UT area data
Escalante, UT
Escalante, UT.
Population: 772 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 718.4 (+0.8% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Average)
- 98.9 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 13.1¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $10.20/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Schools
- Total schools
- 2
- Elementary schools
- 1
- Middle schools
- 0
- High schools
- 1
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Very Low
- Top hazards
- lightning, winterWeather, avalanche, heatWave, landslide
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 52.0°F
- Average high
- 68.0°F
- Average low
- 37.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 10.8 in
- Annual snowfall
- 26.9 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 9
- Days with Good air quality
- 116
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 5
- Nearest national park
- Bryce Canyon National Park (35 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Escalante Municipal Airport (2 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Bryce Canyon Airport (BCE) (30 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 1
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 12
- Solar radiation rating
- Good (5.2 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,982
- Median annual property tax
- $1,235
- Households with broadband internet
- 65.0%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 1,890
- Average weekly wage
- $716
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Construction, Wholesale Trade
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 57
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