Cost of living in Utah

Utah at a glance

Median rent

$1,496

Census ACS, B25064, monthly

Median household income

$95,166

Census ACS, B19013, yearly

Median home value

$489,400

Census ACS, B25077

Median property tax bill

$2,525

Census ACS, B25103, yearly, current owners

Mean commute

22 min

Census ACS, DP03, one way

Unemployment

3.6%

Census ACS, DP03

Utah's own published state rows, never an average of its counties. Prices overall run 1% below the national average (BEA regional price parity, 2024).

Figures from the 2024 release of the Census American Community Survey, checked September 2026. Health, hazard and price-level readings name their own release beside them.

The three most populous counties in Utah

These are the most populous places in Utah, not a match to you. Set what matters to you on Find your fit and this becomes your three closest matches here. Made-up answers work too. This is a tool, not a survey.

• Salt Lake County

  Population

  1.2M

  Rent

  $1,592

  Household income

  $97,494

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $2,836

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• Utah County

  Population

  705K

  Rent

  $1,541

  Household income

  $100,671

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $2,370

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• Davis County

  Population

  371K

  Rent

  $1,621

  Household income

  $110,884

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $2,665

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Utah, worth the trip

Admitted to the Union on January 4, 1896, as the 45th state. Brigham Young and a group of Mormons founded Salt Lake City in 1847. The city became the territorial capital in 1856 and the state capital in 1896.

• Zion National Park

  Sandstone cliffs of cream, pink and red, plus the tall walls of a narrow slot canyon.

• Arches National Park

  Over 2,000 natural stone arches, with pinnacles, rock fins and balanced rocks.

• Golden Spike National Historical Park

  The Last Spike Site of the first transcontinental railroad, with the original 1869 grade and replica locomotives.

History: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Each place links to the page of the agency that looks after it.

Property tax in Utah

Current owners in Utah pay a median 0.52% of home value a year in property tax. Example: $2,525 a year, the median bill. By county, the median bill runs from $859 in Rich County to $3,701 in Summit County. These are bills that current owners pay, as the Census measures them. Each county's own figure is in the table below.

Health in Utah

Life expectancy

78.8 yrs

County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS vital statistics

No health insurance

9.2%

County Health Rankings, from Census SAHIE, people under 65

Poor or fair health

14.2%

County Health Rankings, from CDC BRFSS. Modeled, not counted

Injury deaths per 100K people

69

County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS, counted deaths

Each is the figure County Health Rankings publishes for Utah as a whole, never an average of its counties. Each county's own health readings are on its page.

Natural hazards in Utah

Expected yearly loss, statewide

$1.5B

All natural hazards, an average year. Larger states lose more

Building loss rate

$1.81

Per $1,000 of building value, each year. Fair to compare between states

Costliest hazard

Earthquake

$869M of the expected yearly loss, the largest share of any hazard FEMA assesses

Air quality

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The EPA publishes air quality by county and metro area, never by state. It is on each county's page

FEMA publishes a risk score for counties and none for states, so none is shown here. Each county's score is on its own page.

Side by side

Salt Lake County, UT is the largest county here. Set it beside another place, reading by reading.

All 29 counties in Utah

Each has its published readings on its own page. Press a column to sort by it. Pick one, or open the map to see them shaded side by side.

Household income, home value and population are on each county's own page, and in this table on a wider screen.

Where these numbers come from

Each reading is the published figure, not an estimate. A dash means the source did not publish one, or published one too uncertain to print.

• State figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 20245-year estimates, the state's own row (tables B25064, B19013, B25077, B25103, B01003, DP03).
• County figures: the same survey, each county's own row, as on every county page.
• Price level: Bureau of Economic Analysis, regional price parities, 2024, all items, state-level.
• Health: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, the state's own row. Poor or fair health is a modeled estimate from CDC survey data. The other three are counted or calculated.
• Natural hazards: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025, state table, expected annual loss. This product uses FEMA data but is not endorsed by FEMA.
• Air quality has no state figure: the EPA publishes it by county and metro area only.
• Photographs: Wikimedia Commons and the county photo feed, each credited to its photographer under its own licence, beneath the picture.