These Are The 10 Laziest Places In Utah

Everyone hates the lazy person in the office. The guy or gal who manages to offload all of their work to you, but somehow still takes the credit for it.

And if you live in one of these Utah towns, you might look in the mirror and see that lazy person staring right back at you.

We’re not trying to be mean; it’s just that the lazy ethos can penetrate from the location into the workplace and no one wants to work with lazy people.

So we got to work late on a Friday night to figure out the places around Utah that spend the day on Reddit and get by with the bare minimum. Using data from the latest American Community Survey, we identified criteria associated with laziness for each city.

After crunching all the numbers, here are the ten “Laziest Places in Utah” based on data:

Read on to see where the couch potatoes call home or skip to the end to find where your town ranked.

Oh, and by the way, Saratoga Springs is the hardest-working place in UT.

How We Determined The Laziest Places In The Beehive State

Like all problems here at Zippia, we start with the data to answer the hard questions. Some might even consider us the hardest working data-crunchers this side of the Mississippi.

In this particular case, we went to the latest version of the American Community Survey looking for answers. As luck would have it, the Census Bureau just released the 2010-2014 5-Yr Estimate which would make this analysis the first of it’s kind with the new data.

After scrolling through what seemed like hundreds of criteria, we settled on this set for the laziest places in Utah:

Lowest average hours worked
Shortest commute time
Fewest workers per household (Labor force divided by the number households)
Highest unemployment rate
Fewest adults with a college degree

Our thinking went something along the lines of if you can’t bother to go college, don’t spend any time at work, and have only one person per household bringing home the bacon, your town is probably pretty lazy.

After we got the data for the 85 places in Utah over 5,000 people, we ranked each place from 1 to 85 for each of the criteria with 1 being the “laziest”.

Next, we averaged the rankings for each to create a lazy index.

Finally, we crowned the place with the lowest lazy index the “Laziest Place In Utah”. And, at the end of the day, Price slacked off its way to the top.

Read the detailed chart below to learn a bit more about why each place ranked where it did.

1. Price

Population: 8,585College Educated: 15.5%
Unemployment Rate: 10.1%

2. Richfield

Population: 7,550College Educated: 19.1%
Unemployment Rate: 8.0%

3. St. George

Population: 75,469College Educated: 28.1%
Unemployment Rate: 9.5%

4. Washington Terrace

Population: 9,140College Educated: 20.5%
Unemployment Rate: 9.3%

5. Ogden

Population: 83,767College Educated: 18.6%
Unemployment Rate: 10.0%

6. Sunset

Population: 5,145College Educated: 12.7%
Unemployment Rate: 9.8%

7. Tremonton

Population: 7,833College Educated: 15.0%
Unemployment Rate: 8.5%

8. Ephraim

Population: 6,303College Educated: 26.3%
Unemployment Rate: 17.4%

9. Moab

Population: 5,105College Educated: 24.8%
Unemployment Rate: 9.2%

10. Vernal

Population: 9,882College Educated: 15.5%
Unemployment Rate: 6.8%

Slacking Your Way Off To The Bottom

Like we said earlier, trying to determine the laziest places in Utah is usually a subjective matter. But if you’re analyzing cities where people don’t work, where a good education is rare, and no one’s willing to put in the long hours, then this is an accurate list of laziness.

Detailed List Of The Laziest Places In Utah

City	Rank	Population	College Educated	Unemployment Rate
Price	1	8,585	15.5%	10.1%
Richfield	2	7,550	19.1%	8.0%
St. George	3	75,469	28.1%	9.5%
Washington Terrace	4	9,140	20.5%	9.3%
Ogden	5	83,767	18.6%	10.0%
Sunset	6	5,145	12.7%	9.8%
Tremonton	7	7,833	15.0%	8.5%
Ephraim	8	6,303	26.3%	17.4%
Moab	9	5,105	24.8%	9.2%
Vernal	10	9,882	15.5%	6.8%
Washington	11	20,999	27.0%	9.0%
Cedar City	12	29,175	33.6%	12.6%
Riverdale	13	8,532	21.8%	9.8%
Enoch	14	6,006	17.5%	14.7%
Clearfield	15	30,361	19.7%	7.0%
South Salt Lake	16	24,315	23.3%	8.5%
Roosevelt	17	6,390	18.7%	5.0%
Brigham City	18	18,264	21.0%	6.0%
Nephi	19	5,442	16.2%	5.5%
Logan	20	48,933	36.9%	7.1%
Taylorsville	21	59,920	20.5%	7.5%
Hurricane	22	14,338	22.5%	3.4%
Harrisville	23	5,828	19.0%	10.2%
Salt Lake City	24	189,267	42.1%	8.2%
Midvale	25	29,957	23.8%	7.4%
West Valley City	26	132,329	12.7%	9.2%
Hyrum	27	7,751	21.5%	7.2%
Tooele	28	32,164	17.4%	9.0%
Murray	29	47,909	30.0%	6.6%
Roy	30	37,472	19.8%	5.7%
South Ogden	31	16,702	31.9%	4.8%
Smithfield	32	10,233	28.9%	6.2%
Orem	33	90,485	35.6%	7.7%
Santa Clara	34	6,404	37.9%	12.0%
Ivins	35	7,184	30.2%	4.5%
North Logan	36	9,007	51.6%	5.3%
American Fork	37	27,366	33.5%	6.5%
Santaquin	38	9,694	20.4%	8.0%
Provo	39	114,804	39.9%	7.4%
Providence	40	7,026	47.4%	5.1%
Bountiful	41	42,947	40.1%	5.4%
West Haven	42	10,996	24.9%	6.6%
Spanish Fork	43	36,337	27.8%	6.6%
Salem	44	6,789	33.6%	6.1%
Payson	45	18,928	23.6%	6.6%
Holladay	46	26,896	51.5%	4.8%
Pleasant Grove	47	34,858	37.0%	6.5%
Farr West	48	6,113	21.0%	2.4%
Grantsville	49	9,391	23.6%	7.1%
Springville	50	30,649	36.5%	5.6%
Alpine	51	9,856	46.4%	6.8%
North Salt Lake	52	17,465	41.2%	5.9%
Centerville	53	16,104	42.5%	3.8%
Park City	54	7,845	60.7%	2.5%
Lindon	55	10,434	40.7%	5.9%
Lehi	56	51,982	39.1%	6.1%
South Weber	57	6,386	30.5%	5.8%
Heber	58	12,434	28.5%	7.0%
Woods Cross	59	10,389	30.4%	3.7%
West Jordan	60	108,062	23.5%	6.8%
Nibley	61	5,866	35.7%	4.6%
Mapleton	62	8,545	38.8%	8.3%
Hooper	63	7,720	22.2%	5.9%
Clinton	64	20,796	22.1%	4.7%
Pleasant View	65	8,426	39.3%	3.9%
North Ogden	66	17,743	33.5%	4.6%
Cottonwood Heights	67	33,932	46.8%	5.6%
Bluffdale	68	8,319	29.9%	7.9%
Layton	69	69,508	31.8%	4.6%
Sandy	70	89,521	38.7%	5.6%
Plain City	71	5,859	21.3%	2.6%
Highland	72	16,491	57.7%	5.6%
Fruit Heights	73	5,353	50.5%	5.6%
West Bountiful	74	5,353	31.6%	2.7%
Kaysville	75	28,480	45.7%	4.0%
West Point	76	9,863	23.9%	3.7%
Cedar Hills	77	10,025	53.4%	5.8%
Herriman	78	25,022	29.4%	5.6%
Farmington	79	20,440	45.3%	3.0%
Draper	80	44,656	39.8%	4.4%
South Jordan	81	56,528	38.7%	5.3%
Eagle Mountain	82	23,468	33.0%	4.9%
Riverton	83	40,274	31.4%	3.9%
Syracuse	84	25,374	36.6%	3.4%
Saratoga Springs	85	21,061	42.1%	5.3%

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Author

Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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