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%

Richfield$1,910/mo

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

Moab$3,250/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

14Richfield

7Moab

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

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

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

RichfieldMoab

Snow a year18″9″

January low17°F 21°F

July high90°F 99°F

Growing season (days)125d 192d

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

Outdoors & history

RichfieldMoab

Trails9 mi 16 mi

Conserved land2.7%25.5%

Settled1864 1878

National Register places4 9

Archive photos12 18

Famous people born here12 —

Community

RichfieldMoab

Library hours a week40 hrs 63 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.

RichfieldUT MoabUT

Richfield ↔ Moab138 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

RichfieldMoab

People

Population 8,224Highest 5,312Lowest

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

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

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

Kids under 18 30.3%±3.2Highest UT: 27.8% 22.1%±5.1Lowest 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+ 14.2%±2.4Lowest UT: 11.9% 17.7%±4.4Highest 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+ 23.1%Lowest UT: 37.7% 39.4%Highest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±1.6Highest UT: 8.1% 3.2%±1.9Lowest 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 $74,756±$5kHighest 21% below UT $61,667±$12kLowest 35% 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 $332,500±$30kLowest 32% below UT $518,900±$62kHighest 6% above UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $915±$83Lowest 39% below UT $969±$468Highest 35% 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 $1,690Lowest 33% below UT $2,200Highest 13% below UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.9%±14.8Lowest UT: 47.2% 53.7%±16Highest 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 12.5%Lowest UT: 8.5% 15.9%Highest UT: 8.5%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 9.9%±3.2Highest UT: 17.6% 8.4%±3.3Lowest 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 40.4%Lowest 59.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miHighest 1.3 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MoabFew work in Richfield

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.7%Lowest 25.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 9.2 miLowest 16.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.5 miLowest 3.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 8Highest

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

Schools

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

School district Sevier DistrictGrand District

High school in town Richfield HighGrand County High

Students per teacherat that high school 20.9Highest 15.3Lowest

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.

Richfield vs Moab

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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