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 →

Heber$4,540/mo

Typical home $808K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.45% · or rent about $1,870/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,920 a month, about $23,100 a year, between Heber 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.

Report cards

Smithfield places higher on 13 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 BHeberSafer than 57% of U.S. towns

Schools

ASmithfieldBetter than 85% of districts in the state B+HeberBetter than 73% of districts in the state

Health

ASmithfieldHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns AHeberHealthier than 93% of U.S. towns

13Smithfield

7Heber

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

Lowest property taxCost of living · 120 towns #32#90 Most affordableCost of living · 120 towns #46#104 Cheapest rentCost of living · 118 towns #39#96 Highest graduation rateSchools · 119 towns #5#62 Most remote workersWork · 119 towns #41#96 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 119 towns #25#79 SafestSafety · 56 towns #1#26 Most activeHealth · 119 towns #13#64

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

SmithfieldHeber

Snow a year62″75″

January low17°F 13°F

July high89°F 90°F

Growing season (days)143d 106d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 49th

Outdoors & history

SmithfieldHeber

Trails9 mi 85 mi

Conserved land1.6%0.8%

Settled1859 1859

National Register places5 12

Archive photos12 12

Famous people born here—6

Community

SmithfieldHeber

Library hours a week48 hrs 51 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

92 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SmithfieldUT HeberUT

Smithfield ↔ Heber92 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

SmithfieldHeber

People

Population 14,408Lowest 18,015Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +42.9%Lowest UT: +18.4% +48.4%Highest UT: +18.4%

Median age 28.7±0.9 10% below UT 28.7±1.8 10% below UT

Kids under 18 37.8%±3.4Highest UT: 27.8% 32.2%±2.6Lowest UT: 27.8%

Smithfield and Heber 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% 7.8%±1.4Lowest UT: 11.9%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43%Lowest UT: 37.7% 45.5%Highest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±1.3Lowest UT: 8.1% 7.1%±2.3Highest UT: 8.1%

Heber 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 $110,339±$10kHighest 16% above UT

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $450,200±$16kLowest 8% below UT $654,200±$49kHighest 34% above UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,311±$137Lowest 12% below UT $1,870±$190Highest 25% above UT

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,956Lowest 23% below UT $2,922Highest 16% above UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 31.5%±14.2Lowest UT: 47.2% 48.9%±11.4Highest UT: 47.2%

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

Below poverty line 3.6%Lowest UT: 8.5% 5.3%Highest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.5%Lowest UT: 70.2% 81.8%Highest UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2002Lowest 10 yrs newer than UT 2003Highest 11 yrs newer than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 4% below UT 19 minLowest 13% below UT

Work from home 18.8%±4.6Highest UT: 17.6% 10.6%±2.7Lowest UT: 17.6%

Work in townworking residents 9.3%Lowest 21.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miLowest 18.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.40Lowest 0.67Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Logan (31%)Park City (12%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 9.0 miLowest 85.2 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.5 miLowest 3.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 9Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 76.3Highest 35.9Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #23 of 117 in UT #62 of 117 in UT

School district Cache DistrictWasatch District

High school in town Sky View HighWasatch High

Students per teacherat that high school 25.0Highest 22.9Lowest

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.

Smithfield vs Heber

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,920 more a month in Heber

Smithfield places higher on 13 of 21 UT lists

What daily life feels like in each

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