City Score: Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

Metro area. The Joy Project City Score for Salt Lake City-Murray, UT: the condition of its cities from public data and how the church is moving across them, with every source.

The score

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT scores 49 out of 100 on the Joy Project City Score, status Liberty since Oct 2026. Condition 65 (the city from public data, 60%) and Movement 25 (how the church is moving, 40%). How the score is built.

The condition of Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

  • What Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is up against: 46 out of 100 — Better than 60% of cbsas
  • Where grace is growing: 51 out of 100 — Better than 93% of cbsas
  • Marriage & family: 77 out of 100 — Better than 87% of cbsas, down 6 points
  • Christian liberty: 76 out of 100 — Better than 87% of cbsas, up 22 points

What takes Salt Lake City-Murray, UT to Revival

  • City Pulse: City Pulse 25 → 40
  • Gathering: Gathering 39 → 45
  • Discipleship: Discipleship 31 → 45

What affected it

  • This quarter: Anti-Christian hate crimes up 73 percentile points (Christian liberty)
  • This quarter: Property crime up 20 percentile points (What Salt Lake City-Murray, UT is up against)
  • This quarter: Cohabiting households down 13 percentile points (Marriage & family)

Salt Lake City-Murray, UT over time

  • — Entered Liberty

Sources

  1. Violent crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Utah · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  2. Property crime: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Utah · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  3. Sexually transmitted infections: CDC NCHHSTP AtlasPlus · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  4. Drug overdose deaths: CDC NCHS, provisional county drug overdose deaths (VSRR) · 2025 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (1 county summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  5. Adult entertainment outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · 2026-10 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  6. Gambling outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · 2026-10 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  7. Cannabis outlets: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · 2026-10 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  8. Liquor outlets and bars: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · 2026-10 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  9. Predatory lenders: OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · 2026-10 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  10. Abortion facilities (mapped): OpenStreetMap outlet counts (Metro pulse, metro_reformation_stats) · 2026-10 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT metro area · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  11. Church adherents: 2020 U.S. Religion Census · 2020 · Salt Lake City, UT · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  12. Congregations: 2020 U.S. Religion Census · 2020 · Salt Lake City, UT · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  13. Charitable giving: IRS Statistics of Income, county data · 2023 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  14. Given to local needs in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · 2026-09 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  15. Needs met in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · 2026-09 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  16. Volunteers mobilized in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · 2026-09 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  17. New believers in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · 2026-09 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  18. Searches for a church in Joy: Verified in Joy (the impact ledger) · 2026-09 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  19. Foster and adoptive families in the churches: Church workspace entries (church-attested) · 2026-10 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 29, 2026 · verified in Joy
  20. Children with married parents: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  21. Adults 25-44 married: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  22. Cohabiting households: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Salt Lake City-Murray, UT (2 counties summed) · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  23. Divorces: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Utah · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  24. Marriages: Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year · 2020-2024 · Utah · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  25. Births to unmarried mothers: CDC WONDER · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  26. Religious Liberty in the States score: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Utah · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  27. Safeguards fully in law: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Utah · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  28. State Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Religious Liberty in the States · 2026 · Utah · fetched Oct 28, 2026
  29. Anti-Christian hate crimes: FBI Crime Data Explorer · 2025 · Utah · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  30. School choice: The Liberty register (config/conditions/liberty_laws.yml) · 2026 · Utah · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  31. Protections for the unborn: The Liberty register (config/conditions/liberty_laws.yml) · 2026 · Utah · fetched Oct 29, 2026
  32. Homeschool freedom: The Liberty register (config/conditions/liberty_laws.yml) · 2026 · Utah · fetched Oct 29, 2026

Its cities by status

  • 25 cities in Liberty

Highest City Scores in Salt Lake City-Murray, UT

  1. Herriman, UT — 68, Liberty
  2. Wendover, UT — 64, Liberty
  3. Draper, UT — 62, Liberty
  4. Dugway, UT — 62, Liberty
  5. Holladay, UT — 62, Liberty
  6. Alta, UT — 61, Liberty
  7. Copperton, UT — 61, Liberty
  8. Grantsville, UT — 59, Liberty
  9. Kearns, UT — 55, Liberty
  10. Magna, UT — 54, Liberty
  11. Riverton, UT — 50, Liberty
  12. Cottonwood Heights, UT — 48, Liberty
  13. Tooele, UT — 48, Liberty
  14. Sandy, UT — 46, Liberty
  15. West Jordan, UT — 45, Liberty
  16. Bluffdale, UT — 44, Liberty
  17. Millcreek, UT — 44, Liberty
  18. Salt Lake City, UT — 43, Liberty
  19. South Jordan, UT — 43, Liberty
  20. West Valley City, UT — 42, Liberty
  21. Erda, UT — 41, Liberty
  22. Midvale, UT — 41, Liberty
  23. Murray, UT — 41, Liberty
  24. Taylorsville, UT — 39, Liberty
  25. South Salt Lake, UT — 32, Liberty

Quote it

Cite it as: Joy Project City Score v1.0, Salt Lake City-Murray, UT, 2026-Q4, joyproject.com/metros/salt-lake-city-murray-ut. Methodology.

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