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%

Orem$2,800/mo

Typical home $502K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.41% · or rent about $1,438/mo · Housing →

Lindon$4,060/mo

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

The difference: $1,260 a month, about $15,100 a year, between Lindon and Orem.

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

Orem and Lindon share a border

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

OremLindon

Orem ↔ Lindon3.2 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

2,001 Orem residents work in Lindon (4.8% of its workers)

796 Lindon residents work in Orem (15.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Orem →

Report cards

Lindon places higher on 14 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−OremSafer than 49% of U.S. towns C+LindonSafer than 42% of U.S. towns

Schools

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

Health

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

6Orem

14Lindon

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

Most walkableOutdoors · 120 towns #5#77 Most trailsOutdoors · 113 towns #81#14 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 119 towns #94#25 Lowest property taxCost of living · 120 towns #30#83 Most affordableCost of living · 120 towns #56#107 Highest incomeIncome · 120 towns #83#32 Most conserved landOutdoors · 117 towns #57#11 Most new homesHousing · 94 towns #86#50

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

OremLindon

Snow a year41″41″

January low24°F 24°F

July high93°F 93°F

Growing season (days)188d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)53rd 44th

Outdoors & history

OremLindon

Trails15 mi 24 mi

Conserved land3.5%24.7%

Settled1877 1850

National Register places22 1

Archive photos36 30

Community

OremLindon

Library hours a week66 hrs —

Colleges in town2 —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

OremLindon

People

Population 97,182Highest 11,765Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +11.1%Lowest UT: +18.4% +13.2%Highest UT: +18.4%

Median age 27±0.5Lowest 16% below UT 29.7±3.6Highest 7% below UT

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

Kids under 18 26.3%±1.1Lowest UT: 27.8% 33.5%±3.5Highest UT: 27.8%

Age 65+ 10.4%±0.7Lowest UT: 11.9% 12.9%±2Highest UT: 11.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43.6%Lowest UT: 37.7% 49.3%Highest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 14.2%±1Highest UT: 8.1% 6.9%±1.8Lowest UT: 8.1%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $83,342±$2kLowest 12% below UT $120,956±$18kHighest 27% above UT

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $472,300±$8kLowest 3% below UT $675,500±$30kHighest 38% above UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,438±$56Lowest 4% below UT $1,563±$207Highest 4% above UT

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,926Lowest 24% below UT $2,709Highest 7% above UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 46%±4.4Highest UT: 47.2% 42.7%±13.9Lowest UT: 47.2%

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

Below poverty line 10.2%Highest UT: 8.5% 6.5%Lowest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 57.8%Lowest UT: 70.2% 80.5%Highest UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1989Lowest 3 yrs older than UT 1997Highest 5 yrs newer than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minHighest 9% below UT 20 minLowest 10% below UT

Work from home 16.5%±1.2Lowest UT: 17.6% 20.8%±3.7Highest UT: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 20.7%Highest 9.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 mi 7.3 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.08Lowest 2.89Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Provo (17%)Orem (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 5% work in Lindon15% work in Orem

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.5%Lowest 24.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 14.6 miLowest 23.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miLowest 2.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 28Highest 15Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 126Highest 45.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #50 of 117 in UT #38 of 117 in UT

School district Utah County Academy of Science · Alpine DistrictTimpanogos Academy · Alpine District

High school in town Mountain View HighKarl G. Maeser Preparatory Academy

Students per teacherat that high school 24.7Highest 17.6Lowest

Utah average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Orem vs Lindon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,260 more a month in Lindon

Orem and Lindon share a border

Lindon places higher on 14 of 22 UT lists

What daily life feels like in each

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