Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 65/100
C+
Median home value$784,800
Salt Lake City $515,400
Median rent$1,894/mo
Salt Lake City $1,583/mo
Cost-burdened households30%
Salt Lake City 29%
Draper
Salt Lake & Utah counties50,278 residents2 school districts
66
C+
Suburbgrade score
12th of 21 Salt Lake City suburbs. Strongest on employment & income, held back by amenities.
66
Salt Lake City median 67
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A+ · 100
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What living here is actually like
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What Draper is like to live in, by category
Bars show Draper against Salt Lake City. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · inactive
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Within-state proficiency—
percentile among districts in the same state
Student–teacher ratio23.9
Salt Lake City median 22.4
Graduation rate—
four-year adjusted cohort
Cost of living
14% of the score · 71/100
B−
Housing cost index127
Salt Lake City 100
Eff. tax rate0.40%
Salt Lake City 0.50%
Local sales tax7.42%
Salt Lake City median 7.42%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 68/100
B−
Mean commute24.0 min
Salt Lake City 22.8 min
Under 30 minutes65%
Salt Lake City 71%
Transit stops / sq mi0.8
Salt Lake City median 8.6 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 52/100
D+
Restaurants & cafés12
Salt Lake City median 70 · within 2 miles
Groceries1
Salt Lake City median 6 · within 2 miles
Parks71
Salt Lake City median 72 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 75/100
B
Median household income$128,910
Salt Lake City $98,083
Unemployment2.4%
Salt Lake City 3.8%
Professional occupations57%
Salt Lake City 44%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
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Better than Draper on amenities
Draper's weakest grade is D+. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same six inputs.
SuburbAmenitiesOverall
Midvale8 mi from DraperA 66 C+ Millcreek13 mi from DraperA 72 B− South Salt Lake15 mi from DraperA− 65 C+ Murray11 mi from DraperA− 72 B− Taylorsville12 mi from DraperA− 68 B− South Jordan8 mi from DraperB+ 72 B− Restaurants & cafés: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026 · Groceries: OpenStreetMap Sep 2026
Common questions about living in Draper
Is Draper, UT a good place to live?
Draper scores 66 out of 100, 12th of 21 Salt Lake City suburbs. It is strongest on employment & income and weakest on amenities. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Draper expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades B−. The median home is $784,800, 52% above the Salt Lake City median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.40%. $1,894/mo is the median gross rent.
How long is the commute from Draper?
The mean commute is 24.0 min, with 65% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 25% working from home. Transit density is 0.8 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Draper?
Within two miles there are 1 groceries, 12 restaurants and cafés and 71 parks, which grades D+ on amenities.
Are the homes in Draper old or new?
The median home in Draper was built in 2003 — newer than the Salt Lake City median of 1987. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 77% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.
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