A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Sandy

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Bountiful$3,250/mo

Typical home $571K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $1,565/mo · Housing →

Sandy$3,720/mo

Typical home $659K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.49% · or rent about $1,777/mo · Housing →

The difference: $480 a month, about $5,700 a year, between Sandy and Bountiful.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Sandy places higher on 11 of 22 UT lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Utah ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

A−BountifulBetter than 75% of districts in the state A−SandyBetter than 76% of districts in the state

Health

ABountifulHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns ASandyHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns

8Bountiful

11Sandy

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 117 towns #87#36 Highest graduation rateSchools · 119 towns #13#62 Lowest obesityHealth · 119 towns #64#22 Most trailsOutdoors · 113 towns #57#22 Rent easiest to affordCost of living · 42 towns #31#18 Cheapest rentCost of living · 118 towns #66#92 Most walkableOutdoors · 120 towns #28#8 Most affordableCost of living · 120 towns #76#96

Left end = #1 in Utah. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Bountiful’s rankings →

Where they are

21 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BountifulSandy

Bountiful ↔ Sandy21 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Utah average

BountifulSandy

People

Population 45,023Lowest 94,291Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.5%Lowest UT: +18.4% +10.8%Highest UT: +18.4%

Median age 32.7±1.2Lowest about the UT average 37.6±0.7Highest 18% above UT

Kids under 18 29.1%±1.9Highest UT: 27.8% 26.4%±1.3Lowest UT: 27.8%

Bountiful and Sandy are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 14.9%±1.2Lowest UT: 11.9% 15.8%±0.9Highest UT: 11.9%

Sandy and Bountiful are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 47.7%Highest UT: 37.7% 46%Lowest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.7%±1Highest UT: 8.1% 4.9%±0.6Lowest UT: 8.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $104,785±$9kLowest 10% above UT $112,176±$6kHighest 18% above UT

Sandy and Bountiful are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $532,200±$23kLowest 9% above UT $614,100±$10kHighest 25% above UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,565±$110Lowest 5% above UT $1,777±$45Highest 19% above UT

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,835Lowest 12% above UT $2,983Highest 18% above UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 49.7%±8.2Highest UT: 47.2% 46.2%±6.9Lowest UT: 47.2%

Bountiful and Sandy are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 6.9%Highest UT: 8.5% 5.5%Lowest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 71.3%Lowest UT: 70.2% 75.2%Highest UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Lowest 19 yrs older than UT 1985Highest 7 yrs older than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 3% above UT 23 minLowest about the UT average

Work from home 20.4%±2.4Lowest UT: 17.6% 22.8%±1.8Highest UT: 17.6%

Sandy and Bountiful are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 9.3%Lowest 12.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miHighest 9.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.59Lowest 1.07Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Salt Lake City (31%)Salt Lake City (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SandyFew work in Bountiful

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.8%Lowest 7.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 14.7 miLowest 53.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miLowest 2.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 15Lowest 40Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 86.2Lowest 119Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #31 of 117 in UT #21 of 117 in UT

School district Davis DistrictBeehive Science & Technology Academy · Canyons District

High school in town Viewmont HighAlta High

Students per teacherat that high school 25.4Highest 24.5Lowest

Utah average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Bountiful vs Sandy

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Bountiful gets 37 more inches of snow a year

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Sandy

Sandy places higher on 11 of 22 UT lists

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