Living in Cornish, UT
Cornish is a tiny town of 236 people in Cache County, Utah. It's about 17 miles from Logan, UT and 82 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 52 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $296k and rent runs about $1k a month.
236people
$296kTypical home
$1,063/moRent
89° / 32°Summer / winter
52"Snow
250Sunny days
96Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 236
- Part of a metro area
- About 44 people per sq mi
- 82 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 17 mi to Logan, UT
- 11 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $296k (≈$1,867/mo)
- Median rent $1,063/mo
- Median household income $98k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°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
- 52" of snow a year
- 19 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 32 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 34
- 40% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 38% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 11% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 53 mi to OGD airport
- 81 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 121 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,472 ft
- 572 mi to the ocean
- 28 mi to a big lake
- 11 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 11 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 43 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 19 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 61 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 46% of Utah districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 16 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 16 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 8 mi to the nearest vet
- 15 mi to the nearest dog park
- 1 congregations per 10k people
- 17 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