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Benson is a small town of 1,776 people in Cache County, Utah. It's about 4 miles from Logan, UT and 67 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 49 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $291k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,776people
$291kTypical home
$1,083/moRent
90° / 32°Summer / winter
49"Snow
250Sunny days
96Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,776
- Part of a metro area
- About 59 people per sq mi
- 67 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 4 mi to Logan, UT
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $291k (≈$1,837/mo)
- Median rent $1,083/mo
- Median household income $93k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 250 sunny days a year (109 totally clear)
- 115 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 96 days a year with rain or snow
- 49" of snow a year
- 19 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 34 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (108 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (513 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 33
- 40% of households have kids
- 12% are 65 or older
- 37% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 39 mi to OGD airport
- 67 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 106 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 92% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1985
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,410 ft
- 567 mi to the ocean
- 22 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 15 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 6 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 57 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 32 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 46 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 46% of Utah districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 1 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cache County: R+34 in 2024
- Utah: R+22 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.