City safety & data profile
Cedar CityUT
Cedar City, UT is a 30K-resident city in Iron County with a median household income of $63,589.
Iron County, Utah. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Cedar City, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Cedar City has a population larger than 63% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $377,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 30K
- Population (place)
- Top 37%
- By size
- $63,589
- Median income (place)
- $377,000
- Median home (place)
- 18.9%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Cedar City
Cedar City posts a median household income higher than 28% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Cedar City area.
- Bottom 29%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Cedar City
Composite score · Cedar City, UT
45/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Cedar City in context: the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Cedar City income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$63,589 Bottom 28% higher than 28% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Biggest cities by headcount in UT
Ranked by headcount across the 58 UT places Areazine tracks with both population and income data. Tooltip carries the income rank.
- Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, UT
215,548 residents
- West Valley City
West Valley City, UT
136,208 residents
- Provo
Provo, UT
115,162 residents
- West Jordan
West Jordan, UT
111,946 residents
- Orem
Orem, UT
94,457 residents
- Sandy
Sandy, UT
87,461 residents
- Ogden 85,444
Ogden, UT
85,444 residents
- Layton 74,143
Layton, UT
74,143 residents
- Saint George 72,897
Saint George, UT
72,897 residents
- South Jordan 66,648
South Jordan, UT
66,648 residents
What this shows By headcount, Salt Lake City ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Highland.
Highest median incomes in UT
The same 58-city UT pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.
- Highland
Highland, UT
$186,075 median
- Alpine
Alpine, UT
$168,929 median
- Cedar Hills
Cedar Hills, UT
$139,008 median
- South Jordan
South Jordan, UT
$134,047 median
- Syracuse
Syracuse, UT
$133,443 median
- Kaysville
Kaysville, UT
$133,026 median
- Lehi
Lehi, UT
$131,299 median
- Bluffdale
Bluffdale, UT
$129,531 median
- Draper
Draper, UT
$128,910 median
- Saratoga Springs
Saratoga Springs, UT
$128,802 median
What this shows Income honors go to Highland here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Salt Lake City.
The quick read
Reading Cedar City, UT beyond the headline numbers
Cedar City sits inside Iron County, Utah, at roughly 37.68°N, -113.06°W. Population 30,184, $63,589 median household income. Median home value $377,000, median rent $1,054. Poverty rate 18.9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Cedar City, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 51.4°F annual average, 13" precipitation.
Cedar City's median age is 26.8 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 12% in Cedar City, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
The median home in Cedar City costs around 5.9 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
18.9% of Cedar City, UT residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
A typical renter in Cedar City, UT pays $1,054/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
Public transit carries 0.1% of Cedar City workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Unemployment in Cedar City sits at 4%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Remote work covers 10.7% of Cedar City workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
35.6% of Cedar City adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Cedar City from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
A Decade of Change 2013–2024
County-level trend (Iron County): Cedar City's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
What stands out most about Cedar City's economic profile: poverty rate at 18.9%, 52% above the average across tracked places. A second figure worth noting: median rent at $1,054/mo, 32% below the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 18.9% +52% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 35.6% |
| Work From Home | 10.7% |
| Public Transit | 0.1% |
Population Snapshot
Health at a Glance 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospital Access 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsFlood Insurance Claims History
FEMA NFIP, county-levelSince 2016, NFIP has paid out $134K across 9 flood insurance claims filed in Iron County.
Most claims in this county are not tied to a single named storm or hurricane in the NFIP record.
Source: FEMA National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) claims, via OpenFEMA. County-level data: individual claims are not attributed to a specific city or address by FEMA.
What alerts and safety updates affect Cedar City?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Cedar City right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet UT-CEDAR-CITY · Cedar City
Cedar City: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Cedar City; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Utah state hubs · Methodology
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Cedar City, both outside Utah so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside UT (18.9% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside UT ($63,589 here).
Compare Cedar City with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
In the Area 8
Turning this into a research checklist
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Cedar City area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Cedar City against Utah peers on any ranking lens. Explore Utah
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Iron County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.