Utah County Distress Index
Financial distress scores for all 29 counties in Utah, scored 0–100 across five domains. Mean score: 35.0.
Data: Census, BLS, Urban Institute, HUD, US Courts | Scores as of 2026-03-26
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All 29 Utah counties colored by distress zone. Hover for details; click released counties for full reports.
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Score Distribution
How Utah's 29 county scores are distributed across the 0–100 scale.
All Utah Counties
29 counties ranked by distress score. Click column headers to sort.
| State Rank | Nat'l Rank | County | Score | Zone | Primary Driver |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,381 | Grand County | 53.3 | Elevated | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 2 | 1,457 | San Juan County | 52.0 | Elevated | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 3 | 1,536 | Carbon County | 50.7 | Elevated | Housing Cost Burden |
| 4 | 1,709 | Salt Lake County | 48.1 | Normal | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 5 | 1,877 | Washington County | 45.4 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 6 | 1,905 | Weber County | 44.9 | Normal | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 7 | 2,112 | Uintah County | 41.2 | Normal | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 8 | 2,121 | Iron County | 41.0 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 9 | 2,135 | Duchesne County | 40.8 | Normal | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 10 | 2,183 | Sevier County | 40.2 | Normal | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 11 | 2,284 | Tooele County | 38.5 | Normal | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 12 | 2,321 | Sanpete County | 37.8 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 13 | 2,395 | Utah County | 36.4 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 14 | 2,469 | Cache County | 35.1 | Normal | Housing Cost Burden |
| 15 | 2,535 | Kane County | 33.9 | Healthy | Housing Cost Burden |
| 16 | 2,637 | Piute County | 32.3 | Healthy | Structural Poverty |
| 17 | 2,643 | Davis County | 32.1 | Healthy | Housing Cost Burden |
| 18 | 2,663 | Box Elder County | 31.6 | Healthy | Housing Cost Burden |
| 19 | 2,680 | Garfield County | 31.4 | Healthy | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 20 | 2,734 | Emery County | 30.5 | Healthy | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 21 | 2,800 | Juab County | 29.1 | Healthy | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 22 | 2,864 | Beaver County | 27.7 | Healthy | Housing Cost Burden |
| 23 | 2,896 | Millard County | 26.9 | Healthy | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 24 | 2,931 | Wayne County | 26.0 | Healthy | Structural Poverty |
| 25 | 2,932 | Wasatch County | 26.0 | Healthy | Housing Cost Burden |
| 26 | 2,946 | Daggett County | 25.6 | Healthy | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 27 | 3,040 | Rich County | 21.7 | Healthy | Consumer Credit Distress |
| 28 | 3,061 | Summit County | 20.6 | Healthy | Housing Cost Burden |
| 29 | 3,136 | Morgan County | 15.1 | Healthy | Economic Vitality |
How County Scores Work
Each county is scored 0–100 using PCA-weighted percentile-rank scoring across five statistically derived dimensions: Consumer Credit Distress, Housing Cost Burden, Structural Poverty, Economic Vitality, and Legal Distress. A score of 50 means the county falls at the national median. Higher scores indicate greater household financial distress.