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A town of 9,755, settled in 1974.
Cedar Hills is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, ranked 14th of 118 in Utah. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 96% of the country and the median household earns $139K. Its lowest mark, a C+, is in cost of living. Cedar Hills’ trail density is 6.7 miles per square mile, where Utah’s towns sit at 1.1 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Cedar Hills has 1 place on the National Register. Only 7 of the 119 Utah towns we compare have a higher share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Cedar Hills.
Where Cedar Hills beats most towns.
1.4% of the town is conserved land, across 12 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Cedar Hills is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 571 in 1980, 10,019 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2005 and 4 maps from 1951 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cedar Hills. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaDelta Center
27 mi LakeLake Bonneville
6 mi MountainMount Timpanogos
25 mi Stadium & arenaRice–Eccles Stadium
12 mi Stadium & arenaLaVell Edwards StadiumDelta Center: Lomrjyo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Bonneville: Wilson44691, Public domain · Mount Timpanogos: Eric Ward from Provo, UT, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Rice–Eccles Stadium: Brenton Walker, CC BY 2.0 · LaVell Edwards Stadium: The original uploader was Bobak at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cedar Hills, 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 Cedar Hills.
Cedar Hills has more trail for its size than nearly any town in Utah, has less food insecurity than most of Utah and sends most of its workers to Lehi and beyond.
At 6.7 miles of trail per square mile, it ranks #2 of 111 Utah towns.
18 miles of trail in 12 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, at 79 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | 0.9 mi | 79 |
| 2. Timpanogos Cove Park | 0.7 mi | 6 |
| 3. Heiselt's Hollow Park | 0.3 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Alpine District. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Ridge SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 682 | A+ |
| Deerfield SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 554 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Utah is food insecurity: 7.7% of its 6,426 adults worry about having enough food, against 12.4% statewide.
8.7% of Cedar Hills adults binge drink, against 11% in Utah’s towns and 16% across U.S. towns. 13% of adults get no exercise outside work in Cedar Hills. Cedar Hills beats the Utah average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0.
| Cedar Hills | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 11% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 25% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 5.9% | 8% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Cedar Hills | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.7% | 12.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 10.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cedar Hills has 1,104 jobs for its 4,641 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 824 in 2013 to 1,104.
Most working residents leave Cedar Hills for work: only 3% work in town. 24% of Cedar Hills workers work from home. Since 2013, Cedar Hills has added 280 jobs, to 1,104 in 2023.
| Cedar Hills | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $139,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 24% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 8.5% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Cedar Hills home is worth about $669,000, up 2.7% in a year, 26% above the Utah typical home. The median rent in Cedar Hills is $2,179 a month.
| Cedar Hills | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,179 a month | $1,538 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 89% | 79% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Cedar Hills has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Cedar Hills’ July high is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
7 within 15 miles of the center of Cedar Hills
About 6 of every 100 Cedar Hills residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Utah.
Where Cedar Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Utah, United States
Cedar Hills is a city in north-central Utah County, Utah, United States. The population was 10,019 at the 2020 census, up from 9,796 in 2010. The city began growing rapidly during the 1990s and is located east of Alpine and Highland on the slopes of Mount Timpanogos.
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3 towns share a border with Cedar Hills.
It grades higher overall than all 3 graded towns on its borders; Pleasant Grove (A) comes closest.
| Town | UT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Hills | #14 | A | C+ | — | B+ | A+ |
| Pleasant Grove | #19 | A | C+ | B | B+ | A |
| American Fork | #29 | A | C+ | — | B+ | A |
| Highland | #26 | A | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
Cedar Hills, American Fork and Highland report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cedar Hills with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Yes, by almost any measure. Cedar Hills grades A overall, better than 92% of U.S. towns and #14 of 118 in Utah. It grades A+ for health and B+ for schools.
That is 6.6 years of the area's median household income ($100,704 across the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
2 notable people were born here, including Arielle Martin and Zackery Farnsworth.
