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SheetUT-ROCKY-RIDGE-UT · Rocky Ridge, UT 901 pop · income 70th 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 Rocky Ridge
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Rocky Ridge on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Rainbow · lowest
16,953
Rainbow · lowest
16,953 median HH income
16.2% of the leader · rank #1
Blanchard · near
89,472
Blanchard · near
89,472 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #2
Clinton · near
89,482
Clinton · near
89,482 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #3
Rocky Ridge · this city
89,485
Rocky Ridge · this city
89,485 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #4
Magnolia · near
89,489
Magnolia · near
89,489 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #5
Vallejo · near
89,496
Vallejo · near
89,496 median HH income
85.6% of the leader · rank #6
Hayden Lake · highest
104,500
Hayden Lake · highest
104,500 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 Rocky Ridge 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: 901.
Nationally, Rocky Ridge sits in the 70th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
70th
percentile, household income
81st
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: Rocky Ridge, UT
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 901 residents in Rocky Ridge, a small town within Utah. Rocky Ridge households earn a median of $89,485 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 11.6%. Typical homes in Rocky Ridge are valued around $450,000, and the median resident age is 16.6 years. 2.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 80.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 6 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Low Activity).
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. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,313 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Utah's average monthly utility costs around $178 (state average). 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 Rocky Ridge'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 population change to comparison shortlist to housing and income to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Rocky Ridge, 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.
1. Population change
Is Rocky Ridge growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
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 +225 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +26.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 6 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Rocky Ridge?
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Minersville (901 residents, $89,000 income); Newton (899 residents, $80,000 income); Stockton (897 residents, $92,857 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Rainbow, AZ (901 residents); Higginson, AR (901 residents); Shellman, GA (901 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Rocky Ridge?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 11.6%, 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Rocky Ridge?
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 55.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Above median income · poverty 11.6% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
98.9 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Utah average
D
City profile score · Rocky Ridge, UT
41/100
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 B-
$89,485
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
11.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
2.3%
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).
Rocky Ridge profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 69/100 (B-) · $89,485
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
Poverty rate: 33/100 (F) · 11.6%
Bachelor's+ share: 0/100 (F) · 2.3%
How does Rocky Ridge compare to other US cities?
Rocky Ridge measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income70% higher than other cities
Home value81% 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 Rocky Ridge 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 Rocky Ridge near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Rocky Ridge ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Rocky Ridge only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#125 of 293
57th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#113 of 301
62nd percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#48 of 310
84th percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#308 of 310
1st 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
70th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Rocky Ridge's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$450,00019th percentilemore affordable than 19% 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
Rocky Ridge's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#12,938 of 15,516
More affordable than 17% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,790 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.0×, Rocky Ridge sits in the pressured band:
national rank #12,938 of 15,516 and #9,790 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$89,485Rocky Ridge, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Rocky Ridge, 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 Rocky Ridge, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)2.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)11.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)80.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
901
Median Income
$89,485
Median Home Value
$450,000
Median Age
16.6
Poverty Rate
11.6%
Labor force participation
80.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
2.3%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Rocky Ridge's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
853 residents
2021
950 residents
2022
964 residents
2023
1,030 residents
2024
1,048 residents
2025
1,078 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
6
housing units authorized
Single-Family
6
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
6.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
0
0
0
-
2020
16
2
14
$3.0M
2021
3
3
0
$0.8M
2022
11
6
5
$2.6M
2023
5
5
0
$1.5M
2024
6
6
0
$1.9M
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
55.3%
Carpool
11.4%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
22.3%
Work from Home
9.8%
Other
1.2%
Based on 376 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 Rocky Ridge. 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 Rocky Ridge 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 Rocky Ridge sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Rocky Ridge 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.