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41.03° N · 111.90° W · GEOID 4927490

Fruit Heights

Davis County, Utah · part of the Ogden, UT metro

UtahFruit Heights, UTFruit HeightsFruit Heights

The short answer

Fruit Heights is home to 6,023 people. Median household income is $140,679 a year and median rent is $1,932 a month, 16.5% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $667,700, about 4.8x annual median household income.

Fruit Heights stands out on value for money. Rent is light relative to pay, but the county has a FEMA natural hazard risk score of 88 out of 100. Budget for insurance before counting the savings. Also notable: Rent took 20.5% of the median income in the 2019 survey and 16.5% in 2024. In the 25 places most like it the share fell 0.3 points on average, so affordability held up better here.

83OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Strong

Fruit Heights scores better than 83% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 31st of 94 in Utah.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%55
Economy 20%91
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%37
Education 10%84
Commute 10%47
Growth 5%54

Not rated: safety, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,932
42% above the median place
Median household income
$140,679
75% above the median place
Median home value
$667,700
109% above the median place
Unemployment
2.7%
44% below the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Fruit Heights

  • AffordabilityAfter the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household keeps about $121,400 a year, more than in 87% of the 1,875 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • How it is changingHousehold income rose 7.6% a year while rent rose 3% between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay gained on rent more than in 86% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track.
01

Moving to Fruit Heights

Davis County loses about 0.3 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in21,540
Moved out21,633
Net−93

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Within Utah, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within UtahOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$66K
Leavers$73K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Davis County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
5.4% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 1.8% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Davis County report $66,000 a year in income on average; those leaving, $73,100, so leavers earn more than newcomers.
Income you would need
$77,300 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,932 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $2,366 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $667,700.
Getting to work
25 minutes each way on average; 22.4% work from home; 1.2% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
East Freehold, NJ matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Income of households moving in7
$65,996
6% below the median place
Income of households moving out7
$73,050
4% above the median place
Moved from another state1
1.8%
9% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureFruit HeightsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure5.4%6% below
Moved from another state1County figure1.8%9% below
Net movers per 1,000 people7County figure-0.350% above
Income of households moving in7County figure$65,9966% below
Income of households moving out7County figure$73,0504% above
02

What it costs to live here

96% of homes are owner-occupied, more than in 97% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track. It is the 3rd-highest of 96 Utah places we track.

Fruit Heights16.5%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$77,280
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
16.5%
19% below the median place
Home price to income
4.8x
25% above the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
16%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$121,800
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Fruit Heights, $1,932 a month, and local prices for everything else (96.8 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Fruit Heights, but easier on the budget

Places that match Fruit Heights on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
East Freehold, NJ9313.1% vs 16.5%$34,900Compare
Campton Hills, IL9210.0% vs 16.5%$63,300Compare
Damascus, MD9213.5% vs 16.5%$15,600Compare
Sandy Hook, CT9213.9% vs 16.5%$14,300Compare

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Homeownership1
95.7%
44% above the median place
Property tax rate1
0.5%
43% below the median place
Median home value1
$667,700
109% above the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureFruit HeightsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,93242% above
Rent to income116.5%19% below
Property tax rate10.5%43% below
Home price to income14.8x25% above
Prices vs US average2Metro figure100.31% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,5911% below
Property tax paid (median)1$3,4937% above
Median home value1$667,700109% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure2.0%37% below
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure50.3%2% below
Homeownership195.7%44% above
Renters paying 30%+1County figure47.1%7% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,36626% above
Vacant homes1County figure4.1%42% below
Median year built119881% above
03

Work and pay

Income per person is $69,387, 73% above the median place.

Income per person1
$69,387
73% above the median place
Median household income1
$140,679
75% above the median place
Works from home1
22.4%
80% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureFruit HeightsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$140,67975% above
Income per person1$69,38773% above
Unemployment1County figure2.7%44% below
Average annual pay5County figure$60,0979% below
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure1.9%49% below
Jobs5County figure143,9904% below
Poverty rate1County figure6.4%40% below
Mean commute125 min2% above
Works from home122.4%80% above
Commutes by transit1County figure1.2%46% above
04

Who lives here

High school or higher is 99.0%, 7% above the median place.

High school or higher1
99.0%
7% above the median place
Household size1
3.0
21% above the median place
No health insurance1
3.5%
45% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Bachelor's or higher54.7% +71%
Homes with broadband89.0% −4%
Median age41.5 +6%
All 9 people measures
MeasureFruit HeightsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population16,0235925th largest
Population change since 20206-2.3%below (median 1.1%)
Median age141.56% above
Bachelor's or higher154.7%71% above
High school or higher199.0%7% above
Household size13.021% above
Born abroad1County figure5.8%34% below
No health insurance13.5%45% below
Homes with broadband189.0%4% below
05

Life in Fruit Heights

The nearest National Park Service site is Timpanogos Cave National Monument, about 42 miles away.

Founded or incorporated in 1939. 69 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places. Its history on Wikipedia

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents10.0 −2%
Playgrounds per 10k6.6 −29%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails9 km 4.3×
Bus and rail stops per sq mi5.6 26.8×

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Timpanogos Cave National Monument 42 miles
  • Golden Spike National Historical Park 53 miles
  • Fossil Butte National Monument 82 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars14.4 −31%
Shops25.7 −15%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.7 −10%
Doctors' offices and clinics22.3 +10%
Child care centers1.8 −22%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site10
41.9
36% above the median place
Students per teacher12
22.6
47% above the median place
Restaurants and bars per 10k8
14.4
31% below the median place
All 18 schools and local life measures
MeasureFruit HeightsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure111above (median 9)
Public school students12County figure80,835above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure22.647% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k8County figure14.431% below
Shops per 10k8County figure25.715% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k8County figure3.710% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k8County figure22.310% above
Child care centers per 10k8County figure1.822% below
Parks per 10k910.02% below
Playgrounds per 10k96.629% below
Grocery stores per 10k90.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k90.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k90.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails98.6330% above
Transit stops per sq mi95.6above (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site1041.936% above
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1020% above
National Register listings11County figure69above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Tornado risk is 34.5, 58% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Fruit Heights. Larger places are fetched first.

Tornado risk14
34.5
58% below the median place
Annual precipitation13
25.6 in
42% below the median place
Average temperature13
50°F
9% below the median place
All 10 weather and risk measures
MeasureFruit HeightsAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure88°F1% above
January average low13County figure21°F17% below
Average temperature13County figure50°F9% below
Annual precipitation13County figure25.6 in42% below
Natural hazard risk14County figure87.85% below
Tornado risk14County figure34.558% below
Wildfire risk14County figure90.648% above
Heat wave risk14County figure86.34% below
Median air quality index15County figure467% above
Good air days15County figure63.3%8% below
08

Fruit Heights in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 16% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 16% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Fruit Heights does better than 55% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 86%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,932/mo (2024)$2,450/mo$2,010 to $2,990/mo+4.1%
Median household income$140,679 (2024)$181,000$153,000 to $214,500+4.3%
Median home value$667,700 (2024)$989,000$718,000 to $1,362,000+6.8%
Population5,952 (2025)5,9105,670 to 6,160−0.1%

The median home would be worth 5.5 years of the median income in 2030, against 4.7 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Fruit Heights

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Pearl River, NY$1,973$145,063Compare
Preakness, NJ$1,918$133,205Compare
Franklin Town, MA$1,899$145,773Compare
Camas, WA$2,090$141,126Compare
Camas, WAFranklin Town, MAPreakness, NJPearl River, NYFruit Heights, UTFruit HeightsPearl RiverPreaknessFranklin TownCamasFruit HeightsPearl RiverPreaknessCamas

Places built like Fruit Heights

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Fruit Heights performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Fruit Heights, UT16.5%7.6%/yr-2.3%
Doney Park, AZ13.9%5.9%/yrn/aCompare
Aquia Harbour, VA20.0%4.0%/yrn/aCompare
Summit Park, UT14.6%7.2%/yrn/aCompare
Stonegate, CO16.4%4.4%/yrn/aCompare
Centerville, UT18.7%5.7%/yr-2.1%Compare
Grandwood Park, IL17.4%1.4%/yrn/aCompare

Common questions

Is Fruit Heights a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 83 out of 100, better than 83% of the places we rate and 31st of 94 in Utah. After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household keeps about $121,400 a year, more than in 87% of the 1,875 places under 10,000 people we track. Household income rose 7.6% a year while rent rose 3% between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay gained on rent more than in 86% of the 2,476 places under 10,000 people we track. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Fruit Heights expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 16.5% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $667,700.

What salary do you need to live in Fruit Heights?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $77,280 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Fruit Heights?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Pearl River, NY, Preakness, NJ, Franklin Town, MA and Camas, WA.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  7. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  8. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  9. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  10. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  15. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Fruit Heights with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Fruit Heights itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/fruit-heights-utah

Citytistics. “Fruit Heights, Utah.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/fruit-heights-utah/

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