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%

Highland$5,430/mo

Typical home $974K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.39% · or rent about $2,166/mo · Housing →

Alpine$6,720/mo

Typical home $1.2M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.41% · or rent about $3,501/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,300 a month, about $15,500 a year, between Alpine and Highland.

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.

Where they are

Highland and Alpine share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HighlandAlpine

Highland ↔ Alpine2.7 miles apart · They share a border

Report cards

Highland places higher on 14 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.

Schools

A−HighlandBetter than 75% of districts in the state A−AlpineBetter than 75% of districts in the state

Health

A+HighlandHealthier than 99% of U.S. towns A+AlpineHealthier than 97% of U.S. towns

14Highland

3Alpine

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 120 towns #25#78 Fastest growingGrowth · 117 towns #40#91 Shortest commuteGetting around · 120 towns #79#113 Most new homesHousing · 94 towns #41#66 Most trailsOutdoors · 113 towns #24#3 Most remote workersWork · 119 towns #20#3 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 120 towns #48#62 Lowest obesityHealth · 119 towns #11#22

Left end = #1 in Utah. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Highland’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

HighlandAlpine

Snow a year74″74″

January low22°F 22°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)159d 159d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)54th 53rd

Outdoors & history

HighlandAlpine

Trails18 mi 42 mi

Conserved land8.3%7.1%

Settled1977 1850

National Register places1 3

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here4 —

Community

HighlandAlpine

Library hours a week48 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.

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

HighlandAlpine

People

Population 20,119Highest 10,392Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +24.6%Highest UT: +18.4% +7.3%Lowest UT: +18.4%

Median age 28±3.4Lowest 13% below UT 38.7±2.9Highest 21% above UT

Kids under 18 37.4%±2.6Highest UT: 27.8% 29.2%±3.4Lowest UT: 27.8%

Age 65+ 9.1%±1.1Lowest UT: 11.9% 15.9%±2.8Highest UT: 11.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 64.4%Highest UT: 37.7% 54.3%Lowest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6%±1.1Lowest UT: 8.1% 6.6%±2Highest UT: 8.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $186,075±$14kHighest 96% above UT $168,929±$34kLowest 78% above UT

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $928,300±$33kLowest 90% above UT $977,500±$48kHighest 100% above UT

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $2,166±$298Lowest 45% above UT $3,501Highest 134% above UT

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,657Lowest 45% above UT $4,034Highest 60% above UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.7%±34.1Lowest UT: 47.2% 59.5%±100Highest UT: 47.2%

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

Below poverty line 1.9%Lowest UT: 8.5% 7.4%Highest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 91.7%Highest UT: 70.2% 88.8%Lowest UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2004Highest 12 yrs newer than UT 1998Lowest 6 yrs newer than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest 5% above UT 30 minHighest 34% above UT

Work from home 23.3%±2.8Lowest UT: 17.6% 30.1%±4.8Highest UT: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.6%Lowest 6.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 11.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.40Lowest 0.52Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Lehi (12%)Salt Lake City (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AlpineFew work in Highland

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.3%Highest 7.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 17.9 miLowest 42.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.1 miLowest 5.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 22Highest 14Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 91.1Highest 44.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #13 of 117 in UT #9 of 117 in UT

School district Alpine DistrictAlpine District

High school in town Lone Peak HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 27.5 —

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.

Highland vs Alpine

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,300 more a month in Alpine

Highland and Alpine share a border

Highland places higher on 14 of 21 UT lists

What daily life feels like in each

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