City · Kane County, Utah

Kanab, Utah

Kanab is a city in Kane County, Utah. It has 5,081 residents. Kanab, Utah has a quality-of-life score of 82 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,759 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Utah it ranks #57 of 175 cities and towns. It ranks best on arts, entertainment and recreation (high), reading scores (high) and firearm deaths (low). It ranks worst on social associations (low), drought exposure (high) and traffic deaths (high).

82Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,759 of 15,651 cities and towns
Utah: #57 of 175 in UT
Population: 5,081 (2020-2024)
Land area: 16 mi²
Density: 327.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4939920

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#4,774/15,637
Economy68#5,069/15,631
Housing79#3,133/14,977
Health55#6,991/15,609
Healthcare37#9,808/15,650
Environment96#635/15,453
Education81#3,009/15,649
Infrastructure75#3,980/15,650
Community43#8,944/15,651
Leisure & amenities97#546/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Arts, entertainment and recreation · high25.6 /10k
100/100Utah 5.6 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKane County value
Reading scores · high3.60
100/100Utah 3.18United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKane County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Utah 13.3 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataKane County value
Grocery stores · high4.7 /10k
99/100Utah 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKane County value
Restaurants and bars · high18.6 /10k
98/100Utah 5.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKane County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.8 µg/m³
97/100Utah 7.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyKane County value

Weaknesses

Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Utah 3.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteKane County value
Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Utah 98%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAKane County value
Traffic deaths · high53.9 /100k
1/100Utah 8.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataKane County value
Distance to an airport · high166 mi
2/100Utah 31 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauKane County value
Suicide rate · high31.8 /100k
3/100Utah 20.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateKane County value
Average weekly wage · low$877
4/100Utah $1,333United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsKane County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
4,636 (2015-2019) → 5,081 (2020-2024)
+9.6%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
46.2 /1k (2021) → 5.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−88%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
75.9% (2015-2019) → 92.0% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Median household incomeImproving
$47,480 (2015-2019) → $85,486 (2020-2024)
+80%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Average commute timeWorsening
8.8 min (2015-2019) → 14.6 min (2020-2024)
+66%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
16.4% (2015-2019) → 4.2% (2020-2024)
−12 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Kanab, Utah improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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.

Improved3

Household income+80%$47,480 → $85,486
Poverty−8.2 points13.8% → 5.6%
Broadband+16 points75.9% → 92.0%

Declined1

Commute+5.8 min8.8 min → 14.6 min

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Kanab, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	8.8 min2015-2019	14.6 min2020-2024	+5.8 min	Declined	8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%2015-2019	28.2%2020-2024	−8.4 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Broadband subscriptions	75.9%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	83%
Effective property tax rate	0.60%2015-2019	0.45%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
High school diploma or higher	92.7%2015-2019	93.5%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Home price to income ratio	4.9×2015-2019	5.3×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4112015-2019	0.3912020-2024	−0.020	Within the margin of error	68%
Median household income	$47,4802015-2019	$85,4862020-2024	+80%	Improved	96%
Poverty rate	13.8%2015-2019	5.6%2020-2024	−8.2 points	Improved	89%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	27.8%2015-2019	28.1%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%
Rent-burdened households	42.9%2015-2019	39.9%2020-2024	−2.9 points	Within the margin of error	66%

“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 Kanab, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Kanab, 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, Kanab, Utah itself moved +5.9 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

5,081 residents (±14)

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

2,160 households (±208)

Kanab, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k9.9%†214
$25k–50k19%†406
$50k–75k13%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

2,160 households (±208)

Kanab, Utah
Utah share

Own76%1,631
Rent24%†529

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.

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

2,390 workers (±254)

Kanab, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone62%1,474
Carpool14%†332
Public transit0.0%0

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 Kane County, the county holding most of Kanab's residents.

Kane County has 345 employer establishments, 409 for every 10,000 residents (1.65× the US rate of 248; 1.48× Utah's), with 3,532 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,699. The Census Bureau also counts 1,051 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 345; 1,051 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 409; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 3,532
Average annual pay: $43,699; US $68,342

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

Lessors of real estate	28	33.2	2.70×More than typical	94	$23,160	199
Restaurants and other eating places	28	33.2	1.81×More than typical	357	$24,389	—
Specialty trade contractors	25	29.6	1.92×More than typical	80	$40,750	59
Construction of buildings	24	28.5	3.76×More than typical	125	$38,288	35
Traveler accommodation	24	28.5	15.8×More than typical	635	$36,573	36
Real estate agents and brokers	21	24.9	5.12×More than typical	35	$34,743	30
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	18	21.3	8.03×More than typical	164	$33,421	22
Other amusement and recreation industries	18	21.3	8.80×More than typical	164	$33,421	22
Ambulatory health care services	15	17.8	0.85×About typical	58	$38,586	29
Full-service restaurants	15	17.8	2.32×More than typical	207	$29,135	—
Building equipment contractors	11	13	2.17×More than typical	51	$47,941	12
Offices of other health practitioners	11	13	2.15×More than typical	27	$34,556	18

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 8,433 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 $6,701 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Kanab, Utah: $1.32 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $6,701; −43% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.32; US $1,994
Sole-source: 17%; US 30%
Single offer: 58%; 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

Spending by fiscal year

36.3KFY2017
42.6KFY2018
13.5KFY2019
18.2KFY2020
-5.9KFY2021
3.3KFY2022
17.1KFY2023
15.3KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$2,92144%
Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$1,84628%
Executive, legislative, and other general government support · 9211$1,13017%
Special food services · 7223$93414%
Architectural, engineering, and related services · 5413$4216.3%

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

Kanab, Utah's figures are part of those of Kane County, UT ($627.2K in FY2026), never added to them: 1.1% of that total.

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

See federal money in Kane 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.

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

House

Celeste MaloyR-UT-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 0.9%

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.

Kane County80100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Kane 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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