Photo: An Errant Knight · CC BY-SA 4.0Summit Park’s household incomes are higher than in 98% of U.S. towns
2.2% of residents are in poverty; Utah has 8.5%. Summit Park grades A for jobs and income and B− for walkability. About one in ten work in Summit Park itself; outside it, Salt Lake City draws the most (23%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Summit Park: the gist
Summit Park has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Summit Park went from 1,266 in 2013 to 2,317 in 2023, +83%. The jobs ↓
Summit Park and Salt Lake City trade workers both ways
Salt Lake City is the top workplace for Summit Park residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Summit Park come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
Why Summit Park gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Summit Park is better than 95% of U.S. towns, #16 of 119 in Utah. Household income is its strongest input ($185,900, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.2%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Summit Park could be anywhere from A to A+.
What Summit Park’s employers do
2,317 jobs are based in Summit Park.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Summit Park, 2013 → 2023: 1,266 → 2,317. 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 Summit Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Out of Summit Park to work: where people go
Where Summit Park clocks in
23% 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.
Summit Park on a workday afternoon
On a workday 4,427 residents head out to work, 408 work right here, and 1,909 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,000 people are in Summit Park on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
0.48 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.
Commuting from Summit Park: about 19 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Summit Park workers work from home, vs 18% across Utah. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,489 commuters (the 24% 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.
Short hops and long hauls from Summit Park
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.
Most trips from Summit Park start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Summit Park is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns, #93 of 119 in Utah. Both inputs place Summit Park near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 4,616 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 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 49% 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). 0.3% of Summit Park households have no vehicle (Utah 4.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Summit Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 2,922 U.S. towns of 6,000 to 11,500, Summit Park comes 235th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
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| 96 | South Weber UT | 8,218 | $139K | 2.2% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 168 | Plain City UT | 9,256 | $133K | 2.6% | 1.1% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 204 | Stansbury Park UT | 11,242 | $127K | 2.5% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 233 | Newbury MA | 6,895 | $175K | 4.4% | 2.3% | 10% | A |
| 234 | Lodi Township MI | 6,281 | $138K | 3.7% | 2.8% | 3% | A |
| 235 | Summit Park UT | 8,537 | $186K | 2.2% | 3.2% | 8% | A |
| 236 | Woodlake VA | 7,358 | $139K | 2.5% | 2.9% | 2% | A |
| 237 | Mahtomedi MN | 8,189 | $123K | 3.8% | 3.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,922 | 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 Summit Park, the top three, the last and three more from Utah.
Next door to Summit Park
The biggest share goes to Snyderville (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Summit Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summit Park | – | A | B− | 19 min | $185,900 |
| Silver Summit | under 2% | A | C | 28 min | $241,792 |
| Snyderville | 8% | A+ | A | 22 min | $143,517 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Summit 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 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 Summit Park: questions
What is the median household income in Summit Park?
$185,900 (±$11,573) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,166 across Utah and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Summit Park?
2.2%, against 8.5% across Utah and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Summit Park?
19 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Utah and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Summit Park work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Salt Lake City (23%, 18 mi), Park City (16%, 8 mi), Snyderville (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Summit Park walkable?
Summit Park is more walkable than 50% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 6.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Summit Park without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and <1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Summit Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Summit Park
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.