Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety74#802/3,096
Economy63#1,176/3,143
Housing20#2,520/3,140
Health69#961/3,144
Healthcare67#1,051/3,143
Environment57#1,331/3,108
Education69#969/3,144
Infrastructure81#594/3,144
Community22#2,454/3,144
Leisure & amenities44#1,769/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Iron County, Utah ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

New business applications · high27.4 /1k
98/100Utah 20.6 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census Bureau
Preventable hospital stays · low1,225 /100k
96/100Utah 1,640 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
New homes permitted · high10.6 /1k
96/100Utah 7.3 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data
Adult smoking · low10.8%
95/100Utah 10.4%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Physical inactivity · low18.9%
95/100Utah 19.2%United States 26.5%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average commute time · low16.9 min
93/100Utah 22.1 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Students per teacher · high26.6×
0/100Utah 21.6×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education Statistics
Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Utah 98%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Home price to income ratio · high5.7×
5/100Utah 5.1×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Distance to an Amtrak station · high178 mi
5/100Utah 31 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau
Income adjusted for local prices · low$48,883
6/100Utah $68,107United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Social associations · low3.4 /10k
6/100Utah 3.6 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Trends

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

PopulationRising
57,703 (2020) → 67,141 (2025)
+16%5 yearsUS 331,578,104 → 341,784,857
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
44.0% (2015-2019) → 54.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
New business applicationsImproving
18.0 /1k (2020) → 27.4 /1k (2025)
+52%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Property crime rateImproving
1,616 /100k (2019) → 843 /100k (2024)
−48%5 yearsUS 2,082 /100k → 1,761 /100k
Hot daysWorsening
21 days (2011-2020) → 29 days (2016-2025)
+41%5 yearsUS 41 days → 42 days
Preventable hospital staysImproving
2,084 /100k (2019) → 1,225 /100k (2023)
−41%4 yearsUS 3,767 /100k → 2,769 /100k

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, Iron County, Utah improved on 6 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 19 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved6

Weekly wage+32%$728 → $960
Household income+27%$58,307 → $73,868
New businesses+52%18.0 /1k → 27.4 /1k
Real income+29%$37,907 → $48,883
Broadband+7.7 points83.9% → 91.5%

Declined4

Students / teacher+3.9×22.7× → 26.6×
Price / income+1.6×4.1× → 5.7×
Rent burden+11 points44.0% → 54.5%
Rent / income+3.9 points27.8% → 31.7%

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Iron County, Utah between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	4.7 /10k2020	4.2 /10k2025	−11%	Within the margin of error	20%
Average commute time	17.0 min2015-2019	16.9 min2020-2024	−0.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Average weekly wage	$7282020	$9602025	+32%	Improved	88%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.8%2015-2019	31.6%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Broadband subscriptions	83.9%2015-2019	91.5%2020-2024	+7.7 points	Improved	29%
Child poverty rate	14.6%2019	13.8%2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	38%
Distance to an airport	161 mi2020	161 mi2025	−0 mi	Little change	97%
Drug overdose deaths	14.9 /100k2020	16.6 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+11%	Within the margin of error	18%
Effective property tax rate	0.56%2015-2019	0.43%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	56%
Firearm deaths	17.2 /100k2020	17.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−0.6%	Within the margin of error	50%
Grocery stores	1.0 /10k2020	0.9 /10k2025	−14%	Within the margin of error	24%
Gyms and fitness centers	1.4 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−25%	Within the margin of error	19%
High school diploma or higher	92.9%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	5.7×2020-2024	+1.6×	Declined	2%
Homicide rate	4.9 /100k2020	2.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−41%	Within the margin of error	64%
Income adjusted for local prices	$37,9072019	$48,8832024	+29%	Improved	32%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4402015-2019	0.4442020-2024	+0.004	Within the margin of error	47%
Median household income	$58,3072019	$73,8682024	+27%	Improved	59%
New business applications	18.0 /1k2020	27.4 /1k2025	+52%	Improved	61%
Pharmacies	1.2 /10k2020	1.2 /10k2025	−1.8%	Within the margin of error	60%
Poverty rate	13.1%2019	12.6%2024	−0.5 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Public libraries	0.7 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−16%	Within the margin of error	6%
Rent as share of income	27.8%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Declined	13%
Rent-burdened households	44.0%2015-2019	54.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Declined	10%
Restaurants and bars	6.4 /10k2020	6.9 /10k2025	+6.8%	Within the margin of error	68%
Students per teacher	22.7×2019	26.6×2024	+3.9×	Declined	1%
Suicide rate	24.3 /100k2020	20.2 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Within the margin of error	84%
Traffic deaths	10.5 /100k2015-2019	14.5 /100k2020-2024	+38%	Within the margin of error	19%
Unemployment rate	4.4%2020	3.2%2025	−1.2 points	Improved	17%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.3%2019	11.4%2024	−0.9 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Violent crime rate	189 /100k2020	179 /100k2025	−5.3%	Within the margin of error	38%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Iron County, Utah five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Iron County, 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, Iron County, Utah itself moved −3.6 points in standing on average over the same 31 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

62,252 residents

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

20,157 households (±438)

Iron County, Utah
Utah share

Under $25k15%3,042
$25k–50k19%3,920
$50k–75k21%4,204

Homes

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

Owners and renters

20,157 households (±438)

Iron County, Utah
Utah share

Own68%13,763
Rent32%6,394

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+4.3 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

28,202 workers (±737)

Iron County, Utah
Utah share

Drive alone73%20,536
Carpool11%3,199
Public transit0.1%†18

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 Cedar City, 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.

Iron County has 1,935 employer establishments, 301 for every 10,000 residents (1.21× the US rate of 248; 1.09× Utah's), with 18,547 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,729. The Census Bureau also counts 5,762 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,935; 5,762 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 301; US 248 · Utah 277
Paid employees: 18,547
Average annual pay: $42,729; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	243	37.8	2.44×More than typical	1,557	$51,502	396
Ambulatory health care services	161	25	1.20×About typical	1,008	$49,733	211
Construction of buildings	126	19.6	2.59×More than typical	796	$81,363	224
Lessors of real estate	125	19.4	1.58×More than typical	268	$40,664	805
Restaurants and other eating places	125	19.4	1.06×About typical	2,158	$16,542	17
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	74	11.5	3.65×More than typical	730	$53,732	91
Real estate agents and brokers	67	10.4	2.14×More than typical	81	$38,395	142
Building finishing contractors	64	10	2.62×More than typical	210	$44,733	91
Services to buildings and dwellings	63	9.8	1.45×More than typical	214	$25,822	331
Building equipment contractors	60	9.3	1.55×More than typical	404	$42,876	57
Offices of other health practitioners	58	9	1.48×More than typical	224	$35,563	129
Limited-service restaurants	57	8.9	1.11×About typical	1,197	$16,596	6

Rank places for an industry

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 64,306 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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $18M on contracts performed in Iron County, Utah: $268 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $18M; −50% vs FY2025
Per resident: $268; US $1,994
Sole-source: 4.5%; US 30%
Single offer: 13%; 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$16M89%
Departmental Offices$1.8M10%
Department of the Navy$317.6K1.8%
Bureau of Land Management$236.5K1.3%
National Park Service$124.5K0.7%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$49.9K0.3%
Rural Housing Service$8,9000.0%
Federal Acquisition Service$6,2090.0%

Top recipients

ROTAK LLC$14.3M80%
SKYDANCE HELICOPTERS OF NORTHERN NEVADA$1.5M8.6%
JACKSON EXCAVATION, INC$555.9K3.1%
MILLER TIMBER SERVICES, INC.$291.3K1.6%
AMERICAN PACIFIC CORPORATION$264.5K1.5%

Spending by fiscal year

10.5MFY2017
7.7MFY2018
12.4MFY2019
18.1MFY2020
6.8MFY2021
19.3MFY2022
22.5MFY2023
14.8M

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$16.2M90%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$573.2K3.2%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$427.8K2.4%
Basic chemical manufacturing · 3251$264.5K1.5%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$200K1.1%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$125.8K0.7%

Largest awards

ROTAK - T1 EU FOR CEDAR CITY, UT$23.2M
ROTAK LLC· Iron County, UT· Facilities & utilities· Mar 25, 2025 – Sep 3, 2026· 1202SA25K9216
A-10 CENTER SECTION$21.1M
ALIGN PRECISION - CEDAR CITY, LLC· Iron County, UT· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Jan 18, 2017 – Apr 1, 2026· 0001
CEDAR CITY RURAL INITIATIVE$11.9M
SGC SERVICES 2, LLC· Iron County, UT· Construction & real property· Jul 27, 2023 – Apr 22, 2026· 36C78623C0017
CALL WHEN NEEDED TYPE I HELICOPTER SERVICES FOR FIRE SUPPRESSION$5.5M

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.

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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.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $434M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Iron County, Utah: $6,464 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $434M; +12% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,464; US $12,955
Loan face value: $42M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.9%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$202.3M47%
20.938 · Rural Surface Transportation Grant Program$59.4M14%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$44.9M10%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$22M5.1%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$21.5M5.0%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$17.9M4.1%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$14.4M3.3%
64.028 · Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance$10.3M2.4%

Top recipients (organizations)

UTAH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$74.2M17%
WEST VALLEY CITY, UT
SOUTHERN UTAH UNIVERSITY$23.7M5.5%
CEDAR CITY, UT
SKYWEST AIRLINES INC$6.9M1.6%
SAINT GEORGE, UT
PAIUTE HOUSING AUTHORITY$2.7M0.6%
CEDAR CITY, UT
PAIUTE INDIAN TRIBE OF UTAH$2.4M

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$248.2M57%
Federal Highway Administration$74.2M17%
Department of Transportation
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$58.4M13%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$23.8M5.5%
Immediate Office of the Secretary of Transportation$6.9M

Assistance by fiscal year

322MFY2021
312MFY2022
320.5MFY2023
327.1MFY2024
387.2MFY2025
434MFY2026

County aggregates

71%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Iron County, Utah compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Iron County, Utah
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Utah	United States
FY2017	$206	$1,436
FY2018	$145	$1,552
FY2019	$225	$1,654
FY2020	$314	$1,880
FY2021	$113	$1,810
FY2022	$309	$1,917
FY2023	$349	$2,079
FY2024	$226	$2,047
FY2025	$536	$2,165
FY2026	$268 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Utah	United States
FY2017	$21.87	$93.28
FY2018	$11.72	$105
FY2019	$147	$128
FY2020	$121	$145
FY2021	$11.03	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Utah	United States
FY2021	$1,233	$5,748
FY2022	$1,001	$5,221
FY2023	$850	$5,364
FY2024	$461	$5,501
FY2025	$1,079	$5,732
FY2026	$1,494

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Utah	United States
FY2021	$313	$298
FY2022	$309	$357
FY2023	$253	$301
FY2024	$72.09	$319
FY2025	$450	$360
FY2026	$1,116

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Utah	United States
FY2021	$61.62	$239
FY2022	$113	$185
FY2023	$99.92	$229
FY2024	$81.45	$229
FY2025	$81.85	$249
FY2026	$94.47

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Utah	United States
FY2021	$154	$2,304
FY2022	$117	$2,197
FY2023	$118	$2,274
FY2024	$23.37	$2,267
FY2025	$12.08	$2,397
FY2026	$27.04

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Iron County, Utah and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Iron County, Utah	United States
FY2021	$714	$1,186
FY2022	$442	$465
FY2023	$253	$76.52
FY2024	$254	$120
FY2025	$193	$148
FY2026	$248

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Iron County, Utah
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Iron County, Utah and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Iron County, Utah	United States
2014	4.4%	2.0%
2015	2.9%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/49021

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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.

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

House

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

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Iron County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Cedar City, UT60Central county

Cities and towns in Iron County

Places whose residents live mostly in Iron County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-03
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/49021

Calendar years	Iron County, Utah	United States
2014	−4.5%	−4.2%
2015	−1.8%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.7%	+3.3%
2018	+5.5%	+6.8%
2019	+8.4%	+10.5%
2020	+17.4%	+19.4%
2021	+23.5%	+26.1%
2022	+31.1%	+30.6%
2023	+41.0%	+35.0%
2024	+49.7%	+41.0%
2025	+54.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Iron County, Utah	United States
2014	−4.8%	−5.5%
2015	−0.8%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+4.8%	+4.1%
2018	+11.6%	+8.9%
2019	+19.1%	+13.5%
2020	+28.7%	+20.8%
2021	+40.5%	+32.1%
2022	+42.4%	+35.4%
2023	+50.4%	+42.9%
2024	+60.0%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Iron County, Utah	United States
2014	5.1/1k	3.3/1k
2015	5.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	7.7/1k	3.7/1k
2017	8.3/1k	3.9/1k
2018	9.4/1k	4.1/1k
2019	8.3/1k	4.2/1k
2020	8.9/1k	4.4/1k
2021	14.7/1k	5.2/1k
2022	16.5/1k	5.0/1k
2023	7.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	10.0/1k	4.3/1k
2025	10.1/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Iron County, Utah	United States
2014	−4.3%	−6.9%
2015	−1.0%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.7%	+4.7%
2018	+12.8%	+7.5%
2019	+27.9%	+14.0%
2020	+16.1%	+16.9%
2021	+34.8%	+21.0%
2022	+45.9%	+29.7%
2023	+49.6%	+34.9%
2024	+62.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Iron County, Utah	United States
2014	−17.3% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−9.8% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+12.1% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+21.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+29.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+44.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+88.6% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+99.8% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+98.9% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+99.8% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+106.3% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Iron County, Utah	United States
2014	4.3%	6.2%
2015	4.3%	5.3%
2016	4.0%	4.9%
2017	3.8%	4.4%
2018	3.2%	3.9%
2019	2.7%	3.7%
2020	4.4%	8.1%
2021	2.8%	5.4%
2022	2.5%	3.7%
2023	2.6%	3.6%
2024	3.1%	4.0%
2025	3.2%	4.3%

Calendar years	Iron County, Utah	United States
2014	22.1%	15.5%
2015	18.3%	14.7%
2016	18.4%	14.0%
2017	15.6%	13.4%
2018	14.4%	13.1%
2019	13.1%	12.3%
2020	13.7%	11.9%
2021	13.3%	12.8%
2022	12.7%	12.6%
2023	11.6%	12.5%
2024	12.6%	12.1%

Calendar years	Iron County, Utah	United States
2015	—	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	—	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	—	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	—	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	—	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	—	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	—	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	— (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	— (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	— (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	— (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Iron County, Utah	United States
2014	18.2%	13.5%
2015	16.2%	10.9%
2016	11.9%	10.0%
2017	13.7%	10.2%
2018	12.1%	10.4%
2019	12.3%	10.8%
2020	12.5%	10.4%
2021	11.0%	10.2%
2022	11.2%	9.5%
2023	10.4%	9.5%
2024	11.4%	9.8%

Calendar years	Iron County, Utah	United States
2014	11.1/1k	8.5/1k
2015	11.5/1k	8.7/1k
2016	12.2/1k	9.1/1k
2017	15.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	15.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	15.7/1k	10.6/1k
2020	18.0/1k	13.1/1k
2021	24.2/1k	16.2/1k
2022	28.3/1k	15.1/1k
2023	24.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	25.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	27.4/1k	16.6/1k

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