Living in Richmond, UT
Richmond is a small town of 3,000 people in Cache County, Utah. It's about 13 miles from Logan, UT and 79 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 89°F and winter highs 31°F, with about 62 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $395k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,000people
$395kTypical home
$1,063/moRent
89° / 31°Summer / winter
62"Snow
250Sunny days
104Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,000
- Part of a metro area
- About 861 people per sq mi
- 79 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 13 mi to Logan, UT
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $395k (≈$2,492/mo)
- Median rent $1,063/mo
- Median household income $110k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 89°F
- Winter highs around 31°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
- 104 days a year with rain or snow
- 62" of snow a year
- 24 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 25 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 35
- 44% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 35% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 51 mi to OGD airport
- 79 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 118 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 87% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 4,669 ft
- 577 mi to the ocean
- 21 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 3 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 7 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 47 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
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 58 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 46% of Utah districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 11 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 11 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 11 mi to the nearest dog park
- 1 congregations per 10k people
- 12 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