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 →

Lindon$4,060/mo

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

The difference: $1,440 a month, about $17,300 a year, between Lindon 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

Lindon places higher on 10 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 C+LindonSafer than 42% of U.S. towns

Schools

ASmithfieldBetter than 85% of districts in the state A−LindonBetter than 75% of districts in the state

Health

ASmithfieldHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns A+LindonHealthier than 95% of U.S. towns

9Smithfield

10Lindon

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

Most conserved landOutdoors · 117 towns #93#11 SafestSafety · 56 towns #1#40 Most affordableCost of living · 120 towns #46#107 Lowest property taxCost of living · 120 towns #32#83 Fastest growingGrowth · 117 towns #18#66 Fewest smokersHealth · 119 towns #43#3 Most walkableOutdoors · 120 towns #39#77 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 120 towns #60#24

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

SmithfieldLindon

Snow a year62″41″

January low17°F 24°F

July high89°F 93°F

Growing season (days)143d 188d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th 44th

Outdoors & history

SmithfieldLindon

Trails9 mi 24 mi

Conserved land1.6%24.7%

Settled1859 1850

National Register places5 1

Archive photos12 30

Community

SmithfieldLindon

Library hours a week48 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

103 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SmithfieldUT LindonUT

Smithfield ↔ Lindon103 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

SmithfieldLindon

People

Population 14,408Highest 11,765Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +42.9%Highest UT: +18.4% +13.2%Lowest UT: +18.4%

Median age 28.7±0.9Lowest 10% below UT 29.7±3.6Highest 7% below UT

Lindon 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% 33.5%±3.5Lowest UT: 27.8%

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

Age 65+ 8.4%±1.6Lowest UT: 11.9% 12.9%±2Highest UT: 11.9%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 43%Lowest UT: 37.7% 49.3%Highest UT: 37.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.2%±1.3Lowest UT: 8.1% 6.9%±1.8Highest UT: 8.1%

Lindon 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 $120,956±$18kHighest 27% above UT

Lindon 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 $675,500±$30kHighest 38% above UT

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,311±$137Lowest 12% below UT $1,563±$207Highest 4% above UT

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,956Lowest 23% below UT $2,709Highest 7% above UT

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 31.5%±14.2Lowest UT: 47.2% 42.7%±13.9Highest UT: 47.2%

Lindon 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% 6.5%Highest UT: 8.5%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.5% UT: 70.2% 80.5% UT: 70.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 2002Highest 10 yrs newer than UT 1997Lowest 5 yrs newer than UT

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minHighest 4% below UT 20 minLowest 10% below UT

Work from home 18.8%±4.6Lowest UT: 17.6% 20.8%±3.7Highest UT: 17.6%

Lindon 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%Lowest 9.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 8.3 miHighest 7.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.40Lowest 2.89Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Logan (31%)Orem (15%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Lowest 24.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 9.0 miLowest 23.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.5 miLowest 2.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 7Lowest 15Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 76.3Highest 45.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #23 of 117 in UT #38 of 117 in UT

School district Cache DistrictTimpanogos Academy · Alpine District

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

Students per teacherat that high school 25.0Highest 17.6Lowest

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.

Smithfield vs Lindon

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,440 more a month in Lindon

Lindon places higher on 10 of 21 UT lists

What daily life feels like in each

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