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Bear River is a tiny town of 827 people in Uinta County, Wyoming. It's about 49 miles from Logan, UT and 63 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 58 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $342k and rent runs about $2k a month.
827people
$342kTypical home
$2,083/moRent
83° / 32°Summer / winter
58"Snow
250Sunny days
73Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 827
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 399 people per sq mi
- 63 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 49 mi to Logan, UT
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $342k (≈$2,156/mo)
- Median rent $2,083/mo
- Median household income $121k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 250 sunny days a year (109 totally clear)
- 115 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 73 days a year with rain or snow
- 58" of snow a year
- 22 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 49 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (126 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (862 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 36% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 53 mi to OGD airport
- 64 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 87 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1990
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 6,549 ft
- 601 mi to the ocean
- 37 mi to a big lake
- 30 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 37 mi to the nearest ski area
- 25 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 53 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of Wyoming districts (reading)
- 9 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 37 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 46 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 35 mi to the nearest vet
- 44 mi to the nearest dog park
- 2 congregations per 10k people
- 48 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Uinta County: R+64 in 2024
- Wyoming: R+46 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk