City · Box Elder County, Utah

Brigham City, Utah

Brigham City is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, part of the Brigham City, UT-ID metro area. It has 19,992 residents. Brigham City, Utah has a quality-of-life score of 63 out of 100 (high), ranking #5,771 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Utah it ranks #116 of 175 cities and towns. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), time spent in the emergency room (low) and high school diploma or higher (high). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), social associations (low) and drought exposure (high).

63High

Quality-of-life score: #5,771 of 15,651 cities and towns
Utah: #116 of 175 in UT
Population: 19,992 (2020-2024)
Land area: 25 mi²
Density: 800.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4908460

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety65#5,443/15,637
Economy62#5,880/15,631
Housing80#2,962/14,977
Health57#6,670/15,609
Healthcare50#7,811/15,650
Environment34#10,270/15,453
Education69#4,829/15,649
Infrastructure80#3,135/15,650
Community57#6,769/15,651
Leisure & amenities10#14,036/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Brigham City, Utah ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Box Elder County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Preventable hospital stays · low1,439 /100k
97/100Utah 1,640 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBox Elder County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low108 min
93/100Utah 133 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesBox Elder County value
High school diploma or higher · high92.5%
88/100Utah 93.4%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Effective property tax rate · low0.50%
87/100Utah 0.48%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Drinking water violations · low0
86/100Utah 1United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBox Elder County value
Average commute time · low20.2 min
86/100Utah 22.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low20.1%
0/100Utah 24.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBox Elder County value
Social associations · low2.4 /10k
1/100Utah 3.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBox Elder County value
Drought exposure · high100%
2/100Utah 98%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAABox Elder County value
Pharmacies · low0.3 /10k
2/100Utah 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBox Elder County value
Suicide rate · high30.3 /100k
3/100Utah 20.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBox Elder County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.5 /10k
3/100Utah 5.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBox Elder County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.4× (2015-2019) → 5.2× (2020-2024)
+53%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
New homes permittedImproving
4.4 /1k (2021) → 6.6 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+49%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
36.3% (2015-2019) → 43.5% (2020-2024)
+7.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$53,504 (2015-2019) → $71,308 (2020-2024)
+33%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
85.8% (2015-2019) → 92.2% (2020-2024)
+6.4 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
24.0% (2015-2019) → 28.9% (2020-2024)
+5 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Brigham City, Utah improved on 4 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved4

Unemployment−3.5 points6.4% → 2.9%
Bachelor's++5 points24.0% → 28.9%
Household income+33%$53,504 → $71,308
Broadband+6.4 points85.8% → 92.2%

Declined1

Price / income+1.8×3.4× → 5.2×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Brigham City, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	21.8 min2015-2019	20.2 min2020-2024	−1.6 min	Within the margin of error	67%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%2015-2019	28.9%2020-2024	+5 points	Improved	67%
Broadband subscriptions	85.8%2015-2019	92.2%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Improved	40%
Child poverty rate	9.9%2015-2019	12.3%2020-2024	+2.4 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.50%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	40%
High school diploma or higher	91.8%2015-2019	92.5%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Home price to income ratio	3.4×2015-2019	5.2×2020-2024	+1.8×	Declined	6%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4002015-2019	0.3942020-2024	−0.006	Within the margin of error	56%
Median household income	$53,5042015-2019	$71,3082020-2024	+33%	Improved	62%
Poverty rate	9.4%2015-2019	11.2%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Rent as share of income	26.0%2015-2019	28.0%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Rent-burdened households	36.3%2015-2019	43.5%2020-2024	+7.1 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Unemployment rate	6.4%2015-2019	2.9%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Improved	92%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.7%2015-2019	9.4%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Brigham City, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Brigham City, Utah in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Brigham City, Utah itself moved −3.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

19,992 residents (±58)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

6,840 households (±290)

Brigham City, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k16%1,092
$25k–50k18%1,256
$50k–75k17%1,188

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

6,840 households (±290)

Brigham City, Utah
Utah share

Own66%4,525
Rent34%2,315

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

8,774 workers (±423)

Brigham City, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone75%6,622
Carpool8.7%766
Public transit0.8%†67

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Brigham City, UT-ID

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Box Elder County, the county holding most of Brigham City's residents.

Box Elder County has 1,332 employer establishments, 212 for every 10,000 residents (0.85× the US rate of 248; 0.77× Utah's), with 20,234 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,028. The Census Bureau also counts 4,579 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,332; 4,579 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 212; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 20,234
Average annual pay: $61,028; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Box Elder County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	144	22.9	1.48×More than typical	1,202	$84,161	269
Truck transportation	110	17.5	3.46×More than typical	772	$60,662	144
Ambulatory health care services	106	16.9	0.81×About typical	725	$84,574	126
Construction of buildings	75	11.9	1.58×More than typical	288	$50,142	166
Restaurants and other eating places	75	11.9	0.65×Fewer than typical	1,723	$15,803	14
Lessors of real estate	70	11.1	0.90×About typical	96	$33,979	563
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	42	6.7	2.12×More than typical	574	$121,066	29
Services to buildings and dwellings	42	6.7	0.99×About typical	173	$43,335	198
Building equipment contractors	41	6.5	1.08×About typical	190	$52,763	56
Limited-service restaurants	40	6.4	0.79×Fewer than typical	896	$15,692	6
Automotive repair and maintenance	38	6	1.20×About typical	172	$37,820	86
Real estate agents and brokers	35	5.6	1.14×About typical	41	$37,195	105

Rank places for an industry Open Box Elder County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 62,817 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $84.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Brigham City, Utah: $4.25 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $84.9K; −30% vs FY2025
Per resident: $4.25; US $1,994
Sole-source: 9.6%; US 30%
Single offer: 29%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

NORTHERN MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.$21K25%
IRONWOOD COMMERCIAL BUILDERS INC$19.6K23%
INVASIVE PLANT CONTROL, INC.$18.7K22%
GE JV LLC$7,0248.3%
SALT LAKE WATERPROOFING LLC$6,6327.8%

Spending by fiscal year

3.3MFY2017
1.8MFY2018
1.8MFY2019
1.4MFY2020
427.6KFY2021
190.7KFY2022
1.7MFY2023
5.1M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonresidential building construction · 2362$47.6K56%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$25.2K30%
Foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors · 2381$6,6327.8%
Other wood product manufacturing · 3219$4,2625.0%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$2,1912.6%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Brigham City, Utah, so they do not add up across cities.

Brigham City, Utah's figures are part of those of Box Elder County, UT ($52.5M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Brigham City is mostly in Box Elder County.

See federal money in Box Elder County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Brigham City, Utah is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Blake D. MooreR-UT-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 97%Missed 0.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Box Elder County73100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Brigham City, UT-ID72

Other cities and towns in Box Elder County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Strengths

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Trends