Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Lewiston’s subject grades are an A for health and schools. On hazard risk, just 17 of Utah’s 173 towns do better. On history, just 16 of Utah’s 173 towns do better. Lewiston's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns. Lewiston has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Lewiston beats most towns.
Where Lewiston’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Lewiston is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 525 in 1880, 1,939 in 2020. The archive holds 10 old photos and papers going back to 1898 and 4 maps from 1914 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lewiston, 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 Lewiston.
Lewiston beats the Utah average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 71% of Lewiston adults had a checkup this year, below both Utah’s towns (72%) and U.S. towns (79%). 31% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Lewiston.
| Lewiston | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 72% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 25% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Lewiston | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.4% | 12.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.9% | 10% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.1% | 7.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Cache District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lewiston SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 506 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Lewiston for work: only 5% work in town. 3.3% of Lewiston residents live below the poverty line, where Utah’s towns sit at 6.2% and U.S. towns at 9.6%. Since 2013, Lewiston has added 82 jobs, to 645 in 2023.
| Lewiston | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 6.2% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $99,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 15% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.4% | 8.4% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lewiston has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with very little rain. Lewiston’s July high is 90°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Lewiston home is worth about $473,000, up 5.1% in a year, 11% below the Utah typical home. The median rent in Lewiston is $921 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
9.9 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. Among 118 Utah towns, just 3 have a lower share of conserved land than Lewiston.
| Lewiston | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 3.4% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lewiston. Close and well known come first.
29 mi LakeBear Lake
35 mi National Historical ParkGolden Spike National Historical Park54K visitors a year17 mi Ski areaBeaver Mountain54 runs · 1,607 ft vertical7 mi Ski areaCherry Peak Ski Area37 runs · 1,210 ft vertical16 mi MuseumNora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art
32 mi MuseumBrigham City Museum-GalleryBear Lake: kla4067, CC BY 2.0 · Golden Spike National Historical Park: Unknown, Public domain · Brigham City Museum-Gallery: Ntsimp, Public domain
None within 15 miles of Lewiston; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Lewiston residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Utah.
3 places in Lewiston on the National Register of Historic Places.
City in Utah, United States
Lewiston is a city in Cache County, Utah, United States. The city is one of the most northern in Utah, bordering the state of Idaho. The population was 1,939 at the 2020 census, and Lewiston is included in the Logan, Utah-Idaho (partial) Metropolitan Statistical Area.
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2 towns share a border with Lewiston.
Lewiston has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Lewiston reports no FBI crime data of its own. Cove and Cornish aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lewiston with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. That is 5.8 years of the area's median household income ($81,126 across the Logan, UT-ID 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 B+.
