Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Roy is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, 52nd among Utah's 118 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $91K. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 77% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. A typical home there costs about $429K, 4.2 years of the Ogden metro’s $101K median household income. Roy's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 95% of U.S. towns. Roy is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 83% of U.S. towns. Roy’s July high is 92°F, against 92°F in Utah’s towns and 85°F across U.S. towns.
Where Roy beats most towns.
Where Roy’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 Roy is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 183 in 1900, 39,306 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1930 and 4 maps from 1955 on.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Roy. Close and well known come first.
Big draw28 mi LakeGreat Salt Lake
Big draw29 mi Stadium & arenaDelta Center
30 mi Stadium & arenaRice–Eccles Stadium
15 mi Theme parkLagoon Amusement Park
14 mi MountainBen Lomond Mountain10 mi Ski areaSnowbasin Resort157 runs · 3,000 ft verticalGreat Salt Lake: Copernicus Sentinel-2, ESA, CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · Delta Center: Lomrjyo, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Rice–Eccles Stadium: Brenton Walker, CC BY 2.0 · Lagoon Amusement Park: Davehi1, Public domain · Ben Lomond Mountain: Joe Tordiff, CC BY-SA 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Roy, 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 Roy.
Roy pairs an A− overall with homes cheaper than the Utah norm, has seen reported crime fall by a fifth or more and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Utah.
Within Utah it is less healthy than 71% of the 118 graded towns: Utah sets a high bar.
Roy: 13% of adults report frequent physical distress. Among adults here, 12% binge drink and 19% report frequent mental distress.
| Roy | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 28% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 11% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 17% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 72% | 79% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Below: Two of its 10 schools, each with why it was picked. The public schools here belong to the Weber District. The 6 public schools in Roy teach 2,797 students between them.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midland SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 583 | C |
| Roy HighLargest public high schoolGrades 10–12 | Grades 10–12 | 1,661 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within UT on state tests and graduation
Jobs based here grew from 5,358 in 2013 to 9,005.
In Roy, 5% of residents live below the poverty line. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 3,647, to 9,005. The top destinations are Ogden (23%), Salt Lake City (10%) and Layton (7%).
| Roy | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 6.4% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $101,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 16% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 92° in July, and January nights bottom out around 21°; snowfall runs to about 23 inches a winter. Roy has chilly winters and hot summers, with very little rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Roy grades A− overall with a typical home of about $429K, below the Utah typical value; only 26 of the 59 Utah towns graded A− or better can say that.
Homes sold in Roy spent a median 17 days on the market. Zillow values the typical Roy home at about $429,000, up 1% in a year, 19% below the Utah typical home. Also worth knowing: for Roy, the median rent is $1,624 a month.
| Roy | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 79% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,624 a month | $1,538 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
On expected storm and flood damage, Roy sits below three fifths of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 66% come from earthquakes and 17% from inland flooding. The national flood insurance program has paid 2 claims locally since 1983.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3.9 miles of trail wind through 8 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Emma Russell Park, at 36 acres. For Roy, the density of trails is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Roy | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 1.1 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 3.5% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. George E. Wahlen Park | 0.6 mi | 17 |
| 2. Meadow Creek Pond Park | 0.4 mi | 7 |
| 3. Emma Russell Park | 0.1 mi | 36 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reported crimes fell from 470 to 355 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Roy’s rate of thefts and burglaries stands at 7.6 per 1,000 residents. In Roy, the violent crime rate is 1.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Roy | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 7.6 per 1,000 residents | 9 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.6 per 1,000 residents | 1.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
2 within 15 miles of the center of Roy
About 5 of every 100 Roy residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across Utah.
City in Weber County, Utah, United States
Roy is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States, on the west side of Interstate 15. The population in 2020 was 39,306; an increase of 6.6% from 36,884 at the 2010 census. Roy is part of the Ogden-Clearfield metropolitan area, and is considered a suburb of nearby Ogden. Primarily residential and thus viewed as a bedroom community, Roy does have a small number of businesses.
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5 towns share a border with Roy.
| Town | UT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy | #52 | A− | B− | B | B | A− |
| Riverdale | #110 | C | C+ | D | B | B |
| West Haven | #70 | B+ | C | — | B | A− |
| Hooper | #84 | B | C | — | B | A− |
| Ogden | #105 | C+ | B | C− | C+ | B |
| Clinton | #22 | A | B− | — | B+ | A− |
West Haven, Hooper and Clinton report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Roy with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Roy grades A− overall, better than 80% of U.S. towns and #52 of 118 in Utah. It grades A− for health, B for safety and B for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
