West Valley City, UT

General Economic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4983470, place: West Valley City city, Utah)

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over: 76,161 (100%)
In labor force: 55,203 (72.48%)
--Civilian labor force: 55,059 (72.29%)
----Employed: 51,842 (68.07%)
----Unemployed: 3,217 (4.22%)
------Percent of civilian labor force: 5.8%
--Armed Forces: 144 (0.19%)
Not in labor force: 20,958 (27.52%)
Females 16 years and over: 37,875 (49.73%)
In labor force: 25,133 (33%)
--Civilian labor force: 25,102 (32.96%)
----Employed: 23,575 (30.95%)
Own children under 6 years: 13,074 (17.17%)
All parents in family in labor force: 7,873 (10.34%)

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over: 50,957 (100%)
Car, truck, or van - - drove alone: 39,045 (76.62%)
Car, truck, or van - - carpooled: 8,483 (16.65%)
Public transportation (including taxicab): 1,099 (2.16%)
Walked: 632 (1.24%)
Other means: 522 (1.02%)
Worked at home: 1,176 (2.31%)
Mean travel time to work: 22.7 minutes

OCCUPATION
Employed civilian population 16 years and over: 51,842 (100%)
Management, professional, and related occupations: 10,421 (20.1%)
Service occupations: 6,560 (12.65%)
Sales and office occupations: 16,761 (32.33%)
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations.: 80 (0.15%)
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations: 6,516 (12.57%)
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations: 11,504 (22.19%)

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining: 398 (0.77%)
Construction: 4,689 (9.04%)
Manufacturing: 8,894 (17.16%)
Wholesale trade.: 2,549 (4.92%)
Retail trade: 6,679 (12.88%)
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities: 4,302 (8.3%)
Information: 1,815 (3.5%)
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing: 4,280 (8.26%)
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services: 4,078 (7.87%)
Educational, health and social services: 6,342 (12.23%)
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services: 3,706 (7.15%)
Other services (except public administration): 2,130 (4.11%)
Public administration: 1,980 (3.82%)

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers: 43,976 (84.83%)
Government workers: 5,959 (11.49%)
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business: 1,855 (3.58%)
Unpaid family workers: 52 (0.1%)

INCOME IN 1999
Households: 32,233 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 1,510 (4.68%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 1,438 (4.46%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 3,583 (11.12%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 4,385 (13.6%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 7,084 (21.98%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 8,723 (27.06%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 3,609 (11.2%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 1,557 (4.83%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 195 (0.6%)
$200,000 or more: 149 (0.46%)
Median household income: $45,773

With earnings: 29,220 (90.65%)
--Mean earnings: $49,418
With Social Security income: 5,431 (16.85%)
--Mean Social Security income: $11,079
With Supplemental Security Income: 1,170 (3.63%)
--Mean Supplemental Security Income: $6,936
With public assistance income: 1,168 (3.62%)
--Mean public assistance income: $3,293
With retirement income: 4,185 (12.98%)
--Mean retirement income: $12,515

Families: 26,012 (100%)
Less than $10,000: 911 (3.5%)
$10,000 to $14,999: 914 (3.51%)
$15,000 to $24,999: 2,573 (9.89%)
$25,000 to $34,999: 3,416 (13.13%)
$35,000 to $49,999: 5,694 (21.89%)
$50,000 to $74,999: 7,806 (30.01%)
$75,000 to $99,999: 3,170 (12.19%)
$100,000 to $149,999: 1,312 (5.04%)
$150,000 to $199,999: 120 (0.46%)
$200,000 or more: 96 (0.37%)
Median family income: $48,593

Per capita income: $15,031

Median earnings (dollars)
Male full-time, year-round workers: $32,116
Female full-time, year-round workers: $22,693

POVERTY STATUS IN 1999
Families: 1,744 (6.7%)
--With related children under 18 years: 1,558 (5.99%)
----With related children under 5 years: 952 (3.66%)
Families with female householder, no husband present: 862 (3.31%)
--With related children under 18 years: 782 (3.01%)
----With related children under 5 years: 393 (1.51%)
Individuals: 9,351 (35.95%)
--18 years and over: 5,250 (20.18%)
----65 years and over: 194 (0.75%)
--Related children under 18 years: 3,911 (15.04%)
----Related children 5 to 17 years: 2,377 (9.14%)
--Unrelated individuals 15 years and over: 2,252 (8.66%)

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