See how your city in Utah compares to other cities based on how well they protect the free market, your individual liberty, and your private property rights.

An analysis of city ordinances and fees from Utah's top 50 most populous cities based on over 100 data points calculated in 22 metrics.

This comprehensive ranking contains significant detail; click on any of the information in the table below to drill down and learn about the ranking. You can also learn about our metrics and scoring methodology.

Note: For this index, 1 means most free, and 50 means least free.

Ranking	City	Population (2010)	Individual Liberty	Private Property	Free Enterprise	Best	Worst
1	Heber City	11,362	5	5	5	Sales Tax	Business Licensing
2	Farmington	18,275	27	1	7	Daytime Curfew	Code Accessiblity
3	Woods Cross	9,761	38	2	1	Lobbying	Code Accessiblity
4	West Haven	10,272	24	6	9	Vice Regulation	Code Accessiblity
5	Syracuse	24,331	14	12	4	Gun Regulation	Daytime Curfew
6	North Ogden	17,357	9	8	12	Loitering	Home Building Fees
7	Tooele	31,605	3	25	6	Vice Regulation	Lobbying
8	Centerville	15,335	21	9	11	Campaign Contribution Limits	Code Accessiblity
9	Bountiful	42,552	6	10	17	Lobbying	Home Building Fees
10	Clinton	20,426	30	3	22	Campaign Contribution Limits	Business Licensing
11	Riverton	38,753	7	17	14	Daytime Curfew	Home Building Fees
12	Eagle Mountain	21,415	32	22	2	Campaign Contribution Limits	Bonded Debt
13	Cedar Hills	9,796	11	20	15	Free Speech	Bonded Debt
14	Kaysville	27,300	50	7	3	Lobbying	Free Speech
15	Cedar City	28,857	45	11	8	Daytime Curfew	Dog Licensing
16	West Jordan	103,712	4	26	21	Campaign Contribution Limits	Conditional Use Permit Fees
17	North Salt Lake	16,322	19	13	26	Code Accessiblity	Animal Restrictions
18	Draper	42,274	1	15	44	Free Speech	Lobbying
19	Lindon	10,070	31	16	27	Short-term Rentals	Beer Sale Restrictions
20	Brigham City	17,899	8	38	20	Loitering	Bonded Debt
21	Layton	67,311	40	19	19	Violation of Ordinances	Daytime Curfew
22	Murray	46,746	2	35	35	Dog Licensing	Animal Restrictions
23	Cottonwood Heights	33,433	41	4	41	Bonded Debt	Loitering
24	Roy	36,884	22	21	34	Campaign Contribution Limits	Dog Licensing
25	Logan	48,174	26	28	25	Code Accessiblity	City-owned Enterprises
26	Hurricane	13,748	17	36	23	Campaign Contribution Limits	Home Building Fees
27	Lehi	47,407	39	42	10	Code Accessiblity	Free Speech
28	Payson	18,294	33	33	18	Campaign Contribution Limits	Bonded Debt
29	Midvale	27,964	15	31	33	Free Speech	Bonded Debt
30	Taylorsville	58,652	23	14	40	Free Speech	Loitering
31	Springville	29,466	25	24	37	Short-term Rentals	Beer Sale Restrictions
32	South Ogden	16,532	29	29	32	Code Accessiblity	Animal Restrictions
33	Pleasant Grove	33,509	37	41	13	Campaign Contribution Limits	Bonded Debt
34	South Jordan	50,418	12	37	36	Daytime Curfew	Lobbying
35	St. George	72,897	13	43	28	Campaign Contribution Limits	Alcohol Licensing
36	Spanish Fork	34,691	43	30	24	Campaign Contribution Limits	City-owned Enterprises
37	Highland	15,523	16	23	43	Code Accessiblity	Alcohol Licensing
38	Herriman	21,785	35	39	30	Campaign Contribution Limits	Lobbying
39	Saratoga Springs	17,781	20	44	31	Daytime Curfew	Home Building Fees
40	Holladay	26,472	44	18	42	Daytime Curfew	Conditional Use Permit Fees
41	Washington	18,761	28	45	29	Lobbying	Dog Licensing
42	Orem	88,328	36	27	46	Free Speech	Alcohol Licensing
43	West Valley City	129,480	18	32	50	Free Speech	Business Licensing
44	Clearfield	25,974	48	47	16	Lobbying	Animal Restrictions
45	Provo	112,488	46	40	38	Code Accessiblity	City-owned Enterprises
46	American Fork	26,263	10	50	39	Conditional Use Permit Fees	Bonded Debt
47	South Salt Lake	23,617	34	46	45	Code Accessiblity	Sales Tax
48	Sandy	87,461	47	34	48	Campaign Contribution Limits	Lobbying
49	Ogden	82,825	42	48	47	Code Accessiblity	Taxes & Cost of Government
50	Salt Lake City	186,440	49	49	49	Code Accessiblity	Business Licensing

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