Metro area · Utah

Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area

Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT is a metropolitan area of 2 counties in Utah, home to 773,426 residents. Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area has a quality-of-life score of 82 out of 100 (very high), ranking #169 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Utah it ranks #4 of 10. It ranks best on adult smoking (low), injury deaths (low) and traffic deaths (low). It ranks worst on social associations (low), restaurants and bars (low) and drought exposure (high).

82Very high
Quality-of-life score
#169 of 925 metro and micro areas
Utah
#4 of 10 in UT
Population
773,426 (2025)
Land area
5,396 mi²
Density
143.3 /mi²
CBSA code
39340

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety98#17/924
  • Economy98#16/925
  • Housing44#515/925
  • Health97#30/925
  • Healthcare57#395/923
  • Environment20#730/917
  • Education97#26/925
  • Infrastructure99#14/925
  • Community50#464/925
  • Leisure & amenities27#678/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Metro and micro areas like Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area 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.

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).

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Utah CountyCentral county83759,859
  2. Juab CountyOutlying county7813,567

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. LehiPrincipal city85,173
  2. OremPrincipal city97,182
  3. ProvoPrincipal city114,766

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Provo114,766
  2. Orem97,182
  3. Lehi85,173
  4. Eagle Mountain53,290
  5. Saratoga Springs48,425
  6. Spanish Fork44,946
  7. Pleasant Grove37,852
  8. American Fork37,109
  9. Springville35,849
  10. Payson23,039
  11. Highland20,119
  12. Santaquin16,436
  13. Vineyard14,446
  14. Mapleton13,114
  15. Lindon11,765
  16. Alpine10,392
  17. Salem10,324
  18. Cedar Hills9,950
  19. Nephi6,885
  20. Elk Ridge4,898
  21. Genola1,842
  22. Mona1,674
  23. Woodland Hills1,559
  24. West Mountain1,282

Other metro and micro areas in Utah

Areas based in Utah, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

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