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Price is a big small town of 8,248 people in Carbon County, Utah. It's about 63 miles from Provo, UT and 101 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 9 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $226k and rent runs about $855 a month.
8,248people
$226kTypical home
$855/moRent
91° / 36°Summer / winter
9"Snow
283Sunny days
54Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Big small town of 8,248
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 1,638 people per sq mi
- 101 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 63 mi to Provo, UT
- 54 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $226k (≈$1,423/mo)
- Median rent $855/mo
- Median household income $53k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 36°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
- 54 days a year with rain or snow
- 9" of snow a year
- 4 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 24 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (491 per 100k)
- About average property crime (2,000 per 100k)
People
- Median age 37
- 32% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 19% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 65 mi to PVU airport
- 103 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 6 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 68% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 5,650 ft
- 571 mi to the ocean
- 62 mi to a big lake
- 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 30 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 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
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 40 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Grocery store in town
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 53 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 36 mi to the nearest vet
- 33 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
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