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Most affordable towns in Utah, 2026

Hyde Park is the most affordable ranked town in Utah. Rent, the regional price level, taxes, and electricity are 22.5% each. Gasoline is 10%. A lower score is more affordable.

Summary

97
Towns ranked in Utah.
Hyde Park
Number 1 in Utah. Rent is 13.5% of income. National rank 542.
18.7%
Median rent share among ranked towns in Utah.
0
Ranked Utah towns in the national top 100.
Midway
Least affordable ranked town in Utah. Rent is 26.0% of income. National rank 3594.

Gasoline

$4.575

per gallon. EIA does not publish a Utah price. This is the Rocky Mountain (PADD 4) price for the week of October 12, 2026. At 12,000 miles a year and 25 mpg, that is $2,196.00 a year for every ranked town in Utah.

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Top 25

  1. #1 in Utah · National #542

    Hyde Park

    Rent share 13.5% · Price level 95.9 · Score 0.263

    Median rent is $1,273 a month and median income is $113,102, so rent is 13.5% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Logan, UT-ID metro price level is 95.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  2. #2 in Utah · National #555

    Nephi

    Rent share 11.4% · Price level 98.2 · Score 0.265

    Median rent is $1,007 a month and median income is $106,108, so rent is 11.4% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro price level is 98.2 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is rent share and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  3. #3 in Utah · National #655

    Perry

    Rent share 10.6% · Price level 98.9 · Score 0.274

    Median rent is $992 a month and median income is $112,639, so rent is 10.6% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Utah state price level is 98.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is rent share and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  4. #4 in Utah · National #718

    Smithfield

    Rent share 16.1% · Price level 95.9 · Score 0.281

    Median rent is $1,311 a month and median income is $97,537, so rent is 16.1% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Logan, UT-ID metro price level is 95.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  5. #5 in Utah · National #719

    Providence

    Rent share 15.9% · Price level 95.9 · Score 0.281

    Median rent is $1,560 a month and median income is $118,072, so rent is 15.9% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Logan, UT-ID metro price level is 95.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  6. #6 in Utah · National #756

    Richfield

    Rent share 14.7% · Price level 98.9 · Score 0.284

    Median rent is $915 a month and median income is $74,756, so rent is 14.7% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Utah state price level is 98.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  7. #7 in Utah · National #769

    Roosevelt

    Rent share 15.3% · Price level 98.9 · Score 0.285

    Median rent is $977 a month and median income is $76,456, so rent is 15.3% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Utah state price level is 98.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  8. #8 in Utah · National #803

    Kanab

    Rent share 13.8% · Price level 98.9 · Score 0.287

    Median rent is $986 a month and median income is $85,486, so rent is 13.8% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Utah state price level is 98.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  9. #9 in Utah · National #805

    Mapleton

    Rent share 12.5% · Price level 98.2 · Score 0.288

    Median rent is $1,386 a month and median income is $133,142, so rent is 12.5% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro price level is 98.2 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  10. #10 in Utah · National #858

    Farr West

    Rent share 7.3% · Price level 100.3 · Score 0.292

    Median rent is $779 a month and median income is $127,574, so rent is 7.3% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Ogden, UT metro price level is 100.3 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is rent share and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  11. #11 in Utah · National #894

    Hyrum

    Rent share 17.2% · Price level 95.9 · Score 0.296

    Median rent is $1,269 a month and median income is $88,725, so rent is 17.2% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Logan, UT-ID metro price level is 95.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  12. #12 in Utah · National #924

    Highland

    Rent share 14.0% · Price level 98.2 · Score 0.298

    Median rent is $2,166 a month and median income is $186,075, so rent is 14.0% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro price level is 98.2 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  13. #13 in Utah · National #935

    South Weber

    Rent share 12.7% · Price level 100.3 · Score 0.299

    Median rent is $1,469 a month and median income is $138,600, so rent is 12.7% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Ogden, UT metro price level is 100.3 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  14. #14 in Utah · National #1025

    Grantsville

    Rent share 13.8% · Price level 100.9 · Score 0.305

    Median rent is $1,166 a month and median income is $101,349, so rent is 13.8% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro price level is 100.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  15. #15 in Utah · National #1033

    West Bountiful

    Rent share 13.7% · Price level 100.3 · Score 0.306

    Median rent is $1,547 a month and median income is $135,179, so rent is 13.7% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Ogden, UT metro price level is 100.3 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  16. #16 in Utah · National #1058

    Lindon

    Rent share 15.5% · Price level 98.2 · Score 0.308

    Median rent is $1,563 a month and median income is $120,956, so rent is 15.5% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro price level is 98.2 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  17. #17 in Utah · National #1069

    Tooele

    Rent share 15.1% · Price level 100.9 · Score 0.308

    Median rent is $1,214 a month and median income is $96,221, so rent is 15.1% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro price level is 100.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  18. #18 in Utah · National #1084

    Kaysville

    Rent share 13.9% · Price level 100.3 · Score 0.309

    Median rent is $1,538 a month and median income is $133,026, so rent is 13.9% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Ogden, UT metro price level is 100.3 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  19. #19 in Utah · National #1128

    Vernal

    Rent share 17.4% · Price level 98.9 · Score 0.312

    Median rent is $934 a month and median income is $64,457, so rent is 17.4% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Utah state price level is 98.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  20. #20 in Utah · National #1137

    Santaquin

    Rent share 16.8% · Price level 98.2 · Score 0.312

    Median rent is $1,397 a month and median income is $99,837, so rent is 16.8% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro price level is 98.2 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  21. #21 in Utah · National #1230

    Spanish Fork

    Rent share 17.0% · Price level 98.2 · Score 0.319

    Median rent is $1,489 a month and median income is $104,844, so rent is 17.0% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro price level is 98.2 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  22. #22 in Utah · National #1249

    Summit Park

    Rent share 14.6% · Price level 98.9 · Score 0.320

    Median rent is $2,257 a month and median income is $185,900, so rent is 14.6% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Utah state price level is 98.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  23. #23 in Utah · National #1267

    Ephraim

    Rent share 16.7% · Price level 98.9 · Score 0.321

    Median rent is $928 a month and median income is $66,541, so rent is 16.7% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Utah state price level is 98.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  24. #24 in Utah · National #1283

    Nibley

    Rent share 18.5% · Price level 95.9 · Score 0.322

    Median rent is $1,667 a month and median income is $108,072, so rent is 18.5% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Logan, UT-ID metro price level is 95.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  25. #25 in Utah · National #1303

    Enoch

    Rent share 17.3% · Price level 98.9 · Score 0.324

    Median rent is $1,164 a month and median income is $80,750, so rent is 17.3% of income, under the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Utah state price level is 98.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

Least affordable 10

  1. #97 in Utah · National #3594

    Midway

    Rent share 26.0% · Price level 98.9 · Score 0.485

    Median rent is $3,399 a month and median income is $157,065, so rent is 26.0% of income, over the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Utah state price level is 98.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is rent share.

  2. #96 in Utah · National #3572

    Riverdale

    Rent share 26.8% · Price level 100.3 · Score 0.484

    Median rent is $1,502 a month and median income is $67,323, so rent is 26.8% of income, over the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Ogden, UT metro price level is 100.3 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is rent share.

  3. #95 in Utah · National #3529

    Snyderville

    Rent share 24.0% · Price level 98.9 · Score 0.479

    Median rent is $2,875 a month and median income is $143,517, so rent is 24.0% of income, over the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Utah state price level is 98.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  4. #94 in Utah · National #3526

    Ivins

    Rent share 27.2% · Price level 97.3 · Score 0.479

    Median rent is $1,771 a month and median income is $78,089, so rent is 27.2% of income, over the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The St. George, UT metro price level is 97.3 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is rent share.

  5. #93 in Utah · National #3512

    Midvale

    Rent share 25.5% · Price level 100.9 · Score 0.478

    Median rent is $1,597 a month and median income is $75,084, so rent is 25.5% of income, over the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro price level is 100.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is rent share.

  6. #92 in Utah · National #3388

    Hooper

    Rent share 24.0% · Price level 100.3 · Score 0.468

    Median rent is $2,269 a month and median income is $113,333, so rent is 24.0% of income, over the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Ogden, UT metro price level is 100.3 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  7. #91 in Utah · National #3387

    Alpine

    Rent share 24.9% · Price level 98.2 · Score 0.468

    Median rent is $3,501 a month and median income is $168,929, so rent is 24.9% of income, over the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro price level is 98.2 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  8. #90 in Utah · National #3333

    Clearfield

    Rent share 25.1% · Price level 100.3 · Score 0.464

    Median rent is $1,579 a month and median income is $75,495, so rent is 25.1% of income, over the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Ogden, UT metro price level is 100.3 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is rent share.

  9. #89 in Utah · National #3258

    South Salt Lake

    Rent share 24.1% · Price level 100.9 · Score 0.459

    Median rent is $1,451 a month and median income is $72,152, so rent is 24.1% of income, over the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro price level is 100.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

  10. #88 in Utah · National #3172

    Salt Lake City

    Rent share 22.6% · Price level 100.9 · Score 0.454

    Median rent is $1,414 a month and median income is $75,090, so rent is 22.6% of income, over the 18.7% median for ranked towns in Utah. The Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro price level is 100.9 (U.S. = 100). Residential electricity is 13.12 cents per kWh. Gasoline is $4.575 a gallon (Rocky Mountain (PADD 4)). Among ranked U.S. towns, its lightest mark is electricity price and its heaviest mark is gasoline price.

The formula

A lower score is more affordable. Rent share, the regional price level, taxes, and electricity each count 22.5%. Gasoline counts 10%. Those weights are our choice. Gasoline stays at 10% because the miles figure is one national standard, not a measured town commute. This is not a government standard.

A percentile is the share of ranked towns with a strictly lower number, divided by the number of ranked towns minus one. The lowest number scores 0. Tied numbers share a percentile.

  1. Rent share = (median monthly rent × 12) / median household income. Both figures are the Census 2020–2024 medians for that place.
  2. RPP-adjusted cost is the BEA 2024 all-items regional price parity. A basket priced at 100 for the U.S. average costs this many dollars in the town's area. We use the metro index when the county is in a metro BEA publishes. Otherwise we use the state index and say so. This index includes housing, so housing also shows up in the rent share.
  3. Tax burden is the average of three percentiles. Income-tax share is state income tax plus the stored 2023 local AGI add-on, divided by the town's median household income, on a joint return. Property share is the state's median effective property-tax rate times the town's median home value, divided by income. Sales rate is the combined state and average local sales-tax rate. We do not turn the sales rate into dollars, because that would require a shopping basket we do not have.
  4. Electricity is the state residential price in cents per kilowatt-hour. Every town in a state shares it. We do not guess how many kilowatt-hours a home uses.
  5. Gasoline is the EIA retail price for all grades and all formulations, in dollars per gallon. Where EIA publishes a state series, we use that state. Every other state uses the PADD region EIA assigns to it. Census does not publish commuting miles for these towns, so annual gas spend is 12,000 miles a year divided by 25 miles per gallon, times the price. That is 480 gallons, the same for every town. Those miles are our standard, not an ACS figure and not a government mileage rule. Because the gallons do not change, the gas percentile is the percentile of the price.

    Weekly prices are for the week of October 12, 2026, from the EIA workbook released October 14, 2026. File: https://www.eia.gov/petroleum/gasdiesel/xls/pswrgvwall.xls. Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, and Oregon use West Coast (PADD 5) Except California. That series is not in the weekly workbook, so those five use the monthly price dated September 15, 2026. File: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_pri_gnd_a_epm0_pte_dpgal_m.htm.

    • State series, week of October 12, 2026: California, Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Texas, Washington.
    • Central Atlantic (PADD 1B), week of October 12, 2026: Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania.
    • Gulf Coast (PADD 3), week of October 12, 2026: Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico.
    • Lower Atlantic (PADD 1C), week of October 12, 2026: Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia.
    • Midwest (PADD 2), week of October 12, 2026: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Wisconsin.
    • New England (PADD 1A), week of October 12, 2026: Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont.
    • Rocky Mountain (PADD 4), week of October 12, 2026: Idaho, Montana, Utah, Wyoming.
    • West Coast (PADD 5) Except California, September 15, 2026: Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Nevada, Oregon.

Score = 0.225 × rent percentile + 0.225 × price-level percentile + 0.225 × tax score + 0.225 × electricity percentile + 0.10 × gasoline percentile. Rank 1 is the lowest score. If scores tie, the lower rent share wins, then the lower price level, then the place slug in A-to-Z order.

Questions

What is the most affordable town in Utah in this index?

Hyde Park is number 1 of 97 ranked towns in Utah. Median rent is 13.5% of median income. Its national rank is 542.

How many towns in Utah were ranked?

97 towns in Utah have at least 5,000 people and published Census rent, income, and home value. Places missing one of those figures are left out.

Does this ranking approve benefits in Utah?

No. Cost & Benefits does not approve or deny benefits. The score is a cost comparison only.