?WhereToHQ

Ranked · Pick an HQ · Utah

Best cities to put your HQ in Utah

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Pick an HQ” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Salt Lake City, UT208k residents

    62/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 51.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,543/wk · corporate income tax: 4.5%

  2. 2.Bountiful, UT45k residents

    62/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 47.7% · avg. weekly wage: $1,156/wk · corporate income tax: 4.5%

  3. 3.Logan, UT55k residents

    61/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 40.3% · avg. weekly wage: $1,064/wk · corporate income tax: 4.5%

  4. 4.Kaysville, UT33k residents

    61/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 48.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,156/wk · corporate income tax: 4.5%

  5. 5.Provo, UT115k residents

    60/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 45.2% · avg. weekly wage: $1,240/wk · corporate income tax: 4.5%

  6. 6.Farmington, UT25k residents

    60/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 52.8% · avg. weekly wage: $1,156/wk · corporate income tax: 4.5%

  7. 7.Millcreek, UT64k residents

    59/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 54.2% · avg. weekly wage: $1,333/wk · corporate income tax: 4.5%

  8. 8.Orem, UT97k residents

    58/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 43.6% · avg. weekly wage: $1,240/wk · corporate income tax: 4.5%

  9. 9.Layton, UT83k residents

    58/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 36.6% · avg. weekly wage: $1,156/wk · corporate income tax: 4.5%

  10. 10.Lehi, UT85k residents

    57/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 50% · avg. weekly wage: $1,240/wk · corporate income tax: 4.5%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best to put your HQ in Utah?
Salt Lake City, UT ranks first with a fit score of 62/100, followed by Bountiful (62) and Logan (61), using the "Pick an HQ" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.