State place rankings
Best Places in Utah
Compare places by General Quality score or population. Each place links to its sourced facts, scores, and local summary.
General Quality score
Best overall places
- st
South Jordan, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 87,614
- Median home value
- $650,500
- nd
Kaysville, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 33,307
- Median home value
- $623,700
- rd
Lehi, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 95,313
- Median home value
- $612,100
- th
Layton, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 85,308
- Median home value
- $477,700
- th
Draper, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 50,652
- Median home value
- $784,800
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 61,397
- Median home value
- $605,500
- th
Farmington, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 26,266
- Median home value
- $650,700
- th
Syracuse, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 39,909
- Median home value
- $573,300
- th
Bountiful, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 44,988
- Median home value
- $532,200
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 32,265
- Median home value
- $694,100
- th
Heber, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 19,651
- Median home value
- $654,200
- th
Park City, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 8,587
- Median home value
- $1,757,800
- th
Herriman, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 63,282
- Median home value
- $590,700
- th
Riverton, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 47,395
- Median home value
- $592,700
- th
Spanish Fork, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 48,837
- Median home value
- $481,500
- th
South Ogden, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 17,710
- Median home value
- $407,800
- th
Centerville, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 16,480
- Median home value
- $531,200
- th
North Ogden, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 21,689
- Median home value
- $476,600
- th
Provo, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 114,527
- Median home value
- $467,200
- th
- General Quality
- Population
- 37,773
- Median home value
- $491,000
- st
Orem, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 95,214
- Median home value
- $472,300
- nd
- General Quality
- Population
- 23,588
- Median home value
- $497,700
- rd
Smithfield, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 15,153
- Median home value
- $450,200
- th
Bluffdale, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 19,506
- Median home value
- $685,500
- th
Mapleton, UT
City
- General Quality
- Population
- 16,275
- Median home value
- $745,200
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by General Quality score. General Quality is a balanced livability composite spanning safety, affordability, healthcare, climate, education, jobs, mobility, outdoors, taxes, and other core factors.
Largest to smallest
Population-ranked places
- st
- Population
- 218,428
- Median home value
- $539,500
- Median rent
- $1,414
- nd
- Population
- 137,491
- Median home value
- $419,100
- Median rent
- $1,504
- rd
West Jordan, UT
City
- Population
- 116,812
- Median home value
- $492,500
- Median rent
- $1,757
- th
Provo, UT
City
- Population
- 114,527
- Median home value
- $467,200
- Median rent
- $1,193
- th
St. George, UT
City
- Population
- 108,713
- Median home value
- $496,100
- Median rent
- $1,545
- th
Lehi, UT
City
- Population
- 95,313
- Median home value
- $612,100
- Median rent
- $1,964
- th
Orem, UT
City
- Population
- 95,214
- Median home value
- $472,300
- Median rent
- $1,438
- th
Sandy, UT
City
- Population
- 92,386
- Median home value
- $614,100
- Median rent
- $1,777
- th
Ogden, UT
City
- Population
- 89,510
- Median home value
- $355,600
- Median rent
- $1,216
- th
South Jordan, UT
City
- Population
- 87,614
- Median home value
- $650,500
- Median rent
- $1,991
- th
Layton, UT
City
- Population
- 85,308
- Median home value
- $477,700
- Median rent
- $1,538
- th
- Population
- 66,557
- Median home value
- $518,100
- Median rent
- $2,020
- th
Millcreek, UT
City
- Population
- 63,926
- Median home value
- $627,200
- Median rent
- $1,492
- th
Herriman, UT
City
- Population
- 63,282
- Median home value
- $590,700
- Median rent
- $2,019
- th
- Population
- 61,397
- Median home value
- $605,500
- Median rent
- $2,256
- th
Taylorsville, UT
City
- Population
- 57,484
- Median home value
- $433,800
- Median rent
- $1,482
- th
Logan, UT
City
- Population
- 55,576
- Median home value
- $383,600
- Median rent
- $1,149
- th
Murray, UT
City
- Population
- 53,297
- Median home value
- $507,500
- Median rent
- $1,500
- th
Draper, UT
City
- Population
- 50,652
- Median home value
- $784,800
- Median rent
- $1,894
- th
Spanish Fork, UT
City
- Population
- 48,837
- Median home value
- $481,500
- Median rent
- $1,489
- st
Riverton, UT
City
- Population
- 47,395
- Median home value
- $592,700
- Median rent
- $2,137
- nd
Bountiful, UT
City
- Population
- 44,988
- Median home value
- $532,200
- Median rent
- $1,565
- rd
Tooele, UT
City
- Population
- 42,270
- Median home value
- $381,400
- Median rent
- $1,214
- th
Cedar City, UT
City
- Population
- 41,871
- Median home value
- $377,000
- Median rent
- $1,054
- th
- Population
- 41,020
- Median home value
- $496,700
- Median rent
- $1,697
How this list is ranked
Places are ordered by their latest available population estimate. Incorporated places and census-designated places are both eligible when they appear in the published location data.
Annual Census population estimates are used where available; ACS place estimates fill coverage gaps.