Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of U.S. communities, with wildfire at the top. Overall it grades C, 106th of 118 graded towns in Utah. Residents are healthier than 83% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and it has 12 miles of trail. Its weakest subject is cost of living: homes are expensive, about $598K for a typical one and 7.4 times the St. George metro’s $81K median household income. 32% of residents are 65 or older in Ivins, above both Utah’s towns (11%) and U.S. towns (18%). Only 7 of Utah’s 173 towns score lower on history. Snow Canyon State Park, at 626 acres with 3.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Ivins beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
| Widest gap | Ivins | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.6% | 10% |
6,753 counted in 2010 and 8,978 in 2020; an estimated 11,546 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 28.6% since 2020, after 32.9% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Ivins is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 83 in 1940, 8,978 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1929 and a map from 1986 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ivins, 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 Ivins.
Ivins has a longer frost-free season than almost anywhere else in Utah, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Utah (mostly wildfires) and has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Utah.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 100% of Utah towns, with expected losses of about $431 per resident a year; that rating is what its D− for hazard risk is built on.
Of the 119 Utah towns we compare, none has a higher FEMA risk score than Ivins. Since 2005, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Ivins.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by Vista School. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Mountain SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 447 | C |
| Vista SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades K–9 | Grades K–9 | 1,114 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
Within Utah it is less healthy than 56% of the 118 graded towns: Utah sets a high bar.
8.7% of adults binge drink in Ivins. Of the 118 Utah towns we compare, none has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Ivins. 28% of adults feel lonely in Ivins.
| Ivins | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 8.7% | 11% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 28% | 35% |
| What stands out | Ivins | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.6% | 10% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 8.7% | 12.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 12.6% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Ivins | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.3 miles per square mile | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.1% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Snow Canyon State Park | 3.3 mi | 626 |
| 2. UNITY Park | 0.3 mi | 13 |
| 3. Fire Lake Park at Ivins Reservoir | 0.1 mi | 53 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Jobs based here grew from 976 in 2013 to 1,642.
Most working residents leave Ivins for work: only 10% work in town. The average trip to work in Ivins is 18 minutes. Since 2013, Ivins has added 666 jobs, to 1,642 in 2023.
| Ivins | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 6.2% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $78,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 10% | 8.2% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The St George weather station, 6 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 239 days, the highest of 330 Utah places with climate records. The St George weather station, 6 miles away, records that about 128 days a year reach 90°, more than in 98% of U.S. towns.
Ivins has mild winters and scorching summers, with very little rain. Only 5 of the 119 Utah towns we compare have a higher July high than Ivins.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 7.4 years of the St. George metro’s $81K median household income, the typical home (about $598K) costs more against local pay than in 88% of Utah towns; that ratio is one input to its D for cost of living.
The typical Ivins home is worth about $598,000, about the same as a year ago, 12% above the Utah typical home.
| Ivins | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,771 a month | $1,538 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 74% | 79% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ivins. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi National ParkZion National Park5.0M visitors a year
3 mi State parkSnow Canyon State Park
20 mi Canyon & gorgeVirgin River Gorge
37 mi Canyon & gorgeZion Canyon
7 mi TheatreSt. George Opera House14 mi MuseumWestern Sky Aviation Warbird MuseumZion National Park: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Snow Canyon State Park: Unknown, CC BY 2.5 · Virgin River Gorge: inkknife_2000 (7.5 million views +), CC BY-SA 2.0 · Zion Canyon: No machine-readable author provided. Antilived assumed (based on copyright claim, CC BY-SA 3.0 · St. George Opera House: teofilo, CC BY 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Ivins
About 9 of every 100 Ivins residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Utah.
Where Ivins’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Utah, United States
Ivins ( EYE-vinz) is a city in southwestern Washington County, Utah, United States. It is a part of the St. George Metropolitan Area as a suburb or "bedroom" community. The population was 8,978 at the 2020 census, up from 6,753 at the 2010 census. Although Ivins was listed as a town in the 2000 census, it became a city in 1998.
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2 towns share a border with Ivins.
| Town | UT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivins | #106 | C | D | — | B+ | A− |
| St. George | #91 | B− | C− | B− | B+ | A− |
| Santa Clara | #85 | B | C− | — | B+ | A |
Ivins and Santa Clara report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Ivins with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Ivins grades C overall, better than 35% of U.S. towns and #106 of 118 in Utah. It grades A− for health and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. George, 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 D.
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