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Wellington is a small town of 1,624 people in Carbon County, Utah. It's about 69 miles from Provo, UT and 107 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 21 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $180k and rent runs about $888 a month.
1,624people
$180kTypical home
$888/moRent
91° / 36°Summer / winter
21"Snow
283Sunny days
57Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,624
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 318 people per sq mi
- 107 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 69 mi to Provo, UT
- 60 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $180k (≈$1,132/mo)
- Median rent $888/mo
- Median household income $61k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 6.0% 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
- 57 days a year with rain or snow
- 21" of snow a year
- 9 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 46 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- About average violent crime (318 per 100k)
- Low property crime (1,015 per 100k)
People
- Median age 34
- 35% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 15% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 71 mi to PVU airport
- 109 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 12 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 61% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 82% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 5,394 ft
- 570 mi to the ocean
- 68 mi to a big lake
- 22 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 34 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 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
- 38 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 59 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 39 mi to the nearest vet
- 38 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 6 mi to the nearest college
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