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%

Heber$4,540/mo

Typical home $808K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.45% · or rent about $1,870/mo · Housing →

Mapleton$4,090/mo

Typical home $723K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.49% · or rent about $1,386/mo · Housing →

The difference: $450 a month, about $5,400 a year, between Heber and Mapleton.

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.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

HeberMapleton

Snow a year75″66″

January low13°F 22°F

July high90°F 93°F

Growing season (days)106d 174d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 50th

Outdoors & history

HeberMapleton

Trails85 mi 12 mi

Conserved land0.8%17.4%

Settled1859 1856

National Register places12 1

Archive photos12 18

Famous people born here6 —

Community

HeberMapleton

Library hours a week51 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

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.

Where they are

31 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HeberUT MapletonUT

Heber ↔ Mapleton31 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

HeberMapleton

People

Population 18,015Highest 13,114Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +48.4%Highest UT: +18.4% +42.4%Lowest UT: +18.4%

Median age 28.7±1.8Lowest 10% below UT 30.8±3.8Highest 4% below UT

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

Kids under 18 32.2%±2.6Lowest UT: 27.8% 34.4%±3.9Highest UT: 27.8%

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

Age 65+ 7.8%±1.4Lowest UT: 11.9% 13.3%±1.8Highest UT: 11.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 45.5%Lowest UT: 37.7% 53.9%Highest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.1%±2.3Highest UT: 8.1% 6.1%±1.3Lowest UT: 8.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $110,339±$10kLowest 16% above UT $133,142±$11kHighest 40% above UT

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $654,200±$49kLowest 34% above UT $745,200±$42kHighest 52% above UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,870±$190Highest 25% above UT $1,386±$168Lowest 7% below UT

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,922Lowest 16% above UT $3,669Highest 45% above UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.9%±11.4Lowest UT: 47.2% 55.2%±15.2Highest UT: 47.2%

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

Below poverty line 5.3%Highest UT: 8.5% 2.7%Lowest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.8%Lowest UT: 70.2% 85.4%Highest UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2003Lowest 11 yrs newer than UT 2005Highest 13 yrs newer than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 13% below UT 22 minHighest about the UT average

Work from home 10.6%±2.7Lowest UT: 17.6% 20.7%±4.4Highest UT: 17.6%

Work in townworking residents 21.9%Highest 6.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 12.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.67Highest 0.41Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Park City (12%)Provo (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MapletonFew work in Heber

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 17.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 85.2 miHighest 12.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 3.6 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Highest 7Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 35.9Lowest 41.6Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #62 of 117 in UT #25 of 117 in UT

School district Wasatch DistrictNebo District

High school in town Wasatch HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 22.9 —

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Heber vs Mapleton

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Mapleton places higher on 15 of 22 UT lists

A typical home costs $450 more a month in Heber

What daily life feels like in each

31 miles apart

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