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 →

Richfield$1,910/mo

Typical home $337K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.51% · or rent about $915/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,340 a month, about $16,100 a year, between Moab and Richfield.

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

Richfield 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.

Safety

C−MoabSafer than 15% of U.S. towns CRichfieldSafer than 27% of U.S. towns

Schools

C+MoabBetter than 41% of districts in the state B+RichfieldBetter than 67% of districts in the state

Health

BMoabHealthier than 57% of U.S. towns B+RichfieldHealthier than 67% of U.S. towns

7Moab

14Richfield

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

Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 120 towns #119#17 Lowest obesityHealth · 119 towns #36#105 Most conserved landOutdoors · 117 towns #9#74 Most affordableCost of living · 120 towns #74#15 Best schoolsSchools · 117 towns #105#53 Most educatedPeople · 120 towns #47#97 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 119 towns #106#58 Most trailsOutdoors · 113 towns #10#47

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

MoabRichfield

Snow a year9″18″

January low21°F 17°F

July high99°F 90°F

Growing season (days)192d 125d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 22nd

Outdoors & history

MoabRichfield

Trails16 mi 9 mi

Conserved land25.5%2.7%

Settled1878 1864

National Register places9 4

Archive photos18 12

Famous people born here—12

Community

MoabRichfield

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

138 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MoabUT RichfieldUT

Moab ↔ Richfield138 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

MoabRichfield

People

Population 5,312Lowest 8,224Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +6.3%Lowest UT: +18.4% +8.6%Highest UT: +18.4%

Median age 35.8±4Highest 12% above UT 31.9±2.5Lowest about the UT average

Moab and Richfield 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% 30.3%±3.2Highest UT: 27.8%

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

Age 65+ 17.7%±4.4Highest UT: 11.9% 14.2%±2.4Lowest UT: 11.9%

Moab and Richfield 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% 23.1%Lowest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.2%±1.9Lowest UT: 8.1% 4%±1.6Highest UT: 8.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,667±$12kLowest 35% below UT $74,756±$5kHighest 21% below UT

Richfield 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 $332,500±$30kLowest 32% below UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $969±$468Highest 35% below UT $915±$83Lowest 39% below UT

Moab and Richfield 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 $1,690Lowest 33% below UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 53.7%±16Highest UT: 47.2% 38.9%±14.8Lowest UT: 47.2%

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

Below poverty line 15.9%Highest UT: 8.5% 12.5%Lowest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 59.6%Lowest UT: 70.2% 65%Highest UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Highest 13 yrs older than UT 1972Lowest 20 yrs older than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 12 minLowest 47% below UT 13 minHighest 40% below UT

Work from home 8.4%±3.3Lowest UT: 17.6% 9.9%±3.2Highest UT: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 59.7%Highest 40.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 1.3 miLowest 12.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.40Highest 1.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Salt Lake City (2%)Salina (4%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RichfieldFew work in Moab

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 25.5%Highest 2.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 16.4 miHighest 9.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 3.4 miHighest 1.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 4Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 41.5Lowest 52.4Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #105 of 117 in UT #53 of 117 in UT

School district Grand DistrictSevier District

High school in town Grand County HighRichfield High

Students per teacherat that high school 15.3Lowest 20.9Highest

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 Richfield

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,340 more a month in Moab

Richfield places higher on 14 of 21 UT lists

What daily life feels like in each

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