City · Juab County, Utah

Mona, Utah

Mona is a city in Juab County, Utah, part of the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area. It has 1,674 residents. Mona, Utah has a quality-of-life score of 75 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,979 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Utah it ranks #84 of 175 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent as share of income (low), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and job growth (high). It ranks worst on social associations (low), drought exposure (high) and pharmacies (low).

75High

Quality-of-life score: #3,979 of 15,651 cities and towns
Utah: #84 of 175 in UT
Population: 1,674 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 610.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4951140

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.

Safety75#3,837/15,637
Economy92#1,224/15,631
Housing85#2,260/14,977
Health53#7,313/15,609
Healthcare72#4,342/15,650
Environment59#6,381/15,453
Education66#5,318/15,649
Infrastructure57#6,720/15,650
Community41#9,233/15,651
Leisure & amenities33#10,515/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Rent as share of income · low9.0%
100/100Utah 28.9%United States 30.6%2017-2021U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071At most this value: the publisher's bottom bracket is open-ended
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.333
96/100Utah 0.427United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Job growth · high3.5%
95/100Utah 0.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataJuab County value
Voter turnout · high79.2%
94/100Utah 66.8%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionJuab County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Utah 1.9 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataJuab County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.6 µg/m³
93/100Utah 7.3 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyJuab County value

Weaknesses

Social associations · low0.0 /10k
0/100Utah 3.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteJuab County value
Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Utah 98%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAJuab County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Utah 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJuab County value
Comfortable days · low21.8%
2/100Utah 24.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationJuab County value
Traffic deaths · high36.5 /100k
4/100Utah 8.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataJuab County value
Grocery stores · low0.7 /10k
5/100Utah 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsJuab County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,591 (2015-2019) → 1,674 (2020-2024)
+5.2%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
15.0 /1k (2021) → 1.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−92%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Median household incomeImproving
$79,306 (2015-2019) → $115,179 (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
15.9% (2015-2019) → 22.8% (2020-2024)
+6.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.2× (2015-2019) → 4.2× (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
High school diploma or higherWorsening
93.6% (2015-2019) → 89.9% (2020-2024)
−3.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%

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, Mona, Utah improved on 1 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved1

Household income+45%$79,306 → $115,179

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Mona, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.0 min2015-2019	27.4 min2020-2024	−1.5 min	Within the margin of error	66%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%2015-2019	22.8%2020-2024	+6.8 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Broadband subscriptions	89.6%2015-2019	86.3%2020-2024	−3.4 points	Within the margin of error	3%
Effective property tax rate	0.56%2015-2019	0.44%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	42%
High school diploma or higher	93.6%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	4.2×2020-2024	+1.0×	Within the margin of error	22%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3002015-2019	0.3332020-2024	+0.032	Within the margin of error	25%
Median household income	$79,3062015-2019	$115,1792020-2024	+45%	Improved	80%
Rent-burdened households	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	56%

“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 Mona, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Mona, 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, Mona, Utah itself moved −7.6 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

1,674 residents (±376)

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

517 households (±97)

Mona, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k9.7%†50
$25k–50k1.9%†10
$50k–75k15%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

517 households (±97)

Mona, Utah
Utah share

Own97%501
Rent3.1%†16

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

796 workers (±172)

Mona, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone65%517
Carpool7.0%†56
Public transit1.8%†14

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 Provo-Orem-Lehi, 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 Juab County, the county holding most of Mona's residents.

Juab County has 288 employer establishments, 221 for every 10,000 residents (0.89× the US rate of 248; 0.80× Utah's), with 3,067 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,338. The Census Bureau also counts 1,157 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 288; 1,157 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 221; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 3,067
Average annual pay: $46,338; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	46	35.3	2.28×More than typical	207	$42,237	100
Restaurants and other eating places	24	18.4	1.00×About typical	273	$17,788	4
Construction of buildings	15	11.5	1.52×More than typical	30	$47,133	46
Ambulatory health care services	14	10.7	0.52×Fewer than typical	128	$72,750	38
Building equipment contractors	14	10.7	1.79×More than typical	78	$46,256	22
Building finishing contractors	12	9.2	2.42×More than typical	31	$30,516	22
Limited-service restaurants	12	9.2	1.15×About typical	182	$16,830	—
Truck transportation	12	9.2	1.82×More than typical	24	$31,750	18
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	10	7.7	2.44×More than typical	59	$46,847	16
Other specialty trade contractors	10	7.7	3.06×More than typical	39	$36,538	40
Gasoline stations	8	6.1	1.89×Too few to compare	92	$30,913	—
Offices of other health practitioners	8	6.1	1.01×Too few to compare	45	$43,333	20

Rank places for an industry Open Juab County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,028 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Juab 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.

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

House

Senate

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County

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

Juab County78100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT82

Other cities and towns in Juab 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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