Census-designated place · Summit County, Utah

East Basin, Utah

East Basin is a census-designated place in Summit County, Utah, part of the Heber, UT metro area. It has 4,002 residents. East Basin, Utah has a quality-of-life score of 100 out of 100 (very high), ranking #43 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Utah it ranks #3 of 175 cities and towns. It ranks best on high school diploma or higher (high), child care cost burden (low) and gyms and fitness centers (high). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), home price to income ratio (high) and high ozone days (high).

100Very high

Quality-of-life score: #43 of 15,651 cities and towns
Utah: #3 of 175 in UT
Population: 4,002 (2020-2024)
Land area: 9 mi²
Density: 444.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 4920850

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety69#4,778/15,637
Economy98#385/15,631
Housing69#4,611/14,977
Health93#1,025/15,609
Healthcare89#1,718/15,650
Environment79#3,247/15,453
Education98#282/15,649
Infrastructure97#428/15,650
Community99#204/15,651
Leisure & amenities100#33/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where East Basin, Utah ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Summit 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

High school diploma or higher · high99.6%
100/100Utah 93.4%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Child care cost burden · low14.4%
100/100Utah 27.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSummit County value
Gyms and fitness centers · high4.2 /10k
100/100Utah 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSummit County value
Adult obesity · low18.3%
100/100Utah 32.8%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Public EV charging ports · high51.2 /10k
100/100Utah 9.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySummit County value
Adult smoking · low5.3%
100/100Utah 10.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Utah 98%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAASummit County value
Home price to income ratio · high9.0×
5/100Utah 5.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
High ozone days · high9 days
8/100Utah 6 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySummit County value
Suicide rate · high23.4 /100k
12/100Utah 20.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionSummit County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.528
14/100Utah 0.427United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Pharmacies · low1.2 /10k
21/100Utah 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSummit County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
3,486 (2016-2020) → 4,002 (2020-2024)
+15%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
23.4% (2016-2020) → 47.7% (2020-2024)
+24 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
61.5% (2016-2020) → 79.6% (2020-2024)
+18 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
5.4× (2016-2020) → 9.0× (2020-2024)
+65%4 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
High school diploma or higherImproving
91.2% (2016-2020) → 99.6% (2020-2024)
+8.4 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Poverty rateWorsening
0.1% (2016-2020) → 7.5% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%

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.

There is not enough history to compare East Basin, Utah over five years.

Cities and towns like East Basin, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of East Basin, 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.

No place that looked like East Basin, Utah five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

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

4,002 residents (±508)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

4,002 residents (±508)

East Basin, Utah
Utah share

White87%3,470
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino9.7%†388

Education

2,477 residents (±354)

East Basin, Utah
Utah share

No high school diploma0.4%†11
High school or GED4.4%†109
Some college13%†323

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

1,305 households (±190)

East Basin, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k8.7%†113
$25k–50k5.2%†68
$50k–75k6.8%†89
$75k–100k10%†131
$100k–150k25%†321
$150k–200k7.5%†98
$200k or more37%485

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

1,305 households (±190)

East Basin, Utah
Utah share

Own84%1,102
Rent16%†203

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

176 households (±95)

East Basin, Utah
Utah share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0
$1,500–2,000

Home values

1,102 homes (±185)

East Basin, Utah
Utah share

Under $150k1.5%†16
$150k–250k3.8%†42
$250k–400k1.2%†13

Age of homes

1,625 homes (±218)

East Basin, Utah
Utah share

2010 or later24%†393
2000–200941%673
1980–199917%†272

Size of homes

1,625 homes (±218)

East Basin, Utah
Utah share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom2.6%†43
2 bedrooms5.8%†95

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,795 workers (±288)

East Basin, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone63%1,127
Carpool0.0%0
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.8%†15
Bike0.5%†9
Work from home35%636
Other0.4%†8

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,159 workers (±237)

East Basin, Utah
Utah share

Under 15 min26%†296
15–29 min35%†407
30–44 min28%†325

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Heber, UT

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 Summit County, the county holding most of East Basin's residents.

Summit County has 2,810 employer establishments, 654 for every 10,000 residents (2.63× the US rate of 248; 2.36× Utah's), with 33,144 paid employees at an average annual pay of $52,633. The Census Bureau also counts 7,573 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 2,810; 7,573 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 654; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 33,144
Average annual pay: $52,633; US $68,342

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

Lessors of real estate	338	78.6	6.38×More than typical	1,245	$76,715	1,623
Real estate agents and brokers	202	47	9.66×More than typical	398	$100,927	299
Management, scientific and technical consulting	198	46.1	6.87×More than typical	516	$94,140	748
Specialty trade contractors	193	44.9	2.90×More than typical	1,126	$62,476	259
Construction of buildings	173	40.3	5.32×More than typical	772	$74,718	147
Restaurants and other eating places	160	37.2	2.03×More than typical	4,220	$27,602	35
Ambulatory health care services	155	36.1	1.73×More than typical	783	$79,517	282
Services to buildings and dwellings	99	23	3.42×More than typical	437	$56,886	223
Full-service restaurants	92	21.4	2.79×More than typical	3,228	$29,195	20
Clothing and accessories stores	80	18.6	5.13×More than typical	867	$28,649	48
Architectural, engineering and related services	64	14.9	4.27×More than typical	147	$84,537	55
Building finishing contractors	64	14.9	3.92×More than typical	228	$60,566	74

Rank places for an industry Open Summit County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 42,981 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 $800.2K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in East Basin, Utah: $200 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $800.2K; −76% vs FY2025
Per resident: $200; US $1,994
Sole-source: 41%; US 30%
Single offer: 42%; 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

Department of the Navy$535.6K67%
Defense Logistics Agency$130K16%
Department of Veterans Affairs$56K7.0%
National Aeronautics and Space Administration$47K5.9%
Department of the Air Force$20.5K2.6%
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center$5,5120.7%
Forest Service$4,1490.5%
Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources$1,0060.1%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

4.1MFY2017
1.2MFY2018
3.8MFY2019
525.9KFY2020
476.5KFY2021
6.7MFY2022
1.4MFY2023
7.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Aerospace product and parts manufacturing · 3364$335.6K42%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$225.3K28%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$150K19%
Investigation and security services · 5616$43.9K5.5%
Facilities support services · 5612$16.2K2.0%
Computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing · 3341

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 East Basin, Utah, so they do not add up across cities.

East Basin, Utah's figures are part of those of Summit County, UT ($10.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 7.5% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: East Basin is mostly in Summit County.

See federal money in Summit 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.

East Basin, Utah is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).

House

Senate

County

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

Summit County99100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Heber, UT99

Other cities and towns in Summit 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
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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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like East Basin, Utah five years ago that improved