The 10 Richest Cities In Utah For 2023


We analyzed 85 places in Utah to determine where the 1% live.

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Do you want to know where the richest of rich call home in the Beehive State? Read on to learn which cities in Utah have the most wealth.

If you think that the richest places in are centered around Salt Lake City then you’re right. None of the cities on this list are more than an hour’s drive away from Utah’s capital city. Centerville is the closest place on the list to Salt Lake City, while 40% of this list consists of Ogden suburbs like Hooper. Three of these cities are just south of West Jordan. With such a tight geographical spread, it’s easy to see where the wealth is concentrated in Utah.

So how much money does a person need to earn to comfortably break into one of these super-wealthy locales? Well, the average median household income for cities on this list is just shy of $100,000/year, so you’d better get a high-paying job before you decide to settle down in any of these places. The most common jobs that pay big bucks in Utah are all scientific, so if you’re an avionics technician, hydrologist, or atmospheric scientist, you should have no problem fitting in with Utah’s high society. Of the cities on this list, Highland has the highest earners, while West Point has the lowest unemployment rate.

Still curious where Utah’s richest go to make money for courtside Jazz tickets, five-star Navajo tacos, and the finest lodges at ski resorts? Read on.

Here are the 10 richest places in Utah for 2023:

  1. West Point
  2. Farr West
  3. Hooper
  4. Centerville
  5. Perry
  6. Fruit Heights
  7. South Jordan
  8. Draper
  9. Mapleton
  10. Highland

These are the cities that have the busiest bees bringing home the most honey in the Beehive State. It’s not shocking to see that 40% of the cities on this list overlap with our list of best places to live in Utah. It makes sense that the wealthiest folks would want to live in the best places.

What magic did Homesnacks use to determine the richest cities in Utah? The magic of data! First, we took the smaller places of a population under 5,000 out of the picture, leaving us with 89 cities to rank. Then we ranked each of the remaining cities based on poverty, unemployment, and median household income. So what’s the wealthiest city in Utah? According to the data, West Point is the richest place for 2023.

For a full look at how all of Utah’s cities of 5,000 people or more ranked in terms of riches, check out the complete list below.

Rich people not your cup of tea? Feel free to check out some more reading about Utah:

The 10 Richest Cities In Utah For 2023

1. West Point

Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10

Population: 10,963
Rank Last Year: 9 (Up 8)
Median Income: $103,975
Unemployment Rate: 1.0%
Poverty Rate: 1.6%
More on West Point: Real Estate

2. Farr West

Farr West, UT

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 7,581
Rank Last Year: 7 (Up 5)
Median Income: $98,088
Unemployment Rate: 1.0%
Poverty Rate: 1.4%
More on Farr West: Real Estate | Photos

3. Hooper

Hooper, UT

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 8,941
Rank Last Year: 3 (No Change)
Median Income: $103,828
Unemployment Rate: 1.3%
Poverty Rate: 2.6%
More on Hooper: Real Estate | Photos

4. Centerville

Centerville, UT

Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10

Population: 16,711
Rank Last Year: 6 (Up 2)
Median Income: $107,808
Unemployment Rate: 1.3%
Poverty Rate: 3.3%
More on Centerville: Real Estate | Photos

5. Perry

Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 5,444
Rank Last Year: 8 (Up 3)
Median Income: $89,069
Unemployment Rate: 0.4%
Poverty Rate: 2.7%
More on Perry: Real Estate

6. Fruit Heights

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 5,969
Rank Last Year: 10 (Up 4)
Median Income: $104,593
Unemployment Rate: 1.4%
Poverty Rate: 3.3%
More on Fruit Heights: Real Estate

7. South Jordan

South Jordan, UT

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9.5
/10

Population: 75,617
Rank Last Year: 4 (Down 3)
Median Income: $111,774
Unemployment Rate: 2.4%
Poverty Rate: 2.8%
More on South Jordan: Real Estate | Photos

8. Draper

Draper, UT

Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 49,978
Rank Last Year: 16 (Up 8)
Median Income: $116,977
Unemployment Rate: 1.7%
Poverty Rate: 4.7%
More on Draper: Real Estate | Photos

9. Mapleton

Mapleton, UT

Overall SnackAbility

10
/10

Population: 11,226
Rank Last Year: 1 (Down 8)
Median Income: $114,449
Unemployment Rate: 2.6%
Poverty Rate: 3.1%
More on Mapleton: Real Estate | Photos

10. Highland

Highland, UT

Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 18,913
Rank Last Year: 5 (Down 5)
Median Income: $156,136
Unemployment Rate: 3.3%
Poverty Rate: 1.3%
More on Highland: Real Estate | Photos

Methodology: How We Determined The Richest Places In Utah For 2023

Map Of The Richest Places To Live In Utah
The first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think about determining the richest places is to simply identify personal incomes. After all, rich people have really high salaries.

However, we don’t believe that one statistic wholly encompasses what it means to be one of the “richest places”. So we looked at this set of criteria from the newly released 2017-2021 American Community Survey:

  • Poverty Level
  • Median Household Income
  • Unemployment Rate

Median household income is the most digestible way to understand how rich a place really is. The unemployment rate tries to capture the prospects for more people to become rich. If more people are employed, the richer the future looks.

After we collected the data for all 89 places with more than 5,000 people in Utah, we ranked each place from 1 to 89 for each of the criteria, with 1 being the richest.

We then averaged all the rankings for a place into a “Rich Score” with the place having the lowest overall Rich Score, West Point, crowned the “Richest City In Utah For 2023”. You can download the data here.

You can learn more about the top ten below or skip to the end to see the rankings for all 89 places.

Summary: The Wealthiest Places In Utah For 2023

Like we said earlier, when we set out to identify the richest places in Utah, we weren’t sure what we’d encounter, but it ended up being some of the best places to live in Utah.

When you look at the data, the cities and places mentioned above meet the criteria for being at the very top of the income ladder for everyone that lives there.

If you’re curious enough, here are the poorest cities in Utah, according to data:

Poorest: Vernal
2nd Poorest: Price
3rd Poorest: South Salt Lake

For more Utah reading, check out:

Detailed List Of The Richest Cities In Utah

Rank City RichScore Median Income
1 West Point 10.67 $103,975
2 Farr West 12.0 $98,088
3 Hooper 13.67 $103,828
4 Centerville 14.33 $107,808
5 Perry 16.0 $89,069
6 Fruit Heights 16.33 $104,593
7 South Jordan 16.67 $111,774
8 Draper 17.0 $116,977
9 Mapleton 17.67 $114,449
10 Highland 18.0 $156,136
11 Kaysville 18.67 $110,700
12 Farmington 19.0 $107,559
13 Syracuse 19.67 $114,864
14 Bluffdale 20.0 $113,007
15 South Weber 21.33 $120,365
16 Park City 22.0 $121,701
17 Saratoga Springs 23.33 $106,844
18 Sandy 24.5 $100,749
19 Plain City 24.67 $107,222
20 Pleasant View 25.67 $110,687
21 Alpine 25.67 $138,438
22 West Bountiful 26.33 $110,906
23 Midway 27.0 $108,672
24 Washington 27.33 $79,450
25 Riverton 27.67 $107,674
26 Nibley 28.33 $90,188
27 Cedar Hills 28.67 $117,984
28 Salem 32.67 $92,250
29 Bountiful 33.67 $89,365
30 West Haven 34.17 $84,461
31 North Salt Lake 34.33 $84,661
32 Spanish Fork 34.67 $84,903
33 Woods Cross 36.0 $89,441
34 Lindon 36.0 $100,351
35 Heber 36.33 $86,365
36 Herriman 36.67 $109,154
37 Holladay 37.33 $97,911
38 Eagle Mountain 38.0 $91,993
39 Santa Clara 38.33 $84,128
40 Santaquin 39.67 $82,057
41 Lehi 40.0 $108,669
42 Layton 40.33 $85,224
43 Cottonwood Heights 40.33 $99,645
44 Vineyard 41.0 $86,355
45 Clinton 41.33 $90,397
46 South Ogden 41.67 $74,724
47 Tremonton 43.0 $62,543
48 Providence 45.67 $89,167
49 Nephi 46.0 $74,113
50 Roy 46.67 $76,611
51 Smithfield 47.0 $79,321
52 North Ogden 47.67 $93,490
53 Pleasant Grove 48.0 $81,850
54 Enoch 49.0 $65,625
55 Grantsville 49.67 $84,923
56 North Logan 50.67 $76,709
57 Springville 51.0 $76,982
58 West Jordan 51.0 $90,227
59 Tooele 51.67 $76,618
60 Harrisville 52.0 $77,426
61 Hyrum 52.0 $73,971
62 American Fork 52.33 $82,772
63 Hurricane 55.67 $57,409
64 Hyde Park 56.33 $82,787
65 Clearfield 61.33 $64,689
66 Payson 62.0 $75,682
67 Murray 62.0 $72,524
68 Orem 64.33 $70,412
69 Midvale 66.33 $65,897
70 Moab 66.67 $42,083
71 West Valley City 67.33 $75,137
72 St. George 68.0 $63,604
73 Riverdale 68.33 $63,079
74 Taylorsville 69.67 $73,325
75 Sunset 70.33 $62,950
76 Salt Lake City 71.0 $65,880
77 Washington Terrace 72.0 $65,253
78 Logan 72.33 $46,761
79 Brigham City 73.33 $60,615
80 Ivins 75.33 $64,786
81 Ogden 77.33 $58,284
82 Cedar City 80.67 $55,022
83 Richfield 81.67 $53,836
84 Roosevelt 82.33 $62,375
85 Provo 83.67 $53,572
86 Ephraim 84.0 $60,982
87 South Salt Lake 84.0 $50,589
88 Price 85.33 $45,429
89 Vernal 85.67 $50,692

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Editor’s Note: Data has been updated for 2023. This is our tenth time ranking the richest cities in Utah.

About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

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