UT metros
Cost of living across major UT metropolitan areas.
What living in UT costs
Across the 3 UT metros we track, the typical cost-of-living index is 96.1 against a national metro median of 95.7 — line with the country as a whole. That ranks UT 28 of the 48 states we cover, counting from the cheapest.
The state is not uniform: Provo, UT is the cheapest metro at 95.7, while Salt Lake City, UT runs 97.1 — a spread of 1% between them.
A typical UT home costs $546,641, or about 6× median household income, and typical rent is $1,641/mo.
Taxes in UT
UT levies a state income tax on top of the federal one. Effective property tax runs about 0.6% of home value in a typical UT metro, and combined state and local sales tax is around 7.2%.
Property tax is the one that scales with housing, so it bites hardest in the pricier metros above. Per-metro figures are on each metro page.
| Metro | COL index | Median home | Median rent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salt Lake City, UT | 97.1 | $568,656 | $1,641 |
| Ogden, UT | 96.1 | $520,531 | $1,630 |
| Provo, UT | 95.7 | $546,641 | $1,825 |
Cities & towns in UT (54)
Local property tax, home values and school scores for each place.