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%

Smithfield$2,620/mo

Typical home $467K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.43% · or rent about $1,311/mo · Housing →

Bluffdale$3,450/mo

Typical home $611K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.48% · or rent about $1,915/mo · Housing →

The difference: $830 a month, about $10,000 a year, between Bluffdale and Smithfield.

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.

Life in each

Smithfield gets 36 more inches of snow a year

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

SmithfieldBluffdale

Snow a year62″26″

January low17°F 19°F

July high89°F 92°F

Growing season (days)143d 159d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 77th

Outdoors & history

SmithfieldBluffdale

Trails9 mi 9 mi

Conserved land1.6%4.1%

Settled1859 1886

National Register places5 1

Archive photos12 17

Community

SmithfieldBluffdale

Library hours a week48 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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.

Report cards

Smithfield 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

A+SmithfieldSafer than 96% of U.S. towns B+BluffdaleSafer than 67% of U.S. towns

Schools

ASmithfieldBetter than 85% of districts in the state BBluffdaleBetter than 61% of districts in the state

Health

ASmithfieldHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns ABluffdaleHealthier than 87% of U.S. towns

14Smithfield

6Bluffdale

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

Lowest depressionHealth · 119 towns #43#116 Lowest property taxCost of living · 120 towns #32#100 Most affordableCost of living · 120 towns #46#108 Cheapest rentCost of living · 118 towns #39#99 Highest graduation rateSchools · 119 towns #5#62 Highest incomeIncome · 120 towns #66#22 Most conserved landOutdoors · 117 towns #93#51 Most trailsOutdoors · 113 towns #45#82

Left end = #1 in Utah. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Smithfield’s rankings →

Where they are

94 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SmithfieldUT BluffdaleUT

Smithfield ↔ Bluffdale94 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

SmithfieldBluffdale

People

Population 14,408Lowest 18,797Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +42.9%Lowest UT: +18.4% +123.9%Highest UT: +18.4%

Median age 28.7±0.9Lowest 10% below UT 30.6±1.6Highest 4% below UT

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

Kids under 18 37.8%±3.4Highest UT: 27.8% 35.4%±4Lowest UT: 27.8%

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

Age 65+ 8.4%±1.6Highest UT: 11.9% 6.7%±1.9Lowest UT: 11.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43%Highest UT: 37.7% 41.4%Lowest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±1.3Lowest UT: 8.1% 5.6%±1.6Highest UT: 8.1%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $97,537±$8kLowest about the UT average $129,531±$11kHighest 36% above UT

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $450,200±$16kLowest 8% below UT $685,500±$52kHighest 40% above UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,311±$137Lowest 12% below UT $1,915±$104Highest 28% above UT

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,956Lowest 23% below UT $3,296Highest 31% above UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 31.5%±14.2Lowest UT: 47.2% 44.5%±19.3Highest UT: 47.2%

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

Below poverty line 3.6%Highest UT: 8.5% 3.1%Lowest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.5%Highest UT: 70.2% 77.4%Lowest UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2002Lowest 10 yrs newer than UT 2011Highest 19 yrs newer than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 4% below UT 21 minLowest 5% below UT

Work from home 18.8%±4.6Lowest UT: 17.6% 22.7%±4.6Highest UT: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 9.3%Highest 5.4%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 11.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.40Lowest 0.64Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Logan (31%)Salt Lake City (17%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BluffdaleFew work in Smithfield

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Lowest 4.1%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 9.0 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.5 miHighest 0.8 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 18Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 76.3Highest 53.7Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #23 of 117 in UT #44 of 117 in UT

School district Cache DistrictSummit Academy · Jordan District

High school in town Sky View HighNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 25.0 —

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.

Smithfield vs Bluffdale

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $830 more a month in Bluffdale

Smithfield gets 36 more inches of snow a year

Smithfield places higher on 14 of 21 UT lists

94 miles apart

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