Scores by category

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

Safety36#9,928/15,637
Economy100#17/15,631
Housing81#2,875/14,977
Health80#3,190/15,609
Healthcare90#1,572/15,650
Environment6#14,541/15,453
Education78#3,521/15,649
Infrastructure96#646/15,650
Community54#7,231/15,651
Leisure & amenities67#5,177/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Emigration Canyon, Utah ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Salt Lake 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

Adult smoking · low5.0%
100/100Utah 10.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Physical inactivity · low11.6%
100/100Utah 19.2%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low4.0%
99/100Utah 6.8%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Food insecurity · low6.1%
99/100Utah 12.4%United States 15.6%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Poor or fair health · low9.9%
98/100Utah 16.8%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Median household income · high$190,833
98/100Utah $96,398United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013

Weaknesses

Social associations · low4.7 /10k
5/100Utah 3.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSalt Lake County value
Median Air Quality Index · high57
6/100Utah 502025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySalt Lake County value
Students per teacher · high21.0×
6/100Utah 21.6×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsSalt Lake County value
Comfortable days · low22.8%
6/100Utah 24.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSalt Lake County value
High ozone days · high9 days
8/100Utah 6 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySalt Lake County value
Days with unhealthy air · high4.4%
9/100Utah 2.0%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySalt Lake County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,976 (2015-2019) → 1,433 (2020-2024)
−27%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
52.5% (2015-2019) → 22.7% (2020-2024)
−30 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
35.3% (2015-2019) → 17.9% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
16.9% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
13.8% (2015-2019) → 2.7% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$127,625 (2015-2019) → $190,833 (2020-2024)
+50%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Emigration Canyon, Utah improved on 2 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 7 moved within the margin of error and 0 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.

Improved2

Inequality−0.0760.497 → 0.421
Household income+50%$127,625 → $190,833

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Emigration Canyon, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	22.9 min2015-2019	23.5 min2020-2024	+0.7 min	Within the margin of error	40%
Bachelor's degree or higher	65.3%2015-2019	72.3%2020-2024	+7 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Broadband subscriptions	89.1%2015-2019	97.1%2020-2024	+8 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Effective property tax rate	0.70%2015-2019	0.62%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	100.0%2015-2019	96.6%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	5.5×2015-2019	5.6×2020-2024	+0.1×	Within the margin of error	73%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4972015-2019	0.4212020-2024	−0.076	Improved	92%
Median household income	$127,6252015-2019	$190,8332020-2024	+50%	Improved	84%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Emigration Canyon, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Emigration Canyon, 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, Emigration Canyon, Utah itself moved +4.7 points in standing on average over the same 8 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

1,433 residents (±209)

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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+5.8 points).

† 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

1,433 residents (±209)

Emigration Canyon, Utah
Utah share

White87%1,242
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino8.0%†115

Education

1,137 residents (±169)

Emigration Canyon, Utah
Utah share

No high school diploma3.4%†39
High school or GED6.2%†70
Some college15%†

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

548 households (±79)

Emigration Canyon, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k2.2%†12
$25k–50k4.0%†22
$50k–75k7.3%†40
$75k–100k8.8%†48
$100k–150k16%†90
$150k–200k14%†74
$200k or more48%262

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $200k or more (+18.4 points).

† 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

548 households (±79)

Emigration Canyon, Utah
Utah share

Own92%504
Rent8.0%†44

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

† 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

44 households (±25)

Emigration Canyon, Utah
Utah share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0006.8%†3
$1,000–1,50025%†11

Home values

504 homes (±77)

Emigration Canyon, Utah
Utah share

Under $150k1.8%†9
$150k–250k1.8%†9
$250k–400k1.6%†8

Age of homes

602 homes (±82)

Emigration Canyon, Utah
Utah share

2010 or later7.1%†43
2000–200922%†133
1980–199934%202

Size of homes

602 homes (±82)

Emigration Canyon, Utah
Utah share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom2.3%†14
2 bedrooms15%†88

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

797 workers (±136)

Emigration Canyon, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone61%490
Carpool8.4%†67
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.5%†4
Work from home28%226
Other1.3%†10

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+20.8 points).

† 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

571 workers (±106)

Emigration Canyon, Utah
Utah share

Under 15 min18%†103
15–29 min46%260
30–44 min30%†169

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 Salt Lake City-Murray, 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 Salt Lake County, the county holding most of Emigration Canyon's residents.

Salt Lake County has 35,732 employer establishments, 296 for every 10,000 residents (1.19× the US rate of 248; 1.07× Utah's), with 693,721 paid employees at an average annual pay of $70,569. The Census Bureau also counts 116,901 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 35,732; 116,901 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 296; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 693,721
Average annual pay: $70,569; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	2,906	24.1	1.56×More than typical	32,535	$68,023	5,728
Ambulatory health care services	2,896	24	1.15×About typical	30,531	$70,706	4,079
Lessors of real estate	2,451	20.3	1.65×More than typical	9,223	$67,583	15,866
Restaurants and other eating places	2,180	18.1	0.98×About typical	43,320	$22,783	443
Management, scientific and technical consulting	1,550	12.9	1.92×More than typical	8,822	$91,971	6,258
Real estate agents and brokers	1,197	9.9	2.04×More than typical	2,221	$72,406	3,087
Limited-service restaurants	1,078	8.9	1.11×About typical	21,986	$20,538	140
Construction of buildings	1,057	8.8	1.16×About typical	9,558	$87,115	2,736
Services to buildings and dwellings	1,008	8.4	1.24×About typical	8,992	$45,431	4,987
Building finishing contractors	953	7.9	2.08×More than typical	6,644	$57,955	2,110
Offices of other health practitioners	927	7.7	1.27×More than typical	5,137	$38,366	2,240
Building equipment contractors	913	7.6	1.26×More than typical	14,679	$73,387	907

Rank places for an industry Open Salt Lake County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 1,205,509 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 $12.4M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Emigration Canyon, Utah: $8,622 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $12.4M; +26% vs FY2025
Per resident: $8,622; US $1,995
Sole-source: 46%; US 30%
Single offer: 18%; 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 Veterans Affairs$9.6M78%
Department of the Army$1.3M11%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$880.4K7.1%
Food and Drug Administration$309.5K2.5%
Indian Health Service$107.6K0.9%
Defense Health Agency$93.4K0.8%
Food Safety and Inspection Service$44K0.4%
Health Resources and Services Administration$7,8560.1%

Top recipients

BIOMERIEUX INC$9.7M78%
ARUP LABORATORIES INC$1.3M11%
ROCKWELL COLLINS SIMULATION & TRAINING SOLUTIONS LLC$1.3M11%
BLACKROCK MICROSYSTEMS, INC$34.2K0.3%
RHI LLC$29.9K0.2%

Spending by fiscal year

5.1MFY2017
5MFY2018
4.6MFY2019
11.2MFY2020
6.2MFY2021
7.6MFY2022
10.1MFY2023
8.5M

Top industries (NAICS)

Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing · 3254$7M56%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$2.6M21%
Medical and diagnostic laboratories · 6215$1.3M11%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$1.3M11%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$61.1K0.5%
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing · 5324

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 7, 2026, loaded Oct 7, 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 Emigration Canyon, Utah, so they do not add up across cities.

Emigration Canyon, Utah's figures are part of those of Salt Lake County, UT ($1.6B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.8% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Emigration Canyon is mostly in Salt Lake County.

See federal money in Salt Lake 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.

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

House

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.

Salt Lake County70100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT71

Other cities and towns in Salt Lake 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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