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 →

Smithfield$2,620/mo

Typical home $467K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.43% · or rent about $1,311/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,920 a month, about $23,100 a year, between Heber and Smithfield.

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

Smithfield places higher on 13 of 21 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.

Safety

BHeberSafer than 57% of U.S. towns A+SmithfieldSafer than 96% of U.S. towns

Schools

B+HeberBetter than 73% of districts in the state ASmithfieldBetter than 85% of districts in the state

Health

AHeberHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns ASmithfieldHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns

7Heber

13Smithfield

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest property taxCost of living · 120 towns #90#32 Most affordableCost of living · 120 towns #104#46 Cheapest rentCost of living · 118 towns #96#39 Highest graduation rateSchools · 119 towns #62#5 Most remote workersWork · 119 towns #96#41 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 119 towns #79#25 SafestSafety · 56 towns #26#1 Most activeHealth · 119 towns #64#13

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

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

HeberSmithfield

Snow a year75″62″

January low13°F 17°F

July high90°F 89°F

Growing season (days)106d 143d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 25th

Outdoors & history

HeberSmithfield

Trails85 mi 9 mi

Conserved land0.8%1.6%

Settled1859 1859

National Register places12 5

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here6 —

Community

HeberSmithfield

Library hours a week51 hrs 48 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

92 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HeberUT SmithfieldUT

Heber ↔ Smithfield92 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

HeberSmithfield

People

Population 18,015Highest 14,408Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +48.4%Highest UT: +18.4% +42.9%Lowest UT: +18.4%

Median age 28.7±1.8 10% below UT 28.7±0.9 10% below UT

Kids under 18 32.2%±2.6Lowest UT: 27.8% 37.8%±3.4Highest UT: 27.8%

Smithfield 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% 8.4%±1.6Highest UT: 11.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 45.5%Highest UT: 37.7% 43%Lowest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.1%±2.3Highest UT: 8.1% 4.2%±1.3Lowest UT: 8.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $110,339±$10kHighest 16% above UT $97,537±$8kLowest about the UT average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $654,200±$49kHighest 34% above UT $450,200±$16kLowest 8% below UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,870±$190Highest 25% above UT $1,311±$137Lowest 12% below UT

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,922Highest 16% above UT $1,956Lowest 23% below UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 48.9%±11.4Highest UT: 47.2% 31.5%±14.2Lowest UT: 47.2%

Heber and Smithfield 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% 3.6%Lowest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.8%Highest UT: 70.2% 80.5%Lowest UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2003Highest 11 yrs newer than UT 2002Lowest 10 yrs newer than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 13% below UT 21 minHighest 4% below UT

Work from home 10.6%±2.7Lowest UT: 17.6% 18.8%±4.6Highest UT: 17.6%

Work in townworking residents 21.9%Highest 9.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 8.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.67Highest 0.40Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Park City (12%)Logan (31%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 1.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 85.2 miHighest 9.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 3.6 miHighest 1.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 9Highest 7Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 35.9Lowest 76.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #62 of 117 in UT #23 of 117 in UT

School district Wasatch DistrictCache District

High school in town Wasatch HighSky View High

Students per teacherat that high school 22.9Lowest 25.0Highest

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

Deciding?

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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 Smithfield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,920 more a month in Heber

Smithfield places higher on 13 of 21 UT lists

What daily life feels like in each

92 miles apart

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