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Emigration Canyon is a small town of 1,433 people in Salt Lake County, Utah. It's about 10 miles from Salt Lake City, UT. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 88 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.1M and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,433people
$1.1MTypical home
$1,944/moRent
87° / 37°Summer / winter
88"Snow
261Sunny days
108Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,433
- Part of a metro area
- About 79 people per sq mi
- 10 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 10 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 8 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.1M (≈$6,719/mo)
- Median rent $1,944/mo
- Median household income $191k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 37°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 261 sunny days a year (113 totally clear)
- 104 cloudy days a year
- 35 of 90 winter days are gray
- 108 days a year with rain or snow
- 88" of snow a year
- 25 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 18 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (294 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,724 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 52
- 27% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 64% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 12 mi to SLC airport
- 12 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 39 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 90% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 6,113 ft
- 552 mi to the ocean
- 15 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 9 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 50 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 960 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 101 bars within 25 mi
- 421 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 12 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 59 museums within 25 mi
- 16 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 2 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Salt Lake County: D+10 in 2024
- Utah: R+22 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk