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Brigham City is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 81st among Utah's 118 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: residents are healthier than 72% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $407K, 4.9 years of the Brigham City area’s $84K median household income. 20% of the land in Brigham City is conserved, against 3.4% in Utah’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include Box Elder Stake Tabernacle and Brigham City Carnegie Library. Brigham City is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 88% of U.S. towns.
Where Brigham City beats most towns.
Census counts: 975 in 1860, 19,650 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1860 and 4 maps from 1955 on.
26 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Brigham City is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Brigham City, 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 Brigham City.
Brigham City is healthier than towns with similar incomes and has seen reported crime fall by a third or more.
Brigham City’s trail density is 1.8 miles per square mile, where Utah’s towns sit at 1.1 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest place to walk is Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge, 2,121 acres with 2.6 miles of trail. 46 miles of trail in 19 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | 6.3 mi | 1,684 |
| 2. Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge | 2.6 mi | 2,121 |
| 3. Rees Pioneer Park | 0.7 mi | 42 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Box Elder District. Two of its 11 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Box Elder High, with 1,641 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Young IntermediateLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–7 | Grades 6–7 | 1,003 | B− |
| Box Elder HighLargest public high schoolGrades 10–12 | Grades 10–12 | 1,641 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Brigham City since 1987.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Against the 10,612 U.S. towns with household incomes like Brigham City’s, it is healthier than 88%, so its B+ isn’t only a matter of income. Within Utah it is less healthy than 79% of the 118 graded towns: Utah sets a high bar.
10% of adults binge drink in Brigham City. Brigham City beats the Utah average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 75% of adults had a checkup this year in Brigham City.
| Brigham City | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 75% | 72% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.7% | 8% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 36% |
| What stands out | Brigham City | UT |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 71.2% | 65.6% |
| More adults getting a yearly checkup | 74.7% | 70.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 13.3% | 9.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median rent in Brigham City is $1,070 a month. The typical Brigham City home is worth about $407,000, up 1.5% in a year, 24% below the Utah typical home. 66% of Brigham City households own their home.
| Brigham City | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 66% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,070 a month | $1,542 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Brigham City has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Brigham City’s July high is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in 5 of Brigham City’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in Brigham City grew to 8,115 in 2023, 1,698 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Ogden (12%), Salt Lake City (7%) and Logan (4%).
| Brigham City | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 22% | 8.2% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 20 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 6.2% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Utah average. Brigham City has grown 5% since 2020, to 20,633 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 29% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Utah.
| Brigham City | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 28% | 30% | 22% |
| Median age | 34.1 years | 32.6 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 11% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 29% | 36% | 29% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.6 points. Across Utah, 49.3% of residents are women. Median age: women 34.7, men 33.1.
| Brigham City | UT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 16% | 14.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.3% | 13.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.8% | 11.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.5% | 14.8% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 13.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.2% | 11% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 8.9% | 9.1% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.7% | 7.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.1% | 4.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.5% | 6.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.6% | 22.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.7% | 23.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.3% | 9.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22% | 24.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 6.9% | 13% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Reported crimes fell from 265 to 156 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Brigham City. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi LakeGreat Salt Lake
11 mi MountainBen Lomond Mountain
32 mi LandmarkSpiral Jetty
37 mi Theme parkLagoon Amusement Park23 mi Ski areaSnowbasin Resort157 runs · 3,000 ft vertical18 mi Ski areaPowder Mountain Ski Resort155 runs · 2,755 ft verticalGreat Salt Lake: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Ben Lomond Mountain: Joe Tordiff, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Spiral Jetty: Sculpture: Robert Smithson 1938-1973Image:Soren.harward at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Lagoon Amusement Park: Davehi1, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Brigham City; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Brigham City residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Utah.
20% of the town is conserved land, across 19 parks and preserves.
26 places in Brigham City on the National Register of Historic Places.
21 notable people were born in Brigham City.
City in Utah, United States
Brigham City is a city in Box Elder County, Utah, United States. The population was 19,650 at the 2020 census, up from the 2010 figure of 17,899. It is the county seat of Box Elder County. It lies on the western slope of the Wellsville Mountains, a branch of the Wasatch Range at the western terminus of Box Elder Canyon. It is near the former headquarters of ATK Thiokol, now Northrop Grumman, the company that created the solid rocket boosters for the Space Shuttle. Brigham City is known for its peaches and holds an annual celebration called Peach Days on the weekend after Labor Day. Much of Main Street is closed off to cars, and the festival is celebrated by a parade, a car show, a carnival,…
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One town shares a border with Brigham City.
| Town | UT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham City | #81 | B | B− | B | B− | B+ |
| Perry | #53 | A− | B | C+ | B− | A |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Brigham City grades B overall, better than 64% of U.S. towns and #81 of 118 in Utah. It grades B+ for health, B for safety and B− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
21 notable people were born here, including Boyd K. Packer and Joseph Howell.
