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Place dossier plate
SheetUT-LEVAN-UT · Levan, UT 886 pop · income 59th 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 Levan
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Levan on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Buckhead Ridge · lowest
35,345
Buckhead Ridge · lowest
35,345 median HH income
14.1% of the leader · rank #1
Whitmore Lake · near
78,038
Whitmore Lake · near
78,038 median HH income
31.2% of the leader · rank #2
Levan · this city
78,047
Levan · this city
78,047 median HH income
31.2% of the leader · rank #3
Wells · near
78,047
Wells · near
78,047 median HH income
31.2% of the leader · rank #4
Pleasant Run… · near
78,053
Pleasant Run… · near
78,053 median HH income
31.2% of the leader · rank #5
Livingston · near
78,056
Livingston · near
78,056 median HH income
31.2% of the leader · rank #6
Waterloo · highest
250,001
Waterloo · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
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 Levan 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: 886.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Levan lands in the 59th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
59th
percentile, household income
70th
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: Levan, UT
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 886 residents in Levan, a small town within Utah. The typical household in Levan brings in $78,047 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 16.5%. Typical homes in Levan are valued around $338,900, and the median resident age is 29.4 years. Educational attainment runs 14.5% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 56.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 7 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 75% from five years earlier. NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 50.5°F with 14.1 inches of precipitation per year and 32.2 inches of snowfall.
Utah tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Utah scores 98.9 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,313 per month. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Utah's average monthly utility costs around $178 (state average). Natural-hazard exposure scores 36.2 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Levan'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 climate and hazard context to housing and income to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Levan, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Levan?
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Aurora (881 residents, $92,321 income); Stockton (897 residents, $92,857 income); Eden (873 residents, $149,539 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Los Alamos, CA (886 residents); Talmage, CA (886 residents); University of California-Merced, CA (886 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.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 50.5°F, with 14.1 inches of precipitation and 32.2 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Utah is 36.2 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
How far does income reach against housing in Levan?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 16.5%, 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 +63 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +7.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 7 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Levan?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.1%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
22.6%
Drive alone
67.1%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 292 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 16.5% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.9 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Utah average
F
City profile score · Levan, UT
37/100
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 C
$78,047
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); 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
16.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
14.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Levan profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 57/100 (C) · $78,047
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
Poverty rate: 20/100 (F) · 16.5%
Bachelor's+ share: 19/100 (F) · 14.5%
How does Levan compare to other US cities?
Here's how Levan stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income59% higher than other cities
Home value70% 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 Levan 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 Levan near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Levan ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Levan only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#180 of 293
39th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#184 of 301
39th percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#26 of 310
92nd percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#260 of 310
16th 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
59th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Levan's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$338,90030th percentilemore affordable than 30% 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
Levan's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,636 of 15,516
More affordable than 25% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,952 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.3×, Levan sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,636 of 15,516 and #8,952 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
$78,047Levan, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Levan, 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 Levan, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)14.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)16.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
886
Median Income
$78,047
Median Home Value
$338,900
Median Age
29.4
Poverty Rate
16.5%
Labor force participation
56.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
14.5%
Climate
Avg Temperature
50.5°F
Annual Precipitation
14.1"
Annual Snowfall
32.2"
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Levan's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
870 residents
2021
883 residents
2022
894 residents
2023
910 residents
2024
919 residents
2025
933 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
7
housing units authorized
Single-Family
7
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
7.9
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
4
4
0
$1.5M
2020
4
4
0
$1.2M
2021
6
6
0
$2.0M
2022
4
4
0
$1.0M
2023
7
7
0
$3.2M
2024
7
7
0
$4.2M
Permit volume increased 75% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
67.1%
Carpool
9.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.7%
Work from Home
22.6%
Based on 292 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 Levan. 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 Levan 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 Levan sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Levan 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, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.