Fruit Heights Utah City Hall, 2008
Fruit Heights’s story
87 years in pictures
Census counts: 124 in 1950, 6,101 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 2008 and 5 maps from 1955 on.
- 1939Fruit Heights is settled
Photo: Ntsimp · Public domain
Population
5,952
2025 Census estimate · −2.3% since 2020
Typical home
$759K
+3.8% in a year
Household income
$141K
median
Median age
41.5
years
Jobs based here
641
A commuter town
TownGrade
A
#12 of 118 in UT
Is Fruit Heights a good place to live?
Fruit Heights is one of the best-graded places in America: an A, 12th of 118 graded towns in Utah. The median household earns $141K and it is healthier than 95% of U.S. towns. Its lowest mark, a C, is in cost of living. Fruit Heights’ trail density is 3.3 miles per square mile, above both Utah’s towns (1.1) and U.S. towns (0.4). Fruit Heights has 1 place on the National Register. Among 119 Utah towns, just 3 have a higher share of households owning their home than Fruit Heights.
What makes Fruit Heights stand out
Where Fruit Heights beats most towns.
A growing town
Fruit Heights has grown 20% since 2010
4,987 counted in 2010 and 6,101 in 2020; an estimated 5,952 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 2.3%, after 22.3% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Fruit Heights grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Fruit Heights is from typical.
Jobs & incomeA+Open →HealthIntermountain Health Layton Hospital 3.9 miles awayA+Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 12.6 of 20; 1.5% of households have no carB+Open →SchoolsBeat 69% of Utah districts on tests and graduationB+Open →Cost of livingCOpen →Hazard riskFEMA risk higher than 24% of U.S. communities; avalanches tops the listBOpen →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors8 miles of trails; 3% conserved landB+Open →HistoryD−Open →Civic life0.3 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsC−Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
Climate–Open →Housing market14 days on market–Open →Who lives hereMedian age 41.5; 55% of adults have a four-year degree–Open →
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All 79 attractions →Great Salt Lake and 57 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fruit Heights. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi LakeGreat Salt Lake
Big draw18 mi Stadium & arenaDelta Center
3 mi Theme parkLagoon Amusement Park
19 mi Stadium & arenaRice–Eccles Stadium
18 mi GardenTemple Square2 mi Park & preserveKay's CrossSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Great Salt Lake: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Delta Center: Lomrjyo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lagoon Amusement Park: Davehi1, Public domain · Rice–Eccles Stadium: Brenton Walker, CC BY 2.0 · Temple Square: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Fruit Heights: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fruit Heights, and how to reach them.
PowerKaysville City CorporationEIAHIFLD · EIA
WaterFruit Heights City Water System1 health-based violation in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet8 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpBy addressTown’s hauler · day by addressTown site
Register to voteOnlineIn Utah you can register online until 11 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 11 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereDavis County ClerkDavis County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Nov 2025
ZIP code8403784037 100%Census 2020
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Mar 13, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Fruit Heights.
Fruit Heights has less food insecurity than most of Utah and sends most of its workers to Salt Lake City and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Utah.
OutdoorsB+
Fruit Heights has set aside 3.1% of its land for conservation
7.6 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest, at 110 acres with 2.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
#11for trails in UT
3.1%
conserved · 46 of 1,473 acres
7.6 mi
of trails · 3.3 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Uinta-Wasatch-Cache National Forest | 2.5 mi | 110 |
| 2. Nicholls Park | 0.1 mi | 12 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
HealthA+
Fruit Heights earns an A+ for health
Its widest gap with Utah is food insecurity: 6.4% of its 4,199 adults worry about having enough food, against 12.4% statewide.
10% of Fruit Heights adults binge drink, below both the Utah town median (11%) and the median of U.S. towns (16%). 6% of adults smoke cigarettes in Fruit Heights. Fruit Heights beats the Utah average on 19 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
95%healthier than U.S. townsA+Health Grade
| Fruit Heights | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 11% | 16% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6% | 8% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
32 measures vs. Utah
19 better11 too close to call2 worse
| What stands out | Fruit Heights | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.4% | 12.4% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.2% | 9.8% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 7.2% |
Intermountain Health Layton Hospital
3.9 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage
85th
percentile among UT towns
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
HousingCost of living grade C
Homes in Fruit Heights are worth about $759K, by Zillow’s estimate
At 7.5 years of the Ogden metro’s $101K median household income, the typical home (about $759K) costs more against local pay than in 90% of Utah towns; that ratio is one input to its C for cost of living.
The typical Fruit Heights home is worth about $759,000, up 3.8% in a year, 42% above the Utah typical home. Fruit Heights’ median rent is $1,932 a month.
$759KZillow home value
Typical home value
Fruit Heights$759K
Utah$533K
Market temperature
14
days on market
99.7%
sale-to-list price
+3.8%
value change, 1 year
5
homes sold in May
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A+
Most working residents commute out of Fruit Heights
Fruit Heights has 641 jobs for its 2,648 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here grew from 335 in 2013 to 641.
Most working residents leave Fruit Heights for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Fruit Heights grew to 641 in 2023, 306 more than in 2013. 3.9% of Fruit Heights residents live below the poverty line.
2%work in town
| Fruit Heights | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $141,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.8% | 8.5% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
In Fruit Heights2%
Salt Lake City22%
Layton10%
Kaysville6%
Farmington6%
16 mi
median commute distance
641
jobs based in Fruit Heights
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B+
Walkability grade: more walkable than 71% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B
Avalanches leads a low hazard risk in Fruit Heights
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities.
24risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
AvalanchesInland floodingWildfire
1
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Climate
Snowy winters and hot summers in Fruit Heights
Fruit Heights has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. The July high in Fruit Heights is 90°F.
50″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter22–39°
Spring38–61°
Summer58–87°
Fall40–64°
Oct 19
typical first frost
Apr 19
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Fruit Heights
18pages on Fruit Heights
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Fruit Heights
Eagle Gate College-LaytonUniversity or college · Private for-profit · Layton4.7 miWeber State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Ogden11.5 mi$6,557 in-state tuition
About 5 of every 100 Fruit Heights residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Utah.
A commuter town
98% of working residents leave Fruit Heights for work
Where Fruit Heights’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
641jobs based in Fruit Heights
2%of working residents work in town
16 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
About Fruit Heights
City in Utah, United States
Fruit Heights is a city in eastern Davis County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Ogden–Clearfield, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area. It lies along the Wasatch Front adjacent to the larger cities of Farmington and Kaysville. Its population was 6,101 at the 2020 census, a significant increase of 4,987 at the 2010 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1939
- Area
- 2.3 sq mi
- Elevation
- 4,698 ft
- Area code
- 801
Fruit Heights’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Fruit Heights.
KaysvilleFarmingtonFruit Heights
How the neighbors grade
| Town | UT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fruit Heights | #12 | A | C | — | B+ | A+ |
| Kaysville | #4 | A+ | C+ | A− | B+ | A |
| Farmington | #21 | A | C | B+ | B+ | A |
Fruit Heights reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Fruit Heights with a neighbor →
Questions about Fruit Heights
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fruit Heights, UT a good place to live?
Yes, by almost any measure. Fruit Heights grades A overall, better than 94% of U.S. towns and #12 of 118 in Utah. It grades A+ for health and B+ for schools.
Is Fruit Heights, UT expensive?
That is 7.5 years of the area's median household income ($101,203 across the Ogden, 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.