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Lake Shore is a small town of 1,129 people in Utah County, Utah. It's about 9 miles from Provo, UT and 46 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 94°F and winter highs 39°F, with about 57 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $713k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,129people
$713kTypical home
$1,117/moRent
94° / 39°Summer / winter
57"Snow
261Sunny days
89Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,129
- Part of a metro area
- About 165 people per sq mi
- 46 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 9 mi to Provo, UT
- 5 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $713k (≈$4,497/mo)
- Median rent $1,117/mo
- Median household income $99k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 15.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 94°F
- Winter highs around 39°F
- Dry summers (dew point 40°F)
- 261 sunny days a year (113 totally clear)
- 104 cloudy days a year
- 35 of 90 winter days are gray
- 89 days a year with rain or snow
- 57" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 6 days a year over 100°F
- 8 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (116 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (653 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 22
- 54% of households have kids
- 4% are 65 or older
- 51% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to PVU airport
- 47 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 8 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1993
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 4,508 ft
- 541 mi to the ocean
- 3 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 19 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 14 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 230 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 161 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 26 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 8 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 12 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 12 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 6 mi to the nearest vet
- 5 mi to the nearest dog park
- 0 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Utah County: R+40 in 2024
- Utah: R+22 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High 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.