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UTUtah rankings

Towns where rent is easiest to afford in Utah

Ranked by the share of renter households spending 30% or more of their income on rent, the federal "cost-burdened" line. 42 towns with 2,500+ residents.

U.S. Census ACS 2020–2024 5-year

Map of Pleasant Grove 1 Pleasant Grove 35.1% Median rent $1,689 Vernal 2 Vernal 35.3% Median rent $934 Map of West Haven 3 West Haven 35.5% Median rent $1,702
#TownRenters paying 30%+Median rentRenter households
1 Map of Pleasant Grove Pleasant Grove37,852 people 35.1% $1,689 3,786
2 Vernal Vernal10,392 people 35.3% $934 1,502
3 Map of West Haven West Haven21,563 people 35.5% $1,702 1,854
4 Map of Riverton Riverton45,457 people 35.9% $2,137 2,010
5 Lehi Lehi85,173 people 36.7% $1,964 5,677
6 Cottonwood Heights Cottonwood Heights32,828 people 37.5% $1,730 3,276
7 Holladay Holladay31,099 people 39% $1,704 2,387
8 American Fork American Fork37,109 people 41.4% $1,697 3,837
9 Map of Murray Murray50,188 people 42.4% $1,500 7,021
10 Tooele Tooele38,405 people 42.4% $1,214 2,517
11 Map of Eagle Mountain Eagle Mountain53,290 people 43% $2,020 1,892
12 Brigham City Brigham City19,992 people 43.5% $1,070 2,160
13 Map of South Jordan South Jordan82,686 people 43.7% $1,991 4,652
14 Map of Saratoga Springs Saratoga Springs48,425 people 44.1% $2,256 1,832
15 South Salt Lake26,352 people 44.6% $1,451 6,484
16 Layton Layton83,286 people 45.5% $1,538 7,114
17 Orem Orem97,182 people 46% $1,438 12,543
18 Sandy Sandy94,291 people 46.2% $1,777 7,913
19 Spanish Fork Spanish Fork44,946 people 46.3% $1,489 2,173
20 Ogden Ogden87,413 people 46.4% $1,216 12,358
21 Map of Logan Logan54,907 people 47.5% $1,149 11,428
22 Map of Draper Draper50,278 people 47.5% $1,894 5,064
23 Springville Springville35,849 people 47.5% $1,572 2,942
24 Roy Roy38,993 people 48.3% $1,624 1,964
25 Map of Millcreek Millcreek63,648 people 48.4% $1,492 9,643
26 Heber Heber18,015 people 48.9% $1,870 1,009
27 Map of Kearns Kearns37,696 people 49% $1,744 1,735
28 Map of Taylorsville Taylorsville58,678 people 49.2% $1,482 5,711
29 Map of West Valley City West Valley City138,437 people 49.4% $1,504 10,685
30 Provo Provo114,766 people 49.7% $1,193 19,965
31 Map of Bountiful Bountiful45,023 people 49.7% $1,565 4,090
32 Map of Price Price8,248 people 49.7% $855 1,166
33 Map of South Ogden South Ogden17,650 people 50.2% $1,426 2,167
34 Salt Lake City Salt Lake City208,007 people 51.1% $1,414 48,193
35 Map of Herriman Herriman59,346 people 51.5% $2,019 3,515
36 Map of West Jordan West Jordan116,692 people 52.4% $1,757 8,008
37 Map of Cedar City Cedar City38,524 people 53.2% $1,054 5,226
38 Map of Clearfield Clearfield33,523 people 53.3% $1,579 4,450
39 Washington Washington32,348 people 53.3% $1,614 2,819
40 Map of Midvale Midvale35,989 people 54% $1,597 8,427
41 St. George St. George101,995 people 57.4% $1,545 11,650
42 North Logan North Logan11,460 people 57.4% $1,658 1,516

How this ranking works

We rank every town by the share of renter households spending 30% or more of their income on rent, the federal "cost-burdened" line. Lower is better. Only towns with 1,000+ renter households are ranked, because smaller samples are too uncertain. The town with the lowest figure ranks #1. For comparison, the figure for Utah as a whole is 47.2%.

Only towns with at least 2,500 residents are ranked; Census estimates for smaller places are too uncertain. Population and income: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Town photos: Wikimedia Commons, credited on each town’s page.

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