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SheetUT-MAESER-UT · Maeser, UT 4,533 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 Maeser
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Maeser on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Mount Vernon · lowest
49,153
Mount Vernon · lowest
49,153 median HH income
19.7% of the leader · rank #1
Herman · near
77,869
Herman · near
77,869 median HH income
31.1% of the leader · rank #2
Maeser · this city
77,873
Maeser · this city
77,873 median HH income
31.1% of the leader · rank #3
Woodland Park · near
77,880
Woodland Park · near
77,880 median HH income
31.2% of the leader · rank #4
Indian Hills · near
77,881
Indian Hills · near
77,881 median HH income
31.2% of the leader · rank #5
Baldwin · near
77,882
Baldwin · near
77,882 median HH income
31.2% of the leader · rank #6
Mountain Lakes · highest
250,001
Mountain Lakes · 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 Maeser 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: 4,533.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Maeser places in the 59th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
59th
percentile, household income
67th
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: Maeser, UT
4,533 people live in Maeser, Utah - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Maeser report a median income of $77,873 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 6.2%. Typical homes in Maeser are valued around $315,100, and the median resident age is 30.2 years. Educational attainment runs 22.7% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 59.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 46.6°F with 13.6 inches of precipitation per year and 62.1 inches of snowfall.
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. The average commute for Maeser workers runs 17.0 minutes, with 76.1% driving alone and 7.0% working from home. 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 Maeser'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 climate and hazard context to housing and income to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Maeser, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in Maeser?
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.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 46.6°F, with 13.6 inches of precipitation and 62.1 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Maeser?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 6.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Which cities make useful reference points for Maeser?
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.
Within Utah, the closest population matches are La Verkin (4,429 residents, $63,061 income); Elk Ridge (4,782 residents, $138,587 income); Morgan (4,268 residents, $114,102 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fremont, MI (4,532 residents); Mount Vernon, MO (4,532 residents); Holly Ridge, NC (4,532 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Maeser?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 17.0 minutes.
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.
Above median income · poverty 6.2% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.9 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Utah average
C-
City profile score · Maeser, UT
51/100
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.
Poverty rate C
6.2%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C
$77,873
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.
Bachelor's+ share D
22.7%
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).
Maeser profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 58/100 (C) · 6.2%
Household income: 57/100 (C) · $77,873
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
Bachelor's+ share: 42/100 (D) · 22.7%
How does Maeser compare to other US cities?
Where Maeser sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income59% higher than other cities
Home value67% 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 Maeser 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 Maeser near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Maeser ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Maeser only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#181 of 293
38th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#202 of 301
33rd percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#102 of 310
67th percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#198 of 310
36th 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 Maeser's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$315,10033rd percentilemore affordable than 33% 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
Maeser's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,840 of 15,516
More affordable than 30% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,458 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.0×, Maeser sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,840 of 15,516 and #8,458 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
$77,873Maeser, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Maeser, 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 Maeser, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)22.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,533
Median Income
$77,873
Median Home Value
$315,100
Median Age
30.2
Poverty Rate
6.2%
Labor force participation
59.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
22.7%
Climate
Avg Temperature
46.6°F
Annual Precipitation
13.6"
Annual Snowfall
62.1"
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
17.0 minutes
Drive Alone
76.1%
Carpool
12.7%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
7.0%
Other
4.2%
Based on 1,865 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 Maeser. 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 Maeser 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 Maeser sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Maeser 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.