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%

Moab$3,250/mo

Typical home $581K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.42% · or rent about $969/mo · Housing →

Blanding$1,930/mo

Typical home $340K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $842/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,320 a month, about $15,900 a year, between Moab and Blanding.

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

Blanding places higher on 12 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−MoabSafer than 15% of U.S. towns –BlandingNot graded

Schools

C+MoabBetter than 41% of districts in the state B+BlandingBetter than 70% of districts in the state

Health

BMoabHealthier than 57% of U.S. towns B+BlandingHealthier than 65% of U.S. towns

7Moab

12Blanding

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

Most new homesHousing · 94 towns #40#92 Most affordableCost of living · 120 towns #74#10 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 119 towns #106#58 Most trailsOutdoors · 113 towns #10#53 Most walkableOutdoors · 120 towns #83#118 Most educatedPeople · 120 towns #47#79 Highest graduation rateSchools · 119 towns #89#60 Lowest property taxCost of living · 120 towns #42#13

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

MoabBlanding

Snow a year9″—

January low21°F —

July high99°F —

Growing season (days)192d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 0th

Outdoors & history

MoabBlanding

Trails16 mi 18 mi

Conserved land25.5%76%

Settled1878 1905

National Register places9 2

Archive photos18 16

Famous people born here—2

Community

MoabBlanding

Library hours a week63 hrs 40 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

66 miles apart

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

MoabUT BlandingUT

Moab ↔ Blanding66 miles apart

Who commutes between them

19 Blanding residents work in Moab (1.2% of its workers)

Work & commute in Blanding →

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

MoabBlanding

People

Population 5,312Highest 3,275Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.3%Highest UT: +18.4% +0.6%Lowest UT: +18.4%

Median age 35.8±4Highest 12% above UT 30.8±3.8Lowest 4% below UT

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

Kids under 18 22.1%±5.1Lowest UT: 27.8% 34.4%±5.3Highest UT: 27.8%

Age 65+ 17.7%±4.4Highest UT: 11.9% 12.2%±2.9Lowest UT: 11.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 39.4%Highest UT: 37.7% 30.5%Lowest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±1.9Lowest UT: 8.1% 7.9%±2.4Highest UT: 8.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,667±$12kLowest 35% below UT $71,797±$8kHighest 25% below UT

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $518,900±$62kHighest 6% above UT $305,800±$47kLowest 38% below UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $969±$468Highest 35% below UT $842±$194Lowest 44% below UT

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,200Highest 13% below UT $1,622Lowest 36% below UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 53.7%±16Highest UT: 47.2% 43%±17.4Lowest UT: 47.2%

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

Below poverty line 15.9%Lowest UT: 8.5% 16.8%Highest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.6%Lowest UT: 70.2% 73.4%Highest UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Highest 13 yrs older than UT 1977Lowest 15 yrs older than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 12 minLowest 47% below UT 15 minHighest 32% below UT

Work from home 8.4%±3.3Highest UT: 17.6% 4.3%±2.4Lowest UT: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 59.7%Highest 53.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 1.3 mi 1.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.40Highest 1.12Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Salt Lake City (2%)Monticello (7%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Blanding1% work in Moab

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 25.5%Lowest 76%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 16.4 miLowest 17.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 3.4 miHighest 1.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 41.5Highest 10.6Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #105 of 117 in UT #84 of 117 in UT

School district Grand DistrictSan Juan District

High school in town Grand County HighSan Juan High

Students per teacherat that high school 15.3Lowest 17.9Highest

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.

Moab vs Blanding

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,320 more a month in Moab

Blanding places higher on 12 of 21 UT lists

What daily life feels like in each

66 miles apart

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