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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Lowest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Utah

The counties where FEMA's expected annual loss per household is smallest. Low exposure is one of the few housing-cost advantages that never shows up in the listing price. It shows up in what an insurer actually charges, which is not the same as the insurance figure in these tables, since that is a statewide average and cannot vary by county. Expected annual loss is FEMA's National Risk Index figure for the county, divided by the number of occupied housing units the Census reports there.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Utah ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Uintah County $321Very Low$270,200
2 Carbon County $562Very Low$200,700
3 Duchesne County $814Very Low$253,600
4 Cache County $900Relatively Low$392,800
5 Emery County $1,061Very Low$197,100
6 San Juan County $1,084Very Low$189,900
7 Davis County $1,114Relatively Moderate$470,500
8 Weber County $1,125Relatively Moderate$389,200
9 Tooele County $1,148Relatively Low$391,300
10 Grand County $1,160Very Low$480,900
11 Sevier County $1,363Very Low$274,100
12 Morgan County $1,378Very Low$600,900
13 Sanpete County $1,385Very Low$300,400
14 Wasatch County $1,393Very Low$724,400
15 Utah County $1,472Relatively High$489,200
16 Salt Lake County $1,492Relatively High$484,500
17 Iron County $1,553Relatively Low$342,900
18 Box Elder County $1,633Relatively Low$357,400
19 Millard County $1,654Very Low$246,400
20 Wayne County $1,693Very Low$364,800
21 Rich County $1,982Very Low$291,200
22 Beaver County $2,004Very Low$287,600
23 Washington County $2,207Relatively Moderate$465,600
24 Piute County $2,231Very Low$235,400
25 Juab County $2,385Very Low$369,800
26 Summit County $2,664Relatively Low$1,000,400
27 Kane County $4,265Very Low$350,900
28 Garfield County $5,117Very Low$285,800
29 Daggett County $9,464Very Low$242,100

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Lowest Expected Disaster Loss per Household across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Utah

Other rankings

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