City · Davis County, Utah

Syracuse, Utah

Syracuse is a city in Davis County, Utah, part of the Ogden, UT metro area. It has 35,488 residents. Syracuse, Utah has a quality-of-life score of 80 out of 100 (very high), ranking #3,080 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Utah it ranks #65 of 175 cities and towns. It ranks best on traffic deaths (low), income inequality (Gini index) (low) and hospital quality rating (high). It ranks worst on social associations (low), restaurants and bars (low) and grocery stores (low).

80Very high

Quality-of-life score: #3,080 of 15,651 cities and towns
Utah: #65 of 175 in UT
Population: 35,488 (2020-2024)
Land area: 10 mi²
Density: 3,411.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 4974810

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety87#1,961/15,637
Economy98#331/15,631
Housing39#9,108/14,977
Health79#3,335/15,609
Healthcare90#1,516/15,650
Environment14#13,302/15,453
Education86#2,139/15,649
Infrastructure92#1,184/15,650
Community61#6,098/15,651
Leisure & amenities18#12,807/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Traffic deaths · low3.8 /100k
99/100Utah 8.7 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataDavis County value
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.322
99/100Utah 0.427United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Hospital quality rating · high5.0
98/100Utah 4.2United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesDavis County value
Child care cost burden · low18.1%
98/100Utah 27.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDavis County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,430 /100k
97/100Utah 1,640 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDavis County value
Adult smoking · low7.1%
97/100Utah 10.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate

Weaknesses

Social associations · low2.7 /10k
1/100Utah 3.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteDavis County value
Restaurants and bars · low3.1 /10k
2/100Utah 5.8 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDavis County value
Grocery stores · low0.6 /10k
3/100Utah 1.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsDavis County value
Students per teacher · high21.9×
4/100Utah 21.6×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsDavis County value
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
4/100Utah 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesDavis County value
Comfortable days · low22.3%
4/100Utah 24.4%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationDavis County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
29,331 (2015-2019) → 35,488 (2020-2024)
+21%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
39.3% (2015-2019) → 75.2% (2020-2024)
+36 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New homes permittedWorsening
27.3 /1k (2021) → 5.7 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−79%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
24.1% (2015-2019) → 33.6% (2020-2024)
+9.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.2× (2015-2019) → 4.3× (2020-2024)
+35%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Median household incomeImproving
$99,625 (2015-2019) → $133,443 (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, Syracuse, Utah improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 6 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

Unemployment−1.1 points2.3% → 1.2%
Household income+34%$99,625 → $133,443
Broadband+5.2 points92.4% → 97.5%

Declined3

Rent burden+36 points39.3% → 75.2%
Rent / income+9.5 points24.1% → 33.6%
Price / income+1.1×3.2× → 4.3×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Syracuse, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.5 min2015-2019	28.5 min2020-2024	+2.0 min	Within the margin of error	27%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.5%2015-2019	39.6%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	43%
Broadband subscriptions	92.4%2015-2019	97.5%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Improved	33%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.50%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	39%
High school diploma or higher	96.5%2015-2019	96.6%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	18%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3302015-2019	0.3222020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	58%
Median household income	$99,6252015-2019	$133,4432020-2024	+34%	Improved	63%
Public transit commuters	0.9%2015-2019	1.3%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	98%
Rent as share of income	24.1%2015-2019	33.6%2020-2024	+9.5 points	Declined	10%
Rent-burdened households	39.3%2015-2019	75.2%2020-2024	+36 points	Declined	2%
Unemployment rate	2.3%2015-2019	1.2%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Improved	71%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	3.4%2015-2019	2.5%2020-2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	57%

“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 Syracuse, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Syracuse, 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 Syracuse, Utah five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, Syracuse, Utah itself moved −14.9 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

35,488 residents (±50)

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

9,721 households (±322)

Syracuse, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k3.4%†335
$25k–50k4.8%†468
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

9,721 households (±322)

Syracuse, Utah
Utah share

Own90%8,721
Rent10%†1,000

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

18,013 workers (±935)

Syracuse, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone73%13,168
Carpool9.0%1,613
Public transit1.3%†240

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 Ogden, 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 Davis County, the county holding most of Syracuse's residents.

Davis County has 8,636 employer establishments, 231 for every 10,000 residents (0.93× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Utah's), with 103,131 paid employees at an average annual pay of $51,685. The Census Bureau also counts 31,380 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 8,636; 31,380 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 231; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 103,131
Average annual pay: $51,685; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	828	22.1	1.06×About typical	7,875	$59,172	1,160
Specialty trade contractors	739	19.7	1.27×More than typical	7,164	$59,813	1,441
Lessors of real estate	560	14.9	1.21×About typical	1,468	$49,909	4,166
Restaurants and other eating places	485	12.9	0.70×Fewer than typical	10,904	$18,520	102
Management, scientific and technical consulting	451	12	1.79×More than typical	1,639	$87,638	1,578
Construction of buildings	328	8.8	1.16×About typical	2,588	$69,826	637
Offices of other health practitioners	302	8.1	1.33×More than typical	1,824	$38,143	624
Real estate agents and brokers	289	7.7	1.58×More than typical	341	$56,487	827
Limited-service restaurants	273	7.3	0.91×About typical	6,274	$17,976	39
Building equipment contractors	266	7.1	1.18×About typical	3,268	$62,209	240
Services to buildings and dwellings	238	6.4	0.94×About typical	1,557	$37,200	1,173
Offices of physicians	217	5.8	0.89×About typical	2,453	$97,007	257

Rank places for an industry Open Davis County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 374,645 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 $194.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Syracuse, Utah: $5.48 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $194.3K; −44% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5.48; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 100%; 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

National Institute of Standards and Technology$199.8K100%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

608.9KFY2017
446.1KFY2018
124.4KFY2019
77.2KFY2020
241.6KFY2021
662.8KFY2022
894.5KFY2023
824.5K

Top industries (NAICS)

Computer systems design and related services · 5415$194.3K100.0%

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

Syracuse, Utah's figures are part of those of Davis County, UT ($815.2M 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: Syracuse is mostly in Davis County.

See federal money in Davis 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.

Syracuse, 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.

Davis County84100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Ogden, UT79

Other cities and towns in Davis 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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