Hideout Canyon Utah, 2010
Hideout’s story
18 years in pictures
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 2 maps from 1955 on.
- 2008Hideout is settled
HideoutUT
A town of 1,587, settled in 2008.
Photo: Localdistrict · CC BY-SA 4.0
Population
1,587
2025 Census estimate · +72.1% since 2020
Median home value
$1.15M
Census ACS
Household income
$99K
median
Median age
41.8
years
Jobs based here
56
A commuter town
Is Hideout a good place to live?
The best of Hideout’s subject grades are an A+ for health and the outdoors and an A− for schools; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. 28% of the land in Hideout is conserved, above both the Utah town median (3.4%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). No town in Utah scores higher than Hideout on the outdoors. The biggest place to walk is Jordanelle State Park, 836 acres with 6.7 miles of trail. Hideout has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Hideout stand out
Where Hideout beats most towns.
A commuter town
100% of working residents leave Hideout for work
Where Hideout’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
56jobs based in Hideout
0%of working residents work in town
23 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
How Hideout grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Hideout is from typical.
HealthPark City Hospital 5.1 miles awayA+Open →Hazard riskavalanches tops the listC−Open →SchoolsBeat 78% of Utah districts on tests and graduationA−Open →Jobs & income$99K median household incomeC−Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 5.3 of 20; 0% of households have no car; 4.2% of workers walk, bike or ride transitB−Open →Cost of livingTypical home $1.15M, 9 years of the Heber area’s $127K median household incomeB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Nearby attractions
All 77 attractions →Delta Center and 63 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hideout. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaDelta Center
4 mi Ski areaDeer Valley Resort351 runs · 3,110 ft vertical
7 mi Ski areaPark City Mountain Resort393 runs · 3,100 ft vertical
25 mi Stadium & arenaRice–Eccles Stadium27 mi Theme parkEvermore Park
26 mi Stadium & arenaAmerica First FieldSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
Delta Center: Lomrjyo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Deer Valley Resort: Ken Lund from Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Park City Mountain Resort: Rudi Riet from Washington, DC, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Rice–Eccles Stadium: Brenton Walker, CC BY 2.0 · America First Field: Scott Catron, CC BY-SA 2.0
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Hideout: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hideout, and how to reach them.
PowerRocky Mountain Power13.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterHideout Town Water SystemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet6 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Hideout’s trash rules yet
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 hereWasatch County Clerk-AuditorWasatch County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Nov 2025
ZIP codes84036, 8403284036 98% · 84032 2%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 Hideout.
HealthA+
Hideout stands out in Utah and nationally: a smaller share of its adults report frequent mental distress
Only 2 of the 119 Utah towns we compare have a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Hideout. Hideout: just over a quarter of adults feel lonely. On top of that, among adults in the town, 13% say their health is fair or poor, below both Utah’s towns (15%) and U.S. towns (19%).
97%healthier than U.S. townsA+Health Grade
| Hideout | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 33% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 28% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 5.5% | 8% | 14% |
32 measures vs. Utah
10 better22 too close to call0 worse
| What stands out | Hideout | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 3.7% | 9.8% |
| Fewer smokers | 5.5% | 8.1% |
Park City Hospital
5.1 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
OutdoorsA+
Conservation land takes up nearly a quarter of Hideout
Trails run 11 miles in 1 park or preserve. Hideout’s trail density stands at 2.4 miles per square mile.
28%conserved
28%
conserved · 836 of 2,990 acres
11 mi
of trails · 2.4 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Jordanelle State Park | 6.7 mi | 836 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Work & commuteJobs & income grade C−
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Hideout than in most of Utah or the rest of the country
For half of commuters, work is under 23 miles away. Employers in Hideout added 47 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 56. Among 120 Utah towns, just 4 have a higher share of residents below the poverty line than Hideout. The top destinations are Park City (23%), Salt Lake City (13%) and Snyderville (7%).
0%work in town
| Hideout | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 20% | 6.2% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
In Hideout0%
Park City23%
Salt Lake City13%
Snyderville7%
Heber4%
23 mi
median commute distance
56
jobs based in Hideout
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
B−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 54% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade C−
Top of a high hazard risk in Hideout: avalanches
Hideout’s FEMA risk score comes in at 77 of 100. 53% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from avalanches, followed by wildfires at 22%.
77risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
AvalanchesWildfireInland flooding
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Climate
The climate in Hideout brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
In Hideout, the typical July afternoon high is 83°F.
97″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter16–36°
Spring31–55°
Summer48–80°
Fall32–58°
Sep 17
typical first frost
Jun 5
typical last frost
+1.6°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
HousingCost of living grade B−
A home in Hideout sells for about $1.75M at the median
The share of households in Hideout who are owner-occupiers: 68%. Homes sold in Hideout spent a median 77 days on the market. Sellers in Hideout got 96.5% of the asking price, typically.
$1.75Mmedian sale price
| Hideout | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 68% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,442 a month | $1,538 a month | $1,185 a month |
Market temperature
77
days on market
96.5%
sale-to-list price
9
homes sold in May
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Hideout
18pages on Hideout
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Hideout; the nearest are
Westminster UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Salt Lake City24.3 mi$43,528 tuitionUniversity of UtahUniversity or college · Public · Salt Lake City24.4 mi$9,620 in-state tuitionSalt Lake Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Salt Lake City28.2 mi$4,426 in-state tuition
About 2 of every 100 Hideout residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Utah.
About Hideout
Town in the state of Utah, United States
Hideout is a town in the northwestern corner of Wasatch County, Utah, United States, in the northern part of the state. Lying just to the north and east of Jordanelle Reservoir along Utah State Route 248 (SR-248), the town was incorporated in 2008 under short-lived state law. The population was 922 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 2008
- Area
- 3.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 6,588 ft
- Area code
- 435
Questions about Hideout
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Hideout, UT expensive?
The typical home is worth about $1,150,000, 116% above the Utah typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.