Provo, UT
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Provo ranks 10th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 22nd for income. A household earns $101,014 a year while median rent runs $1,611/mo, making it comfortably affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 2% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is affordability (10th of 300), while home prices is the soft spot (273rd). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 238th and home prices 273rd among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Provo, your take-home is worth about $58,981 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 22nd of 300↑27.6%$101,014
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 196th of 30098 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $102,832
- Per-capita income
- $39,170
- Full-time pay
- $40,219
Housing
- Median rent
- 238th of 300↑43.7%$1,611/mo
- Home value
- 273rd of 300↑62.1%$584,600
- Property tax
- $2,532/yr · 0.4%
- Sales tax
- 7.32%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 129th of 3004.2%
- Bachelor's+
- 37th of 30044%
- Avg commute
- 193rd of 30025.4 min
People
- Population
- 760,154
- Population change
- +17%
- Median age
- 26.5 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 9.5%
- Broadband
- 95.4%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 162nd of 30047
- Natural-hazard loss
- 228th of 300$18/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 10th of 30014%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 9.5%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Household income
- + Education
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Rent
- – Home prices
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — delta.
What jobs pay in Provo
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $413,910
- IT managers
- $168,730
- Financial managers
- $154,990
- Pharmacists
- $139,980
- Software developers
- $131,210
- Lawyers
- $130,370
- Web developers
- $103,970
- General & operations managers
- $95,790
- Civil engineers
- $84,180
- Registered nurses
- $81,780
- Police officers
- $76,290
- Accountants & auditors
- $75,700
- Secondary school teachers
- $75,230
- Elementary school teachers
- $62,930
- Electricians
- $60,860
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $59,820
- Plumbers
- $57,130
- Carpenters
- $53,230
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $48,990
- Construction laborers
- $46,640
- Customer service reps
- $39,560
- Retail salespersons
- $33,120
- Cashiers
- $31,600
- Janitors
- $31,190
- Waiters & waitresses
- $30,490
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Provo metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Utah are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- California5,743
- Idaho2,617
- Texas2,069
- Colorado1,737
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Provo metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Provo metro?
- Median gross rent across the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area is $1,611 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Provo.
- What is the median household income in the Provo metro?
- A typical household in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area earns $101,014 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Provo expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area runs about 2% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Provo metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $102,832 (versus its face value of $101,014). CityLedger rates the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area comfortably affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Provo metro?
- The median home value across the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area is $584,600 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Provo metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area is 4.2% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).