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%

Layton$2,970/mo

Typical home $523K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $1,538/mo · Housing →

Sandy$3,720/mo

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

The difference: $750 a month, about $9,000 a year, between Sandy and Layton.

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

Sandy gets 32 more inches of snow a year

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

LaytonSandy

Snow a year50″82″

January low22°F 23°F

July high91°F 91°F

Growing season (days)181d 174d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)36th 49th

Outdoors & history

LaytonSandy

Trails20 mi 54 mi

Conserved land1.6%7.6%

Settled1850 1871

National Register places7 55

Archive photos18 18

Famous people born here19 29

Community

LaytonSandy

Library hours a week58 hrs 58 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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.

Report cards

Sandy places higher on 15 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.

Safety

B−LaytonSafer than 51% of U.S. towns –SandyNot graded

Schools

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

Health

ALaytonHealthier than 85% of U.S. towns ASandyHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns

7Layton

15Sandy

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 117 towns #92#36 Most trailsOutdoors · 113 towns #72#22 Highest graduation rateSchools · 119 towns #13#62 Lowest obesityHealth · 119 towns #71#22 Most new homesHousing · 94 towns #55#93 Best schoolsSchools · 117 towns #61#21 Most affordableCost of living · 120 towns #58#96 Most remote workersWork · 119 towns #57#23

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

Where they are

35 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LaytonUT SandyUT

Layton ↔ Sandy35 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

LaytonSandy

People

Population 83,286Lowest 94,291Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +21.5%Highest UT: +18.4% +10.8%Lowest UT: +18.4%

Median age 32.3±1Lowest about the UT average 37.6±0.7Highest 18% above UT

Kids under 18 29%±1.5Highest UT: 27.8% 26.4%±1.3Lowest UT: 27.8%

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

Age 65+ 10.8%±0.8Lowest UT: 11.9% 15.8%±0.9Highest UT: 11.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36.6%Lowest UT: 37.7% 46%Highest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6%±0.7Highest UT: 8.1% 4.9%±0.6Lowest UT: 8.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $102,480±$5kLowest 8% above UT $112,176±$6kHighest 18% above UT

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $477,700±$11kLowest about the UT average $614,100±$10kHighest 25% above UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,538±$80Lowest about the UT average $1,777±$45Highest 19% above UT

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,519Lowest about the UT average $2,983Highest 18% above UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 45.5%±6.1Lowest UT: 47.2% 46.2%±6.9Highest UT: 47.2%

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

Below poverty line 8.1%Highest UT: 8.5% 5.5%Lowest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 72.5%Lowest UT: 70.2% 75.2%Highest UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1993Highest 1 yr newer than UT 1985Lowest 7 yrs older than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 4% above UT 23 minLowest about the UT average

Work from home 16.3%±1.6Lowest UT: 17.6% 22.8%±1.8Highest UT: 17.6%

Work in townworking residents 14.4%Highest 12.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.8 miHighest 9.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.80Lowest 1.07Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Salt Lake City (17%)Salt Lake City (23%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Lowest 7.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 19.9 miLowest 53.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miLowest 2.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 19Lowest 40Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 94.1Lowest 119Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #61 of 117 in UT #21 of 117 in UT

School district No. UT. Acad. for Math Engineering & Science · Leadership Learning AcademyBeehive Science & Technology Academy · Canyons District

High school in town Layton HighAlta High

Students per teacherat that high school 26.8Highest 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.

Layton vs Sandy

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $750 more a month in Sandy

Sandy gets 32 more inches of snow a year

Sandy places higher on 15 of 22 UT lists

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