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Thatcher is a small town of 1,170 people in Box Elder County, Utah. It's about 25 miles from Logan, UT and 66 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 88°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 34 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $404k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,170people
$404kTypical home
$1,116/moRent
88° / 29°Summer / winter
34"Snow
253Sunny days
72Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,170
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 98 people per sq mi
- 66 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 25 mi to Logan, UT
- 7 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $404k (≈$2,548/mo)
- Median rent $1,116/mo
- Median household income $101k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 88°F
- Winter highs around 29°F
- Dry summers (dew point 45°F)
- 253 sunny days a year (103 totally clear)
- 112 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 72 days a year with rain or snow
- 34" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- 24 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (111 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (735 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 37
- 46% of households have kids
- 9% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 37 mi to OGD airport
- 64 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 106 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 5,302 ft
- 546 mi to the ocean
- 11 mi to a big lake
- 9 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 33 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 18 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 13 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 45 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 2 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 27 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 21 mi to the nearest vet
- 19 mi to the nearest dog park
- 2 congregations per 10k people
- 8 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Box Elder County: R+61 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
- Moderate winter storm risk
- 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.