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BicknellUT

A town of 446, settled in 1879. A regional job hub with 240 jobs.

Photo: Bobak Ha'Eri · CC BY 3.0
Population
446
residents
Median home value
$371K
Census ACS
Household income
$77K
median
Median age
43.7
years
Jobs based here
240
A job hub

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Small town

446 people, and everyone knows the way

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Chance Showers And Thunderstorms
H 59° · L 36°

Upcoming events

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Work & commute

About one in six working residents works right in Bicknell

Most working residents leave Bicknell for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Loa (18%), Hanksville (4%) and Torrey (3%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

17%work in town

Where working residents work

In Bicknell17%
Loa18%
Hanksville4%
Torrey3%
Boulder3%
9 mi
median commute distance
240
jobs based in Bicknell
A job hub
jobs vs. working residents
Census LEHD 2023 · ACSCommute map →
Climate

Four seasons, pleasant summers

Bicknell has cold winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 83°, a January night drops to 12°, and about 19 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.

19″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter14–40°
Spring29–58°
Summer48–81°
Fall30–61°
Sep 21
typical first frost
May 31
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020Full climate →
Natural hazards

Low risk, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 37% of U.S. communities.

37risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
37Low riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingEarthquakesHeat waves
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMANatural hazards →
Health

How healthy Bicknell is

Bicknell beats the Utah average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 12.

32 measures vs. Utah
3 better17 too close to call12 worse
What stands outBicknellUT
More adults treating high blood pressure75.4%65.6%
More adults getting a yearly checkup75.3%70.4%
More adults with COPD8.2%4.6%
Intermountain Health Sevier Valley Hospital
42.2 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSAFull health report →
Outdoors

0% of Bicknell is conserved land

0.4 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves.

0%conserved
0%
conserved · 0 of 361 acres
0.4 mi
of trails · 0.7 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Bicknell Town Park—1
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-USParks & trails →
A job hub

Every workday, about 220 people come to Bicknell for work

Where Bicknell’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

18% → Loa Loa 18% 4% → Hanksville Hanksville 4% 3% → Torrey Torrey 3% 3% → Boulder Boulder 3% 2% → South Salt Lake South Salt Lake 2% 2% → Provo Provo 2% Bicknell · 17% stay
240jobs based in Bicknell
17%of working residents work in town
9 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

BicknellUtah
2008 · BicknellUtah · Wikimedia Commons
Bicknell’s story

147 years in pictures

7 postcards, papers and photographs from public archives, and 1 places on the National Register.

Panoramic if Sunglow CGBicknell 360 Degrees PanBicknell Utah DUP Museum
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About Bicknell

Town in the state of Utah, United States

Bicknell is a town along State Route 24 in Wayne County, Utah, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 323.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Established
1879
Population
323
Area
0.6 sq mi
Elevation
7,123 ft
ZIP code
84715
Area code
435

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