MOST FINANCIALLY HEALTHY PLACES IN UTAH.

PositionAround Utah: Facts - Brief article

A SmartAsset study from this year calculated the financial health of counties around the United States. To calculate the Financial Health Index, the study looked at debt as a percent of income, bankruptcies, poverty rates and unemployment rates. It then ranked the counties on each of the categories and then indexed each category, then added those indices together and indexed them.

No Utah counties even broke into the top 100 counties in the nation for financial health, with Summit County topping the Utah ranks as the No. 288 financially healthiest county in the state.

HERE'S HOW UTAH SHAPES UP VERSUS THE FINANCIALLY HEALTHIEST COUNTIES IN THE UNITED STATES. Debt as a Percentage Poverty Rank County of Income Bankruptcies Rate 1 Los Alamos, NM 1.18% 0.39 4.00% 2 Iowa, IA 0.99% 0.49 6.90% 3 Grundy, IA 1.14% 0.49 6.30% 4 Falls Church 1.56% 1.28 3.40% City, VA 5 Lincoln, SD 1.54% 1.12 4.30% National 1.21% 2.37 14.70% Average 288 Summit, UT 2.49% 1.24 6.20% 794 Wasatch, UT 2.74% 2.23 6.90% 1001 Davis, UT 2.12% 3.75 6.90% Unemployment Financial Rank County Rate...

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