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A town of 10,444, settled in 1850.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Alpine grades A− overall, ranked 55th of 118 in Utah. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 97% of the country. The median household earns $169K. The trade-off is money: the typical home is worth about $1.2 million, 11.9 years of the Provo metro’s $101K median household income. Alpine’s typical rent is $3,501 a month, where Utah’s towns sit at $1,538 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. Only 6 of Utah’s 173 towns score higher on the outdoors. Alpine has 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Alpine LDS Church Meetinghouse and Alpine City Hall.
Where Alpine beats most towns.
7.1% of the town is conserved land, across 14 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Alpine is from typical.
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Census counts: 135 in 1860, 10,251 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1857 and 4 maps from 1951 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Alpine. Close and well known come first.
Big draw22 mi Stadium & arenaDelta Center7 mi Theme parkEvermore Park
25 mi LakeLake Bonneville
21 mi Stadium & arenaRice–Eccles Stadium
10 mi Stadium & arenaAmerica First Field
8 mi MountainMount TimpanogosDelta Center: Lomrjyo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Bonneville: Wilson44691, Public domain · Rice–Eccles Stadium: Brenton Walker, CC BY 2.0 · America First Field: Scott Catron, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mount Timpanogos: Eric Ward from Provo, UT, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Alpine, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 13, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Alpine.
Alpine has more trail for its size than nearly any town in Utah and has less food insecurity than most of Utah, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Utah.
At 11.9 years of the Provo metro’s $101K median household income, the typical home (about $1.2M) costs more against local pay than in 99% of Utah towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. The median property tax bill is $4,034, against $2,525 across Utah, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Values rose 5.7% in the 12 months to September 2026. Among households in Alpine, 89% live in a home they own. Homes in Alpine sold for 95.8% of their list price on average.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Public schools: the Alpine District. Three of its 4 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westfield SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 547 | A+ |
| Timberline MiddleLargest public high schoolGrades 7–9 | Grades 7–9 | 1,322 | A− |
| Alpine SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 539 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
At 5.4 miles of trail per square mile, it ranks #3 of 111 Utah towns.
The biggest place to walk is Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 591 acres with 5.1 miles of trail. 7.1% of the land in Alpine is conserved. Walkers can cover 43 miles of trail in 14 parks and preserves.
| Alpine | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 5.4 miles per square mile | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.1% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lambert Park | 14.9 mi | 242 |
| 2. Three Falls Public Open Space | 10.3 mi | 541 |
| 3. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | 5.1 mi | 591 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its widest gap with Utah is food insecurity: 6.6% of its 7,051 adults worry about having enough food, against 12.4% statewide. Against the 1,720 U.S. towns with household incomes like Alpine’s, it is healthier than 82%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
Just over one in ten adults say their health is fair or poor in Alpine. Only 4 of the 118 Utah towns we compare have a lower share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Alpine. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Alpine is ahead of Utah on 18 and behind on 1.
| Alpine | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 8.2% | 11% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 5.3% | 8% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 17% | 25% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | Alpine | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.6% | 12.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.8% | 10.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.2% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 4,420 working residents takes 29.7 minutes, against 22.1 across Utah. Jobs based here grew from 1,218 in 2013 to 2,294.
Only 7% of working residents stay in Alpine for work; the rest commute out. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 1,076, to 2,294. Also worth knowing: the share of workers in Alpine who work from home: 30%. Among 119 Utah towns, just 2 have a higher typical household income than Alpine.
| Alpine | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 30% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $169,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 6.2% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Of the losses FEMA expects in Alpine, 42% come from inland flooding and 37% from earthquakes. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 2002: one.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
6 within 15 miles of the center of Alpine
About 7 of every 100 Alpine residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Utah.
Where Alpine’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
3 places in Alpine on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Alpine.
City in Utah, United States
Alpine is a city on the northeastern edge of Utah County, Utah, United States. The population was 10,251 at the time of the 2020 census. Alpine has been one of the many quickly-growing cities of Utah since the 1970s, especially in the 1990s. This city is thirty-two miles southeast of Salt Lake City. It is located on the slopes of the Wasatch Range north of Highland and American Fork. The west side of the city runs above the Wasatch Fault.
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2 towns share a border with Alpine.
Alpine and Highland report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Alpine with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Alpine grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #55 of 118 in Utah. It grades A+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
4 notable people were born here, including Bronco Mendenhall and Celestia Taylor.
