Colors in the sky 9, 2014
Woodland Hills’s story
56 years in pictures
The archive holds 3 old photos and papers going back to 2014.
- 1970Woodland Hills is settled
Woodland HillsUT
Today 1,707 people live in this town, first settled in 1970.
Population
1,707
2025 Census estimate · +11.4% since 2020
Typical home
$846K
+2.5% in a year
Household income
$152K
median
Median age
41.1
years
Jobs based here
159
A commuter town
Is Woodland Hills a good place to live?
Woodland Hills’ best subject grades are an A for health and an A− for incomes; its weakest is a D for hazard risk. Woodland Hills’ middle household income is $152,000, against $101,000 in Utah’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. Only 11 of Utah’s 173 towns score lower on cost of living. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 76% of U.S. towns. Woodland Hills’ trail network density is 2.3 miles per square mile, above both Utah’s towns (1.1) and U.S. towns (0.4). Only 2 of Utah’s 173 towns score lower on history. Woodland Hills's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 85% of U.S. towns. Woodland Hills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Woodland Hills stand out
Where Woodland Hills beats most towns.
A growing town
Woodland Hills has grown 26% since 2010
1,344 counted in 2010 and 1,521 in 2020; an estimated 1,707 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Woodland Hills grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Utah), ordered by how far Woodland Hills is from typical.
HealthMountain View Hospital 3.8 miles awayAOpen →Hazard riskAvalanches top the listDOpen →Jobs & income159 jobs based hereA−Open →Cost of livingHomes are among the least affordable for local incomesC−Open →WalkabilityEPA walkability 5.5 of 20; 0% of households have no car; 0.9% of workers walk, bike or ride transitC−Open →SchoolsBeat 68% of Utah districts on tests and graduationB+Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors0% conserved landB−Open →HistoryAmong the weakest of the towns comparedD−Open →Civic life0.4 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsC−Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Woodland Hills: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Woodland Hills, and how to reach them.
PowerStrawberry Electric Serv Dist15.3¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterWoodland Hills City water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet11 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Woodland Hills’ 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 hereUtah County ClerkUtah County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Nov 2025
ZIP code8465384653 100%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 Woodland Hills.
HousingCost of living grade C−
Woodland Hills’ typical home value is about $846K
Among households in Woodland Hills, 92% live in a home they own.
$846KZillow home value
Typical home value
Woodland Hills$846K
Utah$533K
+2.5%
value change, 1 year
1
homes sold in September
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
HealthA
Fewer of Woodland Hills’ adults binge drink than in the typical Utah or U.S. town
Among adults in Woodland Hills, 29% sleep under 7 hours and 14% report frequent mental distress. Only 8 of the 119 Utah towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Woodland Hills. For adults locally, the share who smoke cigarettes is 6.1%. CDC measures, 32 in all: Woodland Hills beats Utah on 19 and trails on 5.
94%healthier than U.S. townsAHealth Grade
| Woodland Hills | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 7.4% | 11% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.1% | 8% | 14% |
32 measures vs. Utah
19 better8 too close to call5 worse
| What stands out | Woodland Hills | UT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.7% | 9.8% |
| Fewer binge drinkers | 7.4% | 12.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 7.2% |
Mountain View Hospital
3.8 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade D
Woodland Hills faces a very high natural-hazard risk, led by avalanches
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 81% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Woodland Hills, 51% come from avalanches and 32% from wildfires.
81risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
AvalanchesWildfireInland flooding
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade A−
With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Woodland Hills’ workers commute out
Just 2% of Woodland Hills’s working residents have a job in town. In Woodland Hills, 26% of workers do their job from home. The top destinations are Provo (15%), Spanish Fork (12%) and Salt Lake City (8%). For Woodland Hills, the mean commuting time is 29 minutes.
2%work in town
| Woodland Hills | Utah towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 26% | 16% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 22 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 6.2% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
In Woodland Hills2%
Provo15%
Spanish Fork12%
Salt Lake City8%
Orem7%
20 mi
median commute distance
159
jobs based in Woodland Hills
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C−
Walkability grade: more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Climate
Woodland Hills has snowy winters and hot summers
In July, afternoons reach 90°; in January, nights fall to 20°, and about 55 inches of snow falls in a winter.
55″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter21–39°
Spring37–61°
Summer56–86°
Fall38–64°
Oct 11
typical first frost
May 4
typical last frost
+1.3°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
OutdoorsB−
0.4% of Woodland Hills is conserved land
Only 3 of the 118 Utah towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Woodland Hills. Trails total 6.0 miles in 1 park or preserve. Parks and preserves locally: one, of 10 acres.
0.4%conserved
0.4%
conserved · 6 of 1,633 acres
6.0 mi
of trails · 2.3 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Meadows Park | 0.7 mi | 10 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Nearby attractions
All 64 attractions →LaVell Edwards Stadium and 23 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Woodland Hills. Close and well known come first.
17 mi Stadium & arenaLaVell Edwards Stadium25 mi Theme parkEvermore Park
16 mi LakeUtah Lake
26 mi MountainMount Timpanogos
22 mi Canyon & gorgeProvo Canyon39 mi Ski areaSnowbird205 runs · 3,225 ft verticalSources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits
LaVell Edwards Stadium: The original uploader was Bobak at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 2.5 · Utah Lake: NASA Earth Observatory images by Lauren Dauphin, using Landsat data from the U.S, Public domain · Mount Timpanogos: Eric Ward from Provo, UT, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Provo Canyon: Eric Ward from Provo, UT, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Woodland Hills
18pages on Woodland Hills
The big questions
Out and about
The story
Day to day
After high school
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Woodland Hills
About 9 of every 100 Woodland Hills residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Utah.
A commuter town
98% of working residents leave Woodland Hills for work
Where Woodland Hills’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
159jobs based in Woodland Hills
2%of working residents work in town
20 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
About Woodland Hills
City in Utah, United States
Woodland Hills is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States. It is part of the Provo–Orem Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,521 at the 2020 census. Woodland Hills became a city at the end of 2000. As of the 2000 census, Woodland Hills had the highest median income in the state of Utah.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1970
- Area
- 2.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 5,331 ft
- Area code
- 801, 385
Woodland Hills’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Woodland Hills.
SalemElk RidgeWoodland Hills
How the neighbors grade
| Town | UT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woodland Hills | — | — | C− | — | B+ | A |
| Salem | #60 | A− | C+ | — | B+ | A |
| Elk Ridge | #67 | B+ | C+ | — | B+ | A+ |
Woodland Hills has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Woodland Hills, Salem and Elk Ridge report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Woodland Hills with a neighbor →
Questions about Woodland Hills
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Woodland Hills, UT expensive?
Yes. That is 8.4 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−.