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For most people who can afford it, yes. Draper grades A− overall, 57th among Utah's 118 graded towns. It has 136 miles of trail. The median household earns $129K and it is healthier than 92% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: homes are expensive, about $812K for a typical one and 8.3 times the Salt Lake City metro’s $98K median household income. Draper’s trail density is 4.8 miles per square mile, where Utah’s towns sit at 1.1 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Its National Register listings include Lauritz Smith House and Draper Park School. Draper is more walkable than 80% of U.S. towns.
Where Draper beats most towns.
Draper Park School
Census counts: 5,521 in 1980, 51,017 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and 4 maps from 1952 on.
17 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Draper is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Draper. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi Stadium & arenaDelta Center
20 mi LakeLake Bonneville
18 mi Stadium & arenaRice–Eccles Stadium
6 mi Stadium & arenaAmerica First Field11 mi Theme parkEvermore Park
14 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 Draper, 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 Draper.
Draper draws workers from Sandy and beyond and is one of Utah’s best towns for the outdoors, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Utah.
Its A+ for the outdoors ranks #2 of 119 in Utah.
Corner Canyon Regional Park, at 1,014 acres with 30.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Corner Canyon Regional Park | 30.9 mi | 1,014 |
| 2. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | 2.4 mi | 167 |
| 3. Flight Park State Recreation Area | 1.4 mi | 82 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Canyons District. Three of its 15 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Draper Park MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,411 | A |
| Corner Canyon HighLargest public high schoolGrades 8–12 | Grades 8–12 | 2,437 | A |
| Draper SchoolTop results in townGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 680 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
46,467 jobs are based in Draper, 2 for every working resident, so most of the people who work here commute in. Jobs based here grew from 22,797 in 2013 to 46,467.
Most working residents leave Draper for work: only 14% work in town. Draper’s median household income is $129,000, against $101,000 in Utah’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. 25% of workers work from home in Draper.
| Draper | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 25% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $129,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 14% | 8.2% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
69% of Draper adults had a checkup this year. Draper beats the Utah average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 26% of Draper adults have high blood pressure.
| Draper | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 72% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 28% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 7.3% | 8.4% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 25% |
| What stands out | Draper | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.5% | 9.8% |
| Fewer adults with COPD | 3.7% | 4.6% |
| More binge drinkers | 16.2% | 12.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
At 8.3 years of the Salt Lake City metro’s $98K median household income, the typical home (about $812K) costs more against local pay than in 93% of Utah towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living. The median property tax bill is $3,858, against $2,525 across Utah, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
The median rent in Draper is $1,894 a month. The typical Draper home is worth about $812,000, up 3.1% in a year, 52% above the Utah typical home.
| Draper | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,894 a month | $1,538 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 69% | 79% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Draper has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. Draper’s July high is 89°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 2009, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Draper.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Reported crimes fell from 801 to 613 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
5 within 15 miles of the center of Draper
About 6 of every 100 Draper residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Utah.
42,274 counted in 2010 and 51,017 in 2020; an estimated 50,652 in 2025.
Growth has leveled off: within 1% of 2020, after 20.7% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
17 places in Draper on the National Register of Historic Places.
11 notable people were born in Draper.
City in Utah, United States
Draper is a city in Salt Lake and Utah counties in the U.S. state of Utah, about 20 miles (32 km) south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. As of the 2020 census, the population is 51,017, up from 7,143 in 1990. Draper is part of two metropolitan areas; the Salt Lake County portion is in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, while the Utah County portion is in the Provo-Orem metropolitan area. The Utah State Prison was located in Draper from 1951 to 2022, near Point of the Mountain, alongside Interstate 15. State politicians voted to condemn the facility, and prisoners were moved to the Utah State Correctional Facility. The city is home of 1-800 Contacts and a large eBay campus.
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7 towns share a border with Draper.
| Town | UT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Draper | #57 | A− | D | B− | A− | A |
| Riverton | #42 | A− | C− | B+ | B | A |
| South Jordan | #36 | A | C− | B | B | A |
| Sandy | #68 | B+ | C | C | A− | A |
| Bluffdale | #74 | B+ | C− | B+ | B | A |
| Lehi | #16 | A | C | A− | B+ | A+ |
| Alpine | #55 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Highland | #26 | A | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
Alpine and Highland report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Draper with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Draper grades A− overall, better than 77% of U.S. towns and #57 of 118 in Utah. It grades A for health, B− for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
11 notable people were born here, including Dia Frampton and Kealia Watt.
