City · Summit County, Utah

Kamas, Utah

Kamas is a city in Summit County, Utah, part of the Heber, UT metro area. It has 2,096 residents. Kamas, Utah has a quality-of-life score of 99 out of 100 (very high), ranking #127 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Utah it ranks #8 of 175 cities and towns. It ranks best on child care cost burden (low), gyms and fitness centers (high) and public EV charging ports (high). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), high ozone days (high) and suicide rate (high).

99Very high

Quality-of-life score: #127 of 15,651 cities and towns
Utah: #8 of 175 in UT
Population: 2,096 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 537.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4939810

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 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
Economy99#214/15,631
Housing76#3,595/14,977
Health89#1,731/15,609
Healthcare77#3,616/15,650
Environment79#3,247/15,453
Education88#1,953/15,649
Infrastructure96#565/15,650
Community97#419/15,651
Leisure & amenities100#33/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Kamas, 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

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
Public EV charging ports · high51.2 /10k
100/100Utah 9.0 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySummit County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high21.8 /10k
100/100Utah 5.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSummit County value
Hot days · low0 days
100/100Utah 39 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationSummit County value
Voter turnout · high85.4%
99/100Utah 66.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionSummit County value

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
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
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high18.0%
12/100Utah 9.4%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Home price to income ratio · high5.3×
16/100Utah 5.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
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.

PopulationFalling
2,539 (2015-2019) → 2,096 (2020-2024)
−17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
7.0 /1k (2021) → 1.9 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−73%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Child poverty rateImproving
10.6% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
42.7% (2015-2019) → 32.3% (2020-2024)
−10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Poverty rateImproving
10.0% (2015-2019) → 2.3% (2020-2024)
−7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$71,875 (2015-2019) → $96,638 (2020-2024)
+34%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, Kamas, Utah improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 7 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.

Improved3

Poverty−7.8 points10.0% → 2.3%
Child poverty−11 points10.6% → 0.0%
Household income+34%$71,875 → $96,638

Declined1

Price / income+1.3×4.1× → 5.3×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Kamas, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.1 min2015-2019	23.6 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%2015-2019	30.2%2020-2024	+6.7 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Broadband subscriptions	92.9%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Child poverty rate	10.6%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	−11 points	Improved	83%
Effective property tax rate	0.45%2015-2019	0.22%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	65%
High school diploma or higher	89.0%2015-2019	89.6%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	5.3×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	14%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3572015-2019	0.4112020-2024	+0.054	Within the margin of error	15%
Median household income	$71,8752015-2019	$96,6382020-2024	+34%	Improved	64%
Poverty rate	10.0%2015-2019	2.3%2020-2024	−7.8 points	Improved	89%
Rent as share of income	24.2%2015-2019	25.1%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	17.1%2015-2019	18.0%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%

“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 Kamas, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kamas, 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, Kamas, Utah itself moved −5 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

2,096 residents (±394)

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

590 households (±114)

Kamas, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k3.1%†18
$25k–50k15%†86
$50k–75k18%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

590 households (±114)

Kamas, Utah
Utah share

Own84%497
Rent16%†93

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Rent (−12.4 points).

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

1,205 workers (±215)

Kamas, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone72%872
Carpool12%†147
Public transit2.4%†29

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 Kamas'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 $1,894 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Kamas, Utah: $0.90 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1,894; +497% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.90; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Forest Service$1,24766%
Defense Logistics Agency$64734%

Top recipients

WELLER RECREATION, INC$1,08957%
NATIONWIDE SHELVING & AUTOMATED STORAGE SOLUTIONS INC$64734%
ABSOLUTE JANITORIAL SERVICES LLC$1588.4%

Spending by fiscal year

10.5KFY2017
2.5KFY2018
4.7KFY2019
3.4KFY2020
8.2KFY2021
158.1FY2022
1.3KFY2023
1.1KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$1,08957%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$64734%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$1588.4%

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 Kamas, Utah, so they do not add up across cities.

Kamas, Utah's figures are part of those of Summit County, UT ($10.6M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Kamas 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.

Kamas, 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
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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