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East Carbon is a small town of 1,336 people in Carbon County, Utah. It's about 81 miles from Provo, UT and 117 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 18 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $90k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,336people
$90kTypical home
$1,010/moRent
90° / 39°Summer / winter
18"Snow
283Sunny days
59Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,336
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 118 people per sq mi
- 117 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 81 mi to Provo, UT
- 73 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $90k (≈$568/mo)
- Median rent $1,010/mo
- Median household income $38k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 15.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Dry summers (dew point 37°F)
- 283 sunny days a year (122 totally clear)
- 82 cloudy days a year
- 29 of 90 winter days are gray
- 59 days a year with rain or snow
- 18" of snow a year
- 8 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 11 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- About average violent crime (375 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,287 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 42
- 28% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 13% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 65 mi to CNY airport
- 119 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 25 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1946
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 5,919 ft
- 579 mi to the ocean
- 81 mi to a big lake
- 29 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 50 mi to the nearest ski area
- 16 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 10 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
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 49 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 73 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 55 mi to the nearest vet
- 39 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 21 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Carbon County: R+44 in 2024
- Utah: R+22 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