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Ballard is a small town of 1,803 people in Uintah County, Utah. It's about 89 miles from Provo, UT and 109 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 17 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $272k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,803people
$272kTypical home
$1,118/moRent
93° / 31°Summer / winter
17"Snow
262Sunny days
58Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,803
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 129 people per sq mi
- 109 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 89 mi to Provo, UT
- 24 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $272k (≈$1,716/mo)
- Median rent $1,118/mo
- Median household income $87k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 31°F
- Dry summers (dew point 35°F)
- 262 sunny days a year (91 totally clear)
- 103 cloudy days a year
- 32 of 90 winter days are gray
- 58 days a year with rain or snow
- 17" of snow a year
- 8 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 57 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (256 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (869 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 32
- 48% of households have kids
- 10% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 25 mi to VEL airport
- 112 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 64 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 2000
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 5,023 ft
- 635 mi to the ocean
- 47 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 82 mi to the nearest ski area
- 23 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 4 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 90 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 7 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 26 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 74 mi to the nearest vet
- 71 mi to the nearest dog park
- 2 congregations per 10k people
- 2 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Uintah County: R+74 in 2024
- Utah: R+22 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk