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Place dossier plate
SheetUT-ROY-UT · Roy, UT 39,021 pop · income 72nd 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 Roy
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Roy on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Warren · lowest
36,955
Warren · lowest
36,955 median HH income
33.2% of the leader · rank #1
La Riviera · near
91,111
La Riviera · near
91,111 median HH income
81.8% of the leader · rank #2
Bethel · near
91,111
Bethel · near
91,111 median HH income
81.8% of the leader · rank #3
Kirtland · near
91,111
Kirtland · near
91,111 median HH income
81.8% of the leader · rank #4
Roy · this city
91,112
Roy · this city
91,112 median HH income
81.8% of the leader · rank #5
Scott AFB · near
91,115
Scott AFB · near
91,115 median HH income
81.8% of the leader · rank #6
Peachtree City · highest
111,421
Peachtree City · highest
111,421 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Roy on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 39,021.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Roy - the verdict
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Roy places in the 72nd percentile for household income and the 63rd percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
72nd
percentile, household income
72nd
percentile, home value
60th
percentile, median rent
63rd
percentile, safety
📝 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: Roy, UT
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 39,021 residents in Roy, a small city within Utah. Median household income here is $91,112 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.1%. Typical homes in Roy are valued around $350,800, and the median resident age is 32.7 years. 23.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 70.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 52 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 55% from five years earlier. Roy reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 1032.5 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
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). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,313 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Utah run around $178, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. 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 Roy'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to population change to schools and households to reported crime to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Roy, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Roy?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.1%, 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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Which cities make useful reference points for Roy?
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Pleasant Grove (37,544 residents, $96,347 income); Tooele (37,265 residents, $88,893 income); Cedar City (37,202 residents, $63,789 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Owasso, OK (39,013 residents); Keizer, OR (39,013 residents); Navarre, FL (38,988 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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -539 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.4% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 52 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
The NCES join finds 10 public schools within the city match. 23.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
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.
Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in Roy?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1032.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 55% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
818.7
Violent rate
213.8
Total reported rate
1032.5
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
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 71.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
1.2%
Work from home
15.0%
Drive alone
71.5%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 20,467 workers age 16+.
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 B+
3.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income B
$91,112
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime D
214 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
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
23.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Roy profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 78/100 (B+) · 3.1%
Household income: 70/100 (B) · $91,112
Violent crime: 46/100 (D) · 214 /100k
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
Bachelor's+ share: 43/100 (D) · 23.1%
Where Roy sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Roy's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Roy highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Roy, UT (this city): home $350,800, crime 1,033/100k
Owasso, OK : home $231,400, crime 1,533/100k
Keizer, OR : home $396,700, crime 2,057/100k
Streamwood, IL : home $258,300, crime 835/100k
Peachtree City, GA : home $461,000, crime 838/100k
Pleasant Grove, UT : home $454,300, crime 913/100k
Tooele, UT : home $338,400, crime 1,705/100k
Cedar City, UT : home $348,000, crime 1,160/100k
Springville, UT : home $429,200, crime 985/100k
How does Roy compare to other US cities?
Here's how Roy stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income72% higher than other cities
Home value72% pricier than other cities
Median rent60% pricier than other cities
Safety63% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Utah, Roy ranks #31 of 67 Utah cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Roy 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 Roy near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Roy ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Roy only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#118 of 293
60th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#172 of 301
43rd percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#185 of 310
39th percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#195 of 310
37th 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
72nd percentile nationally for median household income · 63rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Roy's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Roy's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Roy's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$350,80028th percentilemore affordable than 28% 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
Roy's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,224 of 15,516
More affordable than 34% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,834 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.9×, Roy sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,224 of 15,516 and #1,834 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$91,112Roy, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Roy, 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 Roy, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)23.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)70.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
39,021
Median Income
$91,112
Median Home Value
$350,800
Median Age
32.7
Poverty Rate
3.1%
Labor force participation
70.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
23.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1032.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
213.8
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
818.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
10
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Roy's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
39,333 residents
2021
39,356 residents
2022
38,857 residents
2023
38,816 residents
2024
38,906 residents
2025
38,794 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
52
housing units authorized
Single-Family
14
detached homes
Multifamily
38
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
1.3
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
116
60
56
$14.8M
2020
105
87
18
$15.0M
2021
57
50
7
$13.5M
2022
122
46
76
$27.1M
2023
14
14
0
$1.9M
2024
52
14
38
$11.8M
Permit volume decreased 55% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.5%
Carpool
10.4%
Public Transit
1.2%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
15.0%
Other
1.1%
Based on 20,467 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 Roy. 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 Roy 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 Roy sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Roy 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, 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.