Work & commute · Lake Shore

Work & commute in Lake Shore, UT

Most working residents leave Lake Shore for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Provo (14%), Spanish Fork (11%) and Orem (10%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

4 of 368 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

10%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 364 Lake Shore residents head out of town to work, 4 work right here, and 414 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lake Shore.

364live here, work elsewhere

4live and work here

414work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lake Shore goes to work

Provo9.3 mi away

14%52

Spanish Fork5.1 mi away

11%40

Orem11.8 mi away

10%38

Springville6.6 mi away

10%37

Salt Lake City45.7 mi away

7%26

Lehi21.1 mi away

5%19

Payson6.5 mi away

4%16

American Fork17.4 mi away

3%10

Murray36.9 mi away

3%10

West Valley City41.3 mi away

2%9

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%111

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Lake Shore commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

37%

29%

25%

10%

37%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lake Shore is balanced between jobs and homes

1.14jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.14 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Lake Shore are

418 jobs are based in Lake Shore. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lake Shore’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lake Shore

418 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Lake Shore residents hold

368 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month54%

+33%

Jobs based in Lake Shore, 2013 → 2023: 315 → 418. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.