Utah County, Utah

Utah County has a population of 705,400 and has grown 15.2% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $538,700, about 5.3 times the county's median household income of $100,671.

Home price
$538,700
Income
$100,671
Population
705,400
Unemployment
3.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$538,700county
Median gross rent$1,541county
Median year homes here were built2001county
Share of homes built before 198025.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile1.3%county
Share of homes that are vacant3.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented31.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.7%county
Typical monthly rent$1,847county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,460county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,265county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,031county
Home insurance / yr$1,814(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living102.2(statewide)
Median household income$100,671county
Family health premium / yr$23,583(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,094(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.307(statewide)
Poverty rate8.7%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home19.0%county
Unemployment rate3.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force71.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.0%county
Share of workers employed by government12.0%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.0%county
Economic output per resident$67,966county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.44%county
Top state income tax4.45%(statewide)
Capital gains tax4.45%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.42%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.3 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport455219county
Miles to nearest general aviation field10 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station5.8 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.7%county
Traffic deaths13.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0001.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher44.4%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.1%county
Public schools in the county188county
Public school enrollment155289county
Students per full-time teacher22.8county
Free lunch eligible22.7%county
Elementary schools118county
Middle schools24county
High schools24county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above6county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution1.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians41county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county8county
Hospitals here with an emergency department7county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here5county
Fine particulate matter8.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance7.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year10.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year5.4%county
Frequent mental distress16.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity12.4%county
Diagnosed diabetes6.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population705,400county
Land area in square miles2,004county
People per square mile of land352.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores51county
Convenience stores14county
Share living far from a food store33.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract2.8%county
Population change since 2020+15.2%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents12county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age25.8 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1831.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over7.9%county
Share of households that are one person12.8%county
Share of residents born outside the United States8.2%county
Second languages16.1%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls89.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents211county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents4county
Households that moved in18,943county
Households that moved away16,248county
Average income of arriving households$69,014county
Average income of departing households$69,524county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes34county
Housing units authorised in the latest year7,202county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings26.1%county
Violent crime rate230(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature50°Fcounty
Annual precipitation15.3 incounty
Annual snowfall21.9 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.73 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F18 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing139 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days143 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 15county
Average first fall frostOct 5county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$92county
Electric utilities serving this county6county
Electricity price per kWh11.9¢county
Household electricity use792 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$11.27(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity16.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas80.5%county
Homes heated by propane2.0%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.3%county
Households with broadband93.4%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk90.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk67.7county
Landslide risk76.0county
Hail risk31.7county
Earthquake risk98.8county
Tornado risk52.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk94.3county
Winter weather risk93.8county
Strong wind risk87.9county
Wildfire risk98.9county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Utah County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Utah figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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