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Place dossier plate
SheetUT-OLJATO-MONUMENT-VALLEY-UT · Oljato-Monument Valley, UT 683 pop · income 2nd 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 Oljato-Monument Valley
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Oljato-Monument Valley on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Oljato-Monume… · this city · lowest
28,750
Oljato-Monume… · this city · lowest
28,750 median HH income
23.9% of the leader · rank #1
Mekoryuk · near
28,750
Mekoryuk · near
28,750 median HH income
23.9% of the leader · rank #2
De Valls Bluff · near
28,750
De Valls Bluff · near
28,750 median HH income
23.9% of the leader · rank #3
Lilly · near
28,750
Lilly · near
28,750 median HH income
23.9% of the leader · rank #4
Dix · near
28,750
Dix · near
28,750 median HH income
23.9% of the leader · rank #5
Candlewood Or… · highest
120,469
Candlewood Or… · highest
120,469 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 Oljato-Monument Valley 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: 683.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Oljato-Monument Valley lands in the 2nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
2nd
percentile, household income
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: Oljato-Monument Valley, UT
Oljato-Monument Valley is a small town in Utah, home to 683 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Oljato-Monument Valley households earn a median of $28,750 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 18.1%. The median resident age is 32.7 years. 9.6% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 42.2% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
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. Monthly utility costs average around $178 across Utah, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Oljato-Monument Valley workers runs 32.3 minutes, with 95.9% driving alone and 4.1% working from home. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 36.2 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Oljato-Monument Valley'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Oljato-Monument Valley, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Oljato-Monument Valley?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 95.9%. The reported mean trip to work is 32.3 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. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Which cities make useful reference points for Oljato-Monument Valley?
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 Central Valley (686 residents, $89,583 income); Paragonah (678 residents, $70,057 income); Benjamin (690 residents, $67,045 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Candlewood Orchards, CT (683 residents); Kooskia, ID (683 residents); Riverton, KS (683 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 18.1% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.9 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Utah average
F
City profile score · Oljato-Monument Valley, UT
16/100
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.
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
18.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
9.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$28,750
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Oljato-Monument Valley profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
Poverty rate: 17/100 (F) · 18.1%
Bachelor's+ share: 5/100 (F) · 9.6%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $28,750
How does Oljato-Monument Valley compare to other US cities?
Oljato-Monument Valley measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income2% higher 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 Oljato-Monument Valley 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 Oljato-Monument Valley near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Oljato-Monument Valley ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Oljato-Monument Valley only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#292 of 293
0th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#23 of 310
93rd percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#284 of 310
8th 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
2nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$28,750Oljato-Monument Valley, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Oljato-Monument Valley, 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 Oljato-Monument Valley, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)9.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)18.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)42.2%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
683
Median Income
$28,750
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
32.7
Poverty Rate
18.1%
Labor force participation
42.2%
Bachelor's Degree+
9.6%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
32.3 minutes
Drive Alone
95.9%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
4.1%
Based on 242 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 Oljato-Monument Valley. 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 Oljato-Monument Valley 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 Oljato-Monument Valley sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Oljato-Monument Valley 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 ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.