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How Lehi's prices compare to the US city average across major spending categories.
How far does your salary go in Lehi?
Your $100,000 in Lehi has the same purchasing power as $99,384 in the average US city. You'd need $616 more here to maintain that standard of living.
Demographics and workforce data from the US Census ACS 5-Year.
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Wondering whether you should move to Lehi? It depends on what you're optimizing for, but the city has real arguments in its favor: a high-income city, even by us standards and crime statistics come out reassuring, plus 3 more things worth knowing. The data behind each is below.
Median household income in Lehi is $117,243 — well above the US median of roughly $75k. It's a city where high-paying industries (tech, finance, professional services) cluster, and the income distribution tilts noticeably upward relative to most of the country.
Lehi reports roughly 980 crime incidents per 100,000 residents, well under the US average of about 3,500 per 100k. As always, citywide numbers paper over real differences between neighborhoods — but the broader trend here is on the calmer end of the US distribution.
Lehi's air quality index averages about 43 — comfortably in the EPA's "good" range. No daily ritual of checking the AQI before going for a run, no smoky-day plans, no surprise asthma flare-ups for the kids. The kind of background condition you notice mostly by its absence.
The average one-way commute in Lehi is about 22 minutes — short by US standards (the national average is closer to 27). Over a year of working days, that's hundreds of hours that don't get spent in traffic, which is the kind of thing you notice in the weekend rather than the weekday.
48% of adults 25 and over in Lehi hold a bachelor's degree or higher — meaningfully above the US average of around 36%. That correlates with the things you'd expect: stronger schools, more white-collar employers, more bookstores than the population alone would predict.
Reasons are pulled from Lehi's actual data — Census ACS, BLS, BEA, NOAA, EPA AQS, FBI, and Walk Score. We don't list positives that aren't supported by the numbers, which is why different cities show different sections.
Lehi gets a handful of meaningful snow days each year. Winters average about 26°F — cold enough for several inches at a time, warm enough for everything to melt between storms.
Cold but workable. Winter in Lehi averages about 26°F — colder than the national norm, mild compared to the upper Midwest. A solid coat handles most days; the genuine cold snaps are short.
Hot, but not desert-hot. Summer in Lehi runs about 90°F on average, with afternoons in the 90s and humidity that varies by region. AC is standard rather than optional.
Lehi falls in roughly USDA Zone 8. The zone classification is based on average annual minimum temperatures, so it's the right lookup for whether perennials and trees will overwinter here. Note that this is approximate from our winter-temperature data — check the USDA map for the exact zone before betting an expensive plant on it.
Lehi is at about 4,580 feet (1,396 m) — high enough that newcomers from sea level sometimes feel a touch winded the first few days, dehydrate faster than expected, and notice that water boils a little quicker. Acclimation is usually a week or so.
By the numbers, yes. Lehi reports roughly 980 crime incidents per 100,000 residents — well under the US average of about 3,500 per 100k. The big caveat applies as always: every city has neighborhoods that look nothing like the citywide average. But the citywide average here is genuinely good.
Roughly average. Lehi's cost-of-living index is 101, putting it in the band where rent, groceries, and utilities track the national norm. Not a bargain, not a premium.
Not really — Lehi is built around the car. Its Walk Score of 13 out of 100 means almost every errand is a drive. Transit Score is 29 out of 100. Living without a car is technically possible but real work; most residents wouldn't try it.
Roughly $70,434 a year would match the lifestyle of someone earning $70,000 in an average US city. That's a starting point, not a target — negotiate higher when you can. Median rent in Lehi runs about $1,681/mo — keeping housing under 30% of gross income points to a similar floor on what you'd want to earn.