Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 35,144, settled in 1877.
Clearfield is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, ranked 75th of 118 in Utah, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 73% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on schools: its public schools beat 69% of Utah towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $416K, 4.1 years of the Ogden metro’s $101K median household income. Clearfield's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 90% of U.S. towns. Clearfield is more walkable than 84% of U.S. towns. Only 10 of the 119 Utah towns we compare have a lower share of households owning their home than Clearfield.
Where Clearfield beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Clearfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 640 in 1900, 31,909 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 3 maps from 1955 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Clearfield. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi LakeGreat Salt Lake
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaDelta Center
25 mi Stadium & arenaRice–Eccles Stadium
10 mi Theme parkLagoon Amusement Park
19 mi MountainBen Lomond Mountain11 mi Ski areaSnowbasin Resort157 runs · 3,000 ft verticalGreat Salt Lake: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Delta Center: Lomrjyo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rice–Eccles Stadium: Brenton Walker, CC BY 2.0 · Lagoon Amusement Park: Davehi1, Public domain · Ben Lomond Mountain: Joe Tordiff, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Clearfield, 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 Clearfield.
Clearfield trades workers with Salt Lake City and other neighbors, is safe by national standards but not by Utah’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Utah.
Within Utah it is less healthy than 76% of the 118 graded towns: Utah sets a high bar. All 3 graded neighbors score healthier than its B+, from Clinton (A−) to Syracuse (A).
31% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Clearfield, above both Utah’s towns (28%) and U.S. towns (23%). 70% of Clearfield adults had a checkup this year. Clearfield beats the Utah average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14.
| Clearfield | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 28% | 23% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 70% | 72% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 17% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 11% | 16% |
| What stands out | Clearfield | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.5% | 7.2% |
| Fewer adults with arthritis | 19% | 21.7% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.8% | 9.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Davis District. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Clearfield SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 703 | C |
| Clearfield HighLargest public high schoolGrades 10–12 | Grades 10–12 | 2,041 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
Its typical home is the least expensive on its borders; Clinton is next at $490K.
Clearfield’s median rent is $1,579 a month, where Utah’s towns sit at $1,538 a month and U.S. towns at $1,185 a month. The typical Clearfield home is worth about $416,000, up 1.3% in a year, 22% below the Utah typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Clearfield has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Clearfield’s July high is 92°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Clearfield has about as many jobs (16,410) as working residents, but only 1,311 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Clearfield for work: only 9% work in town. Jobs based in Clearfield grew to 16,410 in 2023, 2,736 more than in 2013. 13% of residents live below the poverty line in Clearfield.
| Clearfield | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 6.2% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $75,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 13% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
3.9 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Steed Park, at 30 acres. The trail density in Clearfield is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Clearfield | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.8% | 3.5% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Steed Park | 0.5 mi | 30 |
| 2. Fox Hollow Park & Arboretum | 0.4 mi | 5 |
| 3. Island View Park | 0.3 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 21 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 69% of Utah’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 545 to 370 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 50% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Clearfield
About 6 of every 100 Clearfield residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Utah.
City in Utah, United States
Clearfield is a city in Davis County, Utah, United States. The population was 31,909 at the 2020 census. The city grew rapidly during the 1940s, with the formation of Hill Air Force Base, and in the 1950s with the nationwide increase in suburb and "bedroom" community populations and has been steadily growing since then. Clearfield is a principal city of the Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan area, which includes all of Davis, Morgan, and Weber counties.
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3 towns share a border with Clearfield.
All 3 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its B+; Layton (A−) is closest.
| Town | UT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clearfield | #75 | B+ | C+ | C+ | B+ | B+ |
| Layton | #37 | A− | B− | B− | B+ | A |
| Syracuse | #8 | A+ | C | A− | B+ | A |
| Clinton | #22 | A | B− | — | B+ | A− |
Clinton reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Clearfield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Clearfield grades B+ overall, better than 68% of U.S. towns and #75 of 118 in Utah. It grades B+ for health, C+ for safety and B+ for schools.
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 Nolan Bushnell and Zach Vigil.
