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 →

Vineyard$2,950/mo

Typical home $524K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.45% · or rent about $1,834/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,120 a month, about $13,400 a year, between Lindon and Vineyard.

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

Lindon and Vineyard share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

LindonVineyard

Lindon ↔ Vineyard3.2 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

288 Vineyard residents work in Lindon (4.6% of its workers)

Work & commute in Vineyard →

Report cards

Lindon places higher on 10 of 20 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 –VineyardNot graded

Schools

A−LindonBetter than 75% of districts in the state A−VineyardBetter than 75% of districts in the state

Health

A+LindonHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns AVineyardHealthier than 90% of U.S. towns

10Lindon

7Vineyard

Lists won, of 20 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 113 towns #14#110 Best schoolsSchools · 117 towns #38#96 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 119 towns #25#79 Lowest depressionHealth · 119 towns #9#58 Most new homesHousing · 94 towns #50#12 Cheapest rentCost of living · 118 towns #65#95 HealthiestHealth · 119 towns #18#47 Most walkableOutdoors · 120 towns #77#49

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

LindonVineyard

Snow a year41″26″

January low24°F 19°F

July high93°F 92°F

Growing season (days)188d 159d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 43rd

Outdoors & history

LindonVineyard

Trails24 mi 1 mi

Conserved land24.7%31.1%

Settled1850 1989

National Register places1 —

Archive photos30 18

Community

LindonVineyard

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

LindonVineyard

People

Population 11,765Lowest 14,446Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.2% UT: +18.4% —

Median age 29.7±3.6Highest 7% below UT 25.2±1.4Lowest 21% below UT

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

Kids under 18 33.5%±3.5Highest UT: 27.8% 27.9%±2.9Lowest UT: 27.8%

Lindon and Vineyard 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% 2.1%±1Lowest UT: 11.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 49.3%Lowest UT: 37.7% 50.5%Highest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.9%±1.8Lowest UT: 8.1% 16.4%±4.6Highest UT: 8.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $120,956±$18kHighest 27% above UT $103,380±$8kLowest 9% above UT

Lindon and Vineyard 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 $574,500±$40kLowest 17% above UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,563±$207Lowest 4% above UT $1,834±$51Highest 23% above UT

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,709Highest 7% above UT $2,604Lowest 3% above UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.7%±13.9Lowest UT: 47.2% 52.6%±13.7Highest UT: 47.2%

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

Below poverty line 6.5%Lowest UT: 8.5% 10.1%Highest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.5%Highest UT: 70.2% 44.7%Lowest UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1997Lowest 5 yrs newer than UT 2015Highest 23 yrs newer than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 10% below UT 21 minHighest 6% below UT

Work from home 20.8%±3.7Highest UT: 17.6% 18.5%±3.8Lowest UT: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 9.9%Highest 2.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miHighest 6.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.89Highest 0.44Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Orem (15%)Orem (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Vineyard5% work in Lindon

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 24.7%Lowest 31.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 23.6 miHighest 1.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 2.8 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 15Highest 6Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 45.8Lowest 64.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #38 of 117 in UT #96 of 117 in UT

School district Timpanogos Academy · Alpine DistrictAlpine District · Freedom Preparatory Academy

High school in town Karl G. Maeser Preparatory AcademyNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 17.6 —

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.

Lindon vs Vineyard

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,120 more a month in Lindon

Lindon and Vineyard share a border

Lindon places higher on 10 of 20 UT lists

What daily life feels like in each

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