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%

Lindon$4,060/mo

Typical home $728K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.40% · or rent about $1,563/mo · Housing →

Smithfield$2,620/mo

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

The difference: $1,440 a month, about $17,300 a year, between Lindon 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

Lindon places higher on 10 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

C+LindonSafer than 42% of U.S. towns A+SmithfieldSafer than 96% of U.S. towns

Schools

A−LindonBetter than 75% of districts in the state ASmithfieldBetter than 85% of districts in the state

Health

A+LindonHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns ASmithfieldHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns

10Lindon

9Smithfield

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 117 towns #11#93 SafestSafety · 56 towns #40#1 Most affordableCost of living · 120 towns #107#46 Lowest property taxCost of living · 120 towns #83#32 Fastest growingGrowth · 117 towns #66#18 Fewest smokersHealth · 119 towns #3#43 Most walkableOutdoors · 120 towns #77#39 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 120 towns #24#60

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

LindonSmithfield

Snow a year41″62″

January low24°F 17°F

July high93°F 89°F

Growing season (days)188d 143d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 25th

Outdoors & history

LindonSmithfield

Trails24 mi 9 mi

Conserved land24.7%1.6%

Settled1850 1859

National Register places1 5

Archive photos30 12

Community

LindonSmithfield

Library hours a week—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

103 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

LindonUT SmithfieldUT

Lindon ↔ Smithfield103 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

LindonSmithfield

People

Population 11,765Lowest 14,408Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.2%Lowest UT: +18.4% +42.9%Highest UT: +18.4%

Median age 29.7±3.6Highest 7% below UT 28.7±0.9Lowest 10% below UT

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

Kids under 18 33.5%±3.5Lowest UT: 27.8% 37.8%±3.4Highest UT: 27.8%

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

Age 65+ 12.9%±2Highest UT: 11.9% 8.4%±1.6Lowest UT: 11.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 49.3%Highest UT: 37.7% 43%Lowest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.9%±1.8Highest UT: 8.1% 4.2%±1.3Lowest UT: 8.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $120,956±$18kHighest 27% above UT $97,537±$8kLowest about the UT average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $675,500±$30kHighest 38% above UT $450,200±$16kLowest 8% below UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,563±$207Highest 4% above UT $1,311±$137Lowest 12% below UT

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,709Highest 7% above UT $1,956Lowest 23% below UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.7%±13.9Highest UT: 47.2% 31.5%±14.2Lowest UT: 47.2%

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

Below poverty line 6.5%Highest UT: 8.5% 3.6%Lowest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.5% UT: 70.2% 80.5% UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1997Lowest 5 yrs newer than UT 2002Highest 10 yrs newer than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 10% below UT 21 minHighest 4% below UT

Work from home 20.8%±3.7Highest UT: 17.6% 18.8%±4.6Lowest UT: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 9.9%Highest 9.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 8.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.89Highest 0.40Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Orem (15%)Logan (31%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 24.7%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 23.6 miHighest 9.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.8 miHighest 1.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 15Highest 7Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 45.8Lowest 76.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #38 of 117 in UT #23 of 117 in UT

School district Timpanogos Academy · Alpine DistrictCache District

High school in town Karl G. Maeser Preparatory AcademySky View High

Students per teacherat that high school 17.6Lowest 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.

Lindon vs Smithfield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,440 more a month in Lindon

Lindon places higher on 10 of 21 UT lists

What daily life feels like in each

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