Washington County, Utah

Washington County has a population of 196,431 and has grown 18.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $510,700, about 6.3 times the county's median household income of $80,632.

Home price
$510,700
Income
$80,632
Population
196,431
Unemployment
3.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$510,700county
Median gross rent$1,566county
Median year homes here were built2003county
Share of homes built before 198011.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile3.7%county
Share of homes that are vacant15.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.4%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use10.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,936county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,575county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,218county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,072county
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$80,632county
Family health premium / yr$23,583(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,094(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.307(statewide)
Poverty rate9.8%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 home14.0%county
Unemployment rate3.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force57.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.5%county
Share of workers employed by government13.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry24.9%county
Economic output per resident$58,824county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.42%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 time19.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service6.5 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport161201county
Miles to nearest general aviation field12 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station137 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.3%county
Traffic deaths21.4county
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 higher35.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.9%county
Public schools in the county60county
Public school enrollment36975county
Students per full-time teacher21.9county
Free lunch eligible31.5%county
Elementary schools30county
Middle schools9county
High schools11county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians54county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here5county
Fine particulate matter5.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance11.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.2%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.0%county
Frequent mental distress14.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity16.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.3%county

Place

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

Population196,431county
Land area in square miles2,428county
People per square mile of land80.9county
Supermarkets and grocery stores21county
Convenience stores8county
Share living far from a food store31.6%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract31.0%county
Population change since 2020+18.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age39.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over22.3%county
Share of households that are one person20.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States5.8%county
Second languages10.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls74.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents183county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents22county
Households that moved in6,543county
Households that moved away5,093county
Average income of arriving households$82,740county
Average income of departing households$69,305county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes35county
Housing units authorised in the latest year2,857county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings12.6%county
Violent crime rate230(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature58.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation12.7 incounty
Annual snowfall2.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy5.56 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F64 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing63 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days178 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 26county
Average first fall frostOct 21county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$108county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh11.4¢county
Household electricity use942 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$11.27(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity37.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas58.1%county
Homes heated by propane1.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood0.8%county
Households with broadband93.1%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk93.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk38.8county
Landslide risk98.6county
Hail risk5.6county
Earthquake risk81.1county
Tornado risk6.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk90.8county
Winter weather risk47.3county
Strong wind risk13.4county
Wildfire risk99.8county

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 teams0county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Washington 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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