Park?
31 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stansbury Park work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (26%, 22 mi), Tooele (11%, 6 mi), West Valley City (7%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Stansbury Park walkable?
Stansbury Park is more walkable than 58% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 8.9 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stansbury Park without a car?
<1% 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 Stansbury Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stansbury Park
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.