Moving to Bountiful: what it costs and how to get set up

Middle 2025 property tax rate: 1.010%Utah State Tax Commission, 2025 final adopted rates, October 24, 2026
Median value owners report: $532,200U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year estimates 2020-2024, January 29, 2026
Drive to the SLC airport: 22 minGeoapify routing on OpenStreetMap roads, without traffic, October 24, 2026
Drive to downtown Salt Lake City: 15 minGeoapify routing on OpenStreetMap roads, without traffic, October 24, 2026

Moving to Bountiful, Utah, in short: the middle 2025 property tax rate is 1.010%, about 0.556% of a primary home's value a year; owners report a median home value of $532,200; the city's and the providers' own pages say who supplies power, water and the other services. Below are the numbers, the providers and the state's own first steps, each with its source.

What does it cost to live in Bountiful?

The median value of owner-occupied homes in Bountiful is $532,200, as owners reported it (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates). That is not a sale price: for what homes are selling for now, ask us, and see the full monthly payment for a Bountiful home with its own tax rate. Check the monthly payment in Bountiful.

Bountiful's 7 tax areas had total 2025 rates of 1.004% to 1.022% of taxable value, middle 1.010% (Utah State Tax Commission, 2025 final adopted rates by tax area). A primary home is taxed on 55% of its market value, so at the middle rate the year's tax is about 0.556% of the home's value. See the tax in the monthly payment.

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How do you set up power, water and trash in Bountiful?

From each provider's or the city's own website. Providers can differ by address, so confirm with Bountiful for yours.

City: Bountiful city website
Power: Bountiful City Light & Power (city-owned)
Natural gas: Enbridge Gas Utah (formerly Dominion Energy Utah)
Water and sewer: Bountiful City Water Department (water; parts of the city are served by South Davis Water District); sewer by South Davis Sewer District (separate bill, semi-annual)
Garbage and recycling: Bountiful City Sanitation (city service; recycling collection contracted)
Public schools: Davis School District
Find your school: Davis School District school lookup
Driver licence office: Farmington, 631 North Lagoon Drive, Farmington
Register to vote: Utah voter registration

Your first weeks in Utah

The state's own pages. Each sets its own deadlines for new residents, so check them there.

Driver licence: Utah Driver License Division
Car registration: Utah Division of Motor Vehicles
Public schools: Utah State Board of Education
Buses and TRAX: Utah Transit Authority

Getting around Bountiful

From the centre of Bountiful, by road without traffic: 15 minutes to Downtown SLC (12.2 miles), 22 minutes to SLC airport (15.9 miles), 33 minutes to Silicon Slopes (Lehi) (35 miles) and 23 minutes to University of Utah (15 miles) (Geoapify routing on OpenStreetMap roads, checked monthly). Rush hour takes longer. Areas by drive time to Downtown SLC.

Downtown SLC: 15 minutes (12.2 miles)
SLC airport: 22 minutes (15.9 miles)
Silicon Slopes (Lehi): 33 minutes (35 miles)
University of Utah: 23 minutes (15 miles)

Questions people ask

Which schools serve Bountiful?

Bountiful is served by Davis School District. 23 public schools are within 3 miles of the city centre (NCES, 2024-25). Boundaries change, so type an address in our school finder and confirm with the district. Find the district for an address.

What is near Bountiful?

Nearest from the centre of Bountiful: Foxwood kitchens and baths (groceries, 1 minutes), Bountiful Town Square (parks, 1 minutes), South Davis Community Hospital (hospitals, 2 minutes) and Snowbasin (ski areas, 39 minutes), by road without traffic (places: Geoapify and OpenStreetMap; checked monthly). See every place with its drive.

Is there new construction in Bountiful?

Of Bountiful's 15,585 homes, 5.8% were built from 2010 to 2019 and 1.1% in 2020 or later (U.S. Census Bureau, 2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates). For new-build homes for sale now, ask us: builders' current communities change month to month. Ask about new construction.

How does Bountiful compare with nearby cities?

By middle 2025 property tax rate (Utah State Tax Commission, 2025 final adopted rates by tax area): Bountiful 1.010%, Centerville 1.045% and Farmington 0.998%. Our side-by-side pages put drive times, schools and places for each pair together. Compare Bountiful and Centerville.

More on Bountiful: the Bountiful area guide, the monthly payment for a Bountiful home, moving to Bountiful and the school finder. Questions about a home in Bountiful? Ask us and a real person replies.