Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Lehi's standout: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 96% of the country. Overall it grades A, 16th among Utah's 118 graded towns. The median household earns $131K and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 77% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 71% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. 35% of residents are under 18 in Lehi, above both the Utah town median (30%) and the median of U.S. towns (22%). Its National Register listings include Thomas R. Cutler Mansion and Lehi City Hall. Among 119 Utah towns, just 6 have a lower share of residents 65 or older than Lehi.
Where Lehi beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,907 in 1890, 75,907 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 4 maps from 1951 on.
16 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Lehi is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lehi. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi Stadium & arenaDelta Center
21 mi LakeLake Bonneville7 mi Theme parkEvermore Park
24 mi Stadium & arenaRice–Eccles Stadium
12 mi Stadium & arenaAmerica First Field
16 mi Stadium & arenaLaVell Edwards StadiumDelta 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 · LaVell Edwards Stadium: The original uploader was Bobak at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lehi, 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 Lehi.
Lehi trades workers with Salt Lake City and other neighbors, has less tooth loss than most of Utah and has seen reported crime fall by a third or more.
Its widest gap with Utah is tooth loss: 6.1% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.8% statewide.
9.5% of Lehi adults binge drink. Lehi beats the Utah average on 20 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 68% of Lehi adults had a checkup this year.
| Lehi | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 9.5% | 11% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 68% | 72% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 6% | 8.4% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 17% | 25% |
| What stands out | Lehi | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 6.1% | 9.8% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 3.1% | 4.7% |
| Fewer adults treating high blood pressure | 56.8% | 65.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Alpine District. Three of its 24 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dry Creek SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 1,157 | A |
| Skyridge High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 2,483 | A− |
| River Rock SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 935 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
57 miles of trail in 48 parks and preserves. The trail density in Lehi is 1.9 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Jordan Willows Park, at 89 acres.
| Lehi | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.9 miles per square mile | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.9% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lehi Family Park | 0.9 mi | 47 |
| 2. Sports Park | 0.9 mi | 24 |
| 3. Electric Park | 0.6 mi | 9 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reported crimes fell from 710 to 510 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Lehi’s property crime rate is 4.1 per 1,000 residents.
| Lehi | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.1 per 1,000 residents | 9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.1 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Since 1979, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Lehi.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lehi has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 91°, January nights drop to 21° and about 74 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lehi has about as many jobs (47,033) as working residents, but only 7,101 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 15,323 in 2013 to 47,033.
Most working residents leave Lehi for work: only 17% work in town. 24% of workers work from home in Lehi. Since 2013, Lehi has added 31,710 jobs, to 47,033 in 2023.
| Lehi | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $131,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 8.2% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The typical Lehi home is worth about $569,000, up 1.3% in a year, 7% above the Utah typical home.
| Lehi | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,964 a month | $1,538 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 79% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of Lehi
About 7 of every 100 Lehi residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Utah.
47,407 counted in 2010 and 75,907 in 2020; an estimated 95,313 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 25.6% since 2020, after 60.1% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
16 places in Lehi on the National Register of Historic Places.
9 notable people were born in Lehi.
City in Utah, United States
Lehi ( LEE-hy) is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. The population was 75,907 at the 2020 census, up from 47,407 in 2010, and it is the center of population of Utah. The rapid growth in Lehi is due, in part, to the rapid development of the tech industry region known as Silicon Slopes.
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5 towns share a border with Lehi.
It grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Saratoga Springs (A) comes closest.
| Town | UT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lehi | #16 | A | C | A− | B+ | A+ |
| Saratoga Springs | #27 | A | C | A− | B+ | A+ |
| American Fork | #29 | A | C+ | — | B+ | A |
| Highland | #26 | A | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Draper | #57 | A− | D | B− | A− | A |
| Bluffdale | #74 | B+ | C− | B+ | B | A |
American Fork and Highland report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Lehi with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Lehi grades A overall, better than 91% of U.S. towns and #16 of 118 in Utah. It grades A+ for health, A− for safety and B+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
That is 5.6 years of the area's median household income ($100,704 across the Provo-Orem-Lehi, 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.
9 notable people were born here, including D. Elmo Hardy and Dick Felt.
