Ogden vs Provo
Metro-area medians — Ogden, UT Metro Area vs Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT Metro Area — not the cities proper.
Ogden and Provo are evenly matched, each taking 3 of the clearly-decided measures.
Ogden and Provo are closely matched on both cost of living and household income. Adjusted for local prices, a typical paycheck stretches further in Provo.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you, Provo leaves you about $1,244/yr better off after tax and local prices.
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.
Choose Provo for
- + Cost-adjusted income (pay's real value)
- + Bachelor's degree or higher
- + Air quality (median AQI)
Ogden vs Provo — frequently asked
- Is Ogden cheaper than Provo?
- They are about even — the overall cost of living in the Ogden and Provo metros is within 3% of each other (BEA Regional Price Parities), so neither is meaningfully cheaper.
- Which has higher household income, Ogden or Provo?
- Provo has the higher median household income — $101,014 versus $98,456 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS), about 3% more.
- Does a paycheck go further in Ogden or Provo?
- A paycheck stretches further in Provo. Adjusted for local prices, the median income is worth $102,832 there versus $98,114 in Ogden.
- Which has cheaper rent, Ogden or Provo?
- Rents are close — $1,641/mo in the Ogden metro versus $1,611/mo in Provo (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS).