Perry makes Utah’s top 10 on 2 lists
Perry is ranked on 35 lists against the 120 Utah towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Perry does best on
Each list ranks every UT town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Perry marked.
1 spot from the top 10 for health insurance
Lists where Perry sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Perry lands in the top half on 12 of 22 lists
Each dot is Perry’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in UT, the right end is last. Areas where Perry does best come first.
Fewer homes per newcomer than 82% of Utah
Not better or worse, just Perry’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Perry out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every UT list, and where Perry lands
40 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Hooper · 86.2%
#13
Most trails#1 Park City · 9.8 mi / sq mi
#6
Most walkable#1 Kearns · 157 / sq mi
#103 Health
Healthiest#1 Summit Park · 100 / 100
#34
Lowest obesity#1 Summit Park · 19%
#36
Fewest smokers#1 Highland · 5%
#43
Most active#1 Highland · 11%
#36
E
Fewest uninsured#1 East Basin · 5%
#11
Lowest depression#1 Midway · 22%
#9
Closest to a top hospital#1 Sandy · 0.5 mi
#102 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Helper · 2.2 yrs
#53
Cheapest rent#1 Salina · $753/mo
#16
Lowest property tax#1 Beaver · $1,104/yr
#79
Rent easiest to afford#1 Pleasant Grove · 35.1%
People
E Most educated#1 East Basin · 79.6% #63
Youngest#1 Ephraim · 22.1
#76
Oldest#1 Ivins · 52.1
#45
Most residents 65+#1 Ivins · 31.9%
#58
Most kids#1 Eagle Mountain · 43.4%
#49 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Park City · 48.6%
#31
Most new homes#1 Salem · 30.7 per 1,000
#51
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Helper · +80.0%
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Holladay · 15.3 per home
#16 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Moab · 11.7 min
#77 
The number on the right is Perry’s spot. All of Utah’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
Do the numbers ring true?
The lists count what can be counted. Neighbors know the rest.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every UT list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.