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SheetUT-GENOLA-UT · Genola, UT 1,766 pop · income 92nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Genola
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Genola on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Wagon Wheel · lowest
55,506
Wagon Wheel · lowest
55,506 median HH income
40.3% of the leader · rank #1
Brushy Creek · near
137,630
Brushy Creek · near
137,630 median HH income
99.9% of the leader · rank #2
Genola · this city
137,661
Genola · this city
137,661 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #3
Schnecksville · near
137,684
Schnecksville · near
137,684 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #4
Dash Point · near
137,721
Dash Point · near
137,721 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #5
Helena Valley… · highest
137,724
Helena Valley… · highest
137,724 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #6
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Genola on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 1,766.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Genola lands in the 92nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
92nd
percentile, household income
89th
percentile, home value
60th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Genola, UT
1,766 people live in Genola, Utah - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. The typical household in Genola brings in $137,661 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 10.7%. Typical homes in Genola are valued around $601,000, and the median resident age is 25.2 years. 28.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 69.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 10 residential building permits were authorized in Genola (Construction Slowdown), down 29% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data.
Utah tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Utah at 98.9 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Near Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,313 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $178 across Utah, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 36.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Genola's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Genola, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Genola?
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Duchesne (1,744 residents, $78,854 income); Francis (1,797 residents, $113,500 income); Oakley (1,812 residents, $102,143 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Verandah, FL (1,766 residents); Hodgkins, IL (1,766 residents); Plainville, KS (1,766 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
What does the journey to work look like in Genola?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 78.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
How far does income reach against housing in Genola?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.7%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +107 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +6.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 10 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Top-decile income · poverty 10.7% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.9 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Utah average
C
City profile score · Genola, UT
59/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Household income A+
$137,661
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C
28.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
98.9 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate F
10.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Genola profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 92/100 (A+) · $137,661
Bachelor's+ share: 55/100 (C) · 28.4%
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
Poverty rate: 37/100 (F) · 10.7%
How does Genola compare to other US cities?
Genola measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income92% higher than other cities
Home value89% pricier than other cities
Median rent60% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Genola against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Utah only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Utah-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Genola near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Genola ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Genola only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#21 of 293
93rd percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#45 of 301
85th percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#57 of 310
81st percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#160 of 310
48th percentile in Utah
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Utah only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
92nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Genola's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$601,00011th percentilemore affordable than 11% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Genola's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,687 of 15,516
More affordable than 25% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,989 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.4×, Genola sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,687 of 15,516 and #8,989 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$137,661Genola, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Genola, UT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Genola, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)28.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)10.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)69.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
1,766
Median Income
$137,661
Median Home Value
$601,000
Median Age
25.2
Poverty Rate
10.7%
Labor force participation
69.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
28.4%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Genola's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
1,553 residents
2021
1,598 residents
2022
1,593 residents
2023
1,629 residents
2024
1,648 residents
2025
1,660 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
10
housing units authorized
Single-Family
10
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
5.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
14
14
0
$4.6M
2020
15
15
0
$4.2M
2021
12
12
0
$3.8M
2022
15
15
0
$5.0M
2023
7
7
0
$2.5M
2024
10
10
0
$3.8M
Permit volume decreased 29% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
78.7%
Carpool
9.5%
Public Transit
0.5%
Walk
0.5%
Work from Home
9.9%
Other
0.9%
Based on 756 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Utah statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $178
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Utah at $178 (electricity about $85 , water and sewer about $45 ).
These are Utah statewide averages, not a meter reading for Genola. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Utah's BEA cost-of-living index is 98.9 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Genola is $1,313/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Utah statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.2 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Utah statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Genola sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Genola compares to similar-size Utah cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.