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SheetUT-WEST-BOUNTIFUL-UT · West Bountiful, UT 5,920 pop · income 89th 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 West Bountiful
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest West Bountiful on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Holdenville · lowest
41,413
Holdenville · lowest
41,413 median HH income
26.5% of the leader · rank #1
Apple Mountai… · near
127,321
Apple Mountai… · near
127,321 median HH income
81.3% of the leader · rank #2
West Bountiful · this city
127,344
West Bountiful · this city
127,344 median HH income
81.3% of the leader · rank #3
Rocky Hill · near
127,344
Rocky Hill · near
127,344 median HH income
81.3% of the leader · rank #4
Buchanan · near
127,375
Buchanan · near
127,375 median HH income
81.4% of the leader · rank #5
Heathcote · near
127,391
Heathcote · near
127,391 median HH income
81.4% of the leader · rank #6
Manasquan · highest
156,542
Manasquan · highest
156,542 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 West Bountiful 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: 5,920.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
West Bountiful - the verdict
Nationally, West Bountiful sits in the 89th percentile for household income and the 44th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
89th
percentile, household income
86th
percentile, home value
60th
percentile, median rent
44th
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: West Bountiful, UT
West Bountiful is a small town in Utah, home to 5,920 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in West Bountiful report a median income of $127,344 per year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 8.3%. Typical homes in West Bountiful are valued around $530,500, and the median resident age is 38.0 years. 34.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 63.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 4 residential building permits were authorized in West Bountiful (Construction Slowdown), down 92% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. West Bountiful reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1561.4 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Utah tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: the state registers 98.9 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Near Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. 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). 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 West Bountiful'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 reported crime to population change to comparison shortlist to schools and households 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 West Bountiful, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, 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.
1. Reported crime
What can the FBI record say about safety in West Bountiful?
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 1561.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 32% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Is West Bountiful growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
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 -74 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.2% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 4 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 West Bountiful?
Within Utah, the closest population matches are Ephraim (5,805 residents, $71,661 income); Fruit Heights (6,036 residents, $134,500 income); Midway (6,110 residents, $146,750 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Clearfield, PA (5,918 residents); Granville, OH (5,916 residents); Groveport, OH (5,916 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.
What does the education layer cover for West Bountiful?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 34.1% 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 matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
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.
Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in West Bountiful?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 4.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 8.3%, 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.
Household income
$127,344
Home value
$530,500
Value / income
4.2×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
What does the journey to work look like in West Bountiful?
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 65.5%. 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
20.9%
Drive alone
65.5%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 2,553 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.
Household income A
$127,344
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime B-
120 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B-
34.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate D
8.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better 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.
West Bountiful profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 89/100 (A) · $127,344
Violent crime: 66/100 (B-) · 120 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 65/100 (B-) · 34.1%
Poverty rate: 46/100 (D) · 8.3%
Cost of living: 44/100 (D) · 98.9 index
Where West Bountiful sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
West Bountiful'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 - West Bountiful highlighted among 26 peers.Read the chart values
West Bountiful, UT (this city): home $530,500, crime 1,561/100k
Groveport, OH : home $245,200, crime 1,167/100k
Holdenville, OK : home $76,900, crime 1,791/100k
Manasquan, NJ : home $947,100, crime 1,058/100k
Ephraim, UT : home $405,600, crime 573/100k
Perry, UT : home $399,400, crime 1,502/100k
New York, NY : home $751,700, crime 3,039/100k
Los Angeles, CA : home $879,500, crime 2,212/100k
Chicago, IL : home $315,200, crime 4,012/100k
Houston, TX : home $253,400, crime 5,442/100k
Phoenix, AZ : home $381,900, crime 3,125/100k
Philadelphia, PA : home $232,400, crime 5,457/100k
San Antonio, TX : home $219,700, crime 5,218/100k
San Diego, CA : home $848,500, crime 2,082/100k
Dallas, TX : home $295,300, crime 4,010/100k
San Jose, CA : home $1,187,800, crime 3,195/100k
Austin, TX : home $512,700, crime 3,709/100k
Fort Worth, TX : home $277,300, crime 3,158/100k
Columbus, OH : home $234,500, crime 3,088/100k
Indianapolis, IN : home $207,000, crime 4,214/100k
San Francisco, CA : home $1,380,500, crime 4,526/100k
Seattle, WA : home $912,100, crime 5,783/100k
Denver, CO : home $586,700, crime 5,755/100k
Oklahoma City, OK : home $215,100, crime 3,570/100k
El Paso, TX : home $171,700, crime 1,772/100k
Washington, DC : home $724,600, crime 4,514/100k
How does West Bountiful compare to other US cities?
West Bountiful measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income89% higher than other cities
Home value86% pricier than other cities
Median rent60% pricier than other cities
Safety44% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Utah alone, West Bountiful ranks #51 of 67 Utah cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares West Bountiful 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 West Bountiful near the bottom of Utah's cities
Among the 310 Utah cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, West Bountiful ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares West Bountiful only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#34 of 293
88th percentile in Utah
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 310
0th percentile in Utah
Median Home Value
#71 of 301
76th percentile in Utah
Poverty Rate
#80 of 310
74th percentile in Utah
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#119 of 310
61st 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
89th percentile nationally for median household income · 44th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
West Bountiful's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
West Bountiful'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 West Bountiful's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$530,50014th percentilemore affordable than 14% 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
West Bountiful's home-value-to-income ratio: 4.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#11,156 of 15,516
More affordable than 28% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#8,662 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 4.2×, West Bountiful sits in the moderate band:
national rank #11,156 of 15,516 and #8,662 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
$127,344West Bountiful, UT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context West Bountiful, 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 West Bountiful, UT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)34.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)8.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
5,920
Median Income
$127,344
Median Home Value
$530,500
Median Age
38.0
Poverty Rate
8.3%
Labor force participation
63.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
34.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1561.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
120.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1441.3
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
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
West Bountiful's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
6,005 residents
2021
6,039 residents
2022
5,956 residents
2023
5,938 residents
2024
5,945 residents
2025
5,931 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
4
housing units authorized
Single-Family
4
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
48
48
0
$15.3M
2020
28
28
0
$8.1M
2021
20
20
0
$8.1M
2022
8
8
0
$3.2M
2023
7
7
0
$3.6M
2024
4
4
0
$2.1M
Permit volume decreased 92% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
65.5%
Carpool
12.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
1.5%
Work from Home
20.9%
Based on 2,553 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 West Bountiful. 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 West Bountiful 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 West Bountiful sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How West Bountiful 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.