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Ranked · Best value · Utah

Best value cities in Utah

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Best value” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

Top 10 · computed ranking
  1. 1.Tooele, UT38k residents

    84/100

    cost of living index: 95 · median home price: $381,400 · median household income: $96,221

  2. 2.Cedar City, UT39k residents

    81/100

    cost of living index: 93 · median home price: $377,000 · median household income: $63,589

  3. 3.Ogden, UT87k residents

    78/100

    cost of living index: 96 · median home price: $355,600 · median household income: $72,575

  4. 4.Logan, UT55k residents

    78/100

    cost of living index: 95 · median home price: $383,600 · median household income: $60,687

  5. 5.Roy, UT39k residents

    78/100

    cost of living index: 99 · median home price: $383,000 · median household income: $91,282

  6. 6.Magna, UT30k residents

    78/100

    cost of living index: 99 · median home price: $376,200 · median household income: $90,346

  7. 7.Spanish Fork, UT45k residents

    77/100

    cost of living index: 103 · median home price: $481,500 · median household income: $104,844

  8. 8.West Valley City, UT138k residents

    76/100

    cost of living index: 101 · median home price: $419,100 · median household income: $92,209

  9. 9.Springville, UT36k residents

    76/100

    cost of living index: 101 · median home price: $454,400 · median household income: $89,816

  10. 10.Clearfield, UT34k residents

    75/100

    cost of living index: 99 · median home price: $373,900 · median household income: $75,495

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 the best value in Utah?
Tooele, UT ranks first with a fit score of 84/100, followed by Cedar City (81) and Ogden (78), using the "Best value" 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 cost of living index, median home price, 2-bedroom rent, median household income, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.