City safety & data profile

HurricaneUT

Hurricane, UT is a 16K-resident city in Washington County with a median household income of $75,016.

Washington County, Utah. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Hurricane, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Hurricane has a population larger than 30% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $456,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

16K
Population (place)
Bottom 31%
By size
$75,016
Median income (place)
$456,000
Median home (place)
9%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Hurricane

Hurricane posts a median household income higher than 43% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Hurricane area.

Bottom 44%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Hurricane

Composite score · Hurricane, UT

55/100

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.

Violent crime A+
177 /100k

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.

Poverty rate C+
9.0%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Household income D
$75,016

Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

Bachelor's+ share F
28.0%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.

See the full national tables: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).

Where Hurricane income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$75,016 Bottom 43% higher than 43% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Hurricane $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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

Population ranking: UT

58 UT places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.

residents

What this shows By headcount, Salt Lake City ranks #1 here -- income honors go to Highland.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Top earners by city in UT

The same 58-city UT pool, sorted by median household income instead of headcount. Tooltip carries the population rank.

median

What this shows Income honors go to Highland here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Salt Lake City.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Hurricane, UT beyond the headline numbers

Hurricane sits inside Washington County, Utah, at roughly 37.18°N, -113.29°W. Population 15,501, $75,016 median household income. Median home value $456,000, median rent $1,426. Poverty rate 9%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Hurricane (nearest 17.2 mi away), 5/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 60.8°F annual average, 11.7" precipitation.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 9.9% in Hurricane, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

The median home in Hurricane costs around 6.1 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.

At 42.7 years, Hurricane's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Unemployment in Hurricane sits at 3.9%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.

28% of Hurricane adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, below the midpoint of reporting cities.

At 9%, poverty in Hurricane, UT runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

Remote work covers 11.6% of Hurricane workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Median rent in Hurricane, UT runs $1,426/month, below the midpoint for reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Hurricane 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.

Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024

County-level trend (Washington County): Hurricane'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.

20132024
Population
196K+38%
Median Income
$80,632+64%
Median Home Value
$510,700+140%
Poverty Rate
9.8%-36%
Unemployment
3.6%-65%

Money & Work

What stands out most about Hurricane's economic profile: poverty rate at 9.0%, 27% below the average across tracked places. Median household income runs 16% below average too, at $75,016.

Economics indicators for Hurricane, UT
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,426/mo
Poverty Rate
9% -27% vs avg
Unemployment 3.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 28%
Work From Home 11.6%
Public Transit 0.2%

By the Numbers

White 85.5%
African American 0.4%
Asian 1.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
35%
High Blood Pressure
35%
Obesity
34.1%
Physical Inactivity
17.3%
Frequent Mental Distress
16%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.4%
Diabetes
11.1%
Current Asthma
10.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
10%
Binge Drinking
9.9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 68.5%
Annual Checkup 72.4%

Other Measures

Current Smoking
8.7%
Coronary Heart Disease
7%
Stroke
3.6%

Nearest Hospitals 1 within 25 mi

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.

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
0
★★★
0
★★
0
0
Average Rating
5/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
ST. GEORGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL
ST GEORGE · 17.2 mi away · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★★

Climate

NOAA 1991-2020 Normals
Avg Temperature
61°F
Annual Rainfall
11.7"
Hot Months (>80°F)
4
Cold Months (<40°F)
1
52°
29°
Jan
1.4"
57°
33°
Feb
1.8"
66°
40°
Mar
1.4"
73°
44°
Apr
0.8"
83°
52°
May
0.5"
94°
61°
Jun
0.2"
98°
68°
Jul
0.6"
96°
67°
Aug
1.0"
89°
59°
Sep
0.9"
76°
47°
Oct
1.0"
62°
35°
Nov
0.9"
51°
28°
Dec
1.2"

Cost of Living

BEA 2024
97.3 Regional Price Parity

2.7% below national average

US avg
97.3

Metro area: St. George, UT (MSA)

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities via FRED. RPP of 100 = national average.

Flood Claims on Record

FEMA NFIP, county-level
22
Claims filed
$808K
Total paid out
X
Most common flood zone

22 flood insurance claims have been filed in Washington County since 2016, with $808K paid out by the NFIP.

The NFIP record does not attribute most of this county's claims to one named flood event.

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 Hurricane?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Hurricane right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet UT-HURRICANE · Hurricane

Hurricane: 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 Hurricane; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Utah state hubs · Methodology

Related reading

What People Ask 9

What is the population of Hurricane, UT?
Hurricane, UT has a population of 15,501 people, located in Washington County, Utah.
What is the median household income in Hurricane?
The median household income in Hurricane, UT is $75,016 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 9%.
What is the median home value in Hurricane?
The median home value in Hurricane, UT is $456,000. Median rent is $1,426/month.
What are the top health concerns in Hurricane?
The top health indicators in Hurricane include Short Sleep Duration (35%), High Blood Pressure (35%), Obesity (34.1%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What hospitals are near Hurricane?
The nearest hospital to Hurricane, UT is ST. GEORGE REGIONAL HOSPITAL (17.2 mi, in ST GEORGE). 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Hurricane?
The median age in Hurricane, UT is 42.7 years. 28% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.
What is the climate like in Hurricane?
Hurricane has an average annual temperature of 60.8°F and 11.7" of annual precipitation.
What is the cost of living in Hurricane?
The regional price parity for Hurricane is 97.321, meaning prices are 2.7% below the national average.
Has Hurricane had flood insurance claims?
Washington County, Utah has recorded 22 NFIP flood insurance claims since 2016, totaling $808K in payouts. This is county-level data: FEMA does not attribute individual claims to a specific city.

Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Hurricane, both outside Utah so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside UT (9% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside UT ($75,016 here).

Compare Hurricane 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.

Quick picks:

In the Area 8

Next steps for Hurricane

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 Hurricane area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Income and poverty rate tell different stories, two places sharing a median can still diverge sharply on poverty.
  • Compare Hurricane against Utah peers on any ranking lens. Explore Utah

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

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 (Washington 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.