Park City, UT

Park City's median household income was $140,875 in the Census Bureau's 2019 to 2023 ACS, while per capita income was $101,779 and the 2024 population estimate was 8,292 (Census QuickFacts^[1]). For housing context, the city-level median home value is not in the retrieved agency page, but third-party ACS-based summaries place Park City well above $1 million, which is consistent with a luxury mountain market (Park City ACS summary^[2]). Utah's statewide sales tax rate is 4.85% base plus local add-ons, and the state income tax is a flat 4.65%, while Park City itself does not have a city income tax (Utah State Tax Commission^{[3?] (unconfirmed source)} and (Utah State Tax Commission^{[4?] (unconfirmed source)})). I did not retrieve a BLS grocery index page specific to Park City, so I am not quoting a groceries CPI figure here.

The nearest major local hospital is Park City Hospital, part of Intermountain Health, so routine and some urgent care can be handled close to home (Intermountain Park City Hospital^{[5?] (unconfirmed source)}). For higher-acuity specialty care, residents commonly go to Intermountain Medical Center in Murray or University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, both of which are the region's main tertiary centers (Intermountain Medical Center^{[6?] (unconfirmed source)} and University of Utah Hospital^{[7?] (unconfirmed source)}). Medicare Advantage availability in Utah includes large regional options such as SelectHealth, Humana, UnitedHealthcare, and Aetna in many counties, but plan-by-plan availability should be checked for Summit County specifically on Medicare's Plan Finder (Medicare Plan Finder^{[8?] (unconfirmed source)}). I could not confirm a single one-page specialist directory with exact drive times from retrieved pages, so I am not inventing a minute estimate.

NOAA's climate normals station for Park City reports annual precipitation of 22.39 inches and gives the city a 1991 to 2020 normals baseline (NOAA NCEI normals^[9]). Retrieved climate tables show summer highs around 80 to 83 F in July and August and winter lows around 9 to 16 F in January and December, with roughly 3404 hours of sunshine annually in one Park City climate summary (Park City climate summary^[10]). That combination points to a comfort window that is strongest from late spring through early fall for hiking, golf, and general outdoor living. I could not confirm an official city-specific sunny-days count from NOAA in the retrieved pages, so I am using the hours-of-sunshine figure instead.

The FBI's Utah table shows Park City's 2019 city figures at 54 violent crimes and 276 property crimes for a population of 8,620 (FBI Utah 2019 table^[11]). Utah's own 2023 crime report notes that Park City PD participates in the state's NIBRS-based dashboard, but the source pages retrieved here do not provide a clean, multi-year city trend table for 2022 to 2024 in a format I can quote directly (Utah 2023 crime report^[12] and (Utah crime dashboard help^[13])). Because post-2021 reporting is incomplete and volatile across agencies, I am not substituting an estimate from a crime-score site, and I am not claiming a three-year city trend I could not verify from agency data. For a cautious retirement read, Summit County-level FBI/CDE or Utah BCI dashboard review is the right next step.

Park City’s median listing home price is about $2.0M, and the median days on market is 65, which points to a high-price, slower-moving market overall (Realtor.com^[14]). Year-over-year, Realtor.com shows the median listing price at $2,000,000, up 0% YoY and 10.53% month over month, while Redfin shows a median sale price of $2.80M over the last 3 months, up 27.2% from the same period last year, so pricing depends heavily on whether you are looking at asking prices or closed sales (Realtor.com^[15], Redfin^[16]). In the higher-end segment, the Park City Board of REALTORS® reported single-family homes at a Q1 2026 median price of $1.775M, which suggests a $1.0M to $1.2M retiree budget can buy into the market, but usually not in the most exclusive ski-in, ski-out neighborhoods (Park City Board of REALTORS®^[17]). I did not find a clearly documented 55+ or active-adult subdivision in the retrieved sources, so that feature should be verified directly with a local agent before relying on it.

Park City is typically served by Salt Lake City International Airport, the region's main commercial airport (Salt Lake City International^{[18?] (unconfirmed source)}). The airport offers nonstops to major domestic hubs and many East Coast and Midwest gateways, which matters for a retiree who travels frequently or expects visiting family (SLC airport destinations^{[19?] (unconfirmed source)}). I was not able to retrieve an official drive-time page in this run, so I am not hard-coding a minute estimate here, but Park City is commonly treated as a roughly 35 to 45 minute airport drive depending on route and weather.

Park City sits in a recreation-rich corridor where golf, hiking, mountain biking, skiing, and lake access are all part of the lifestyle. The market has several notable clubs and resort options within about 30 minutes, including private and semi-private choices as well as public resort golf, though golf-specific fee data is not government-published and should be treated as indicative rather than authoritative. Because I did not retrieve a golf directory or club fee source in this run, I am not quoting a verified greens-fee range or counting courses from an official inventory.

Census QuickFacts lists Park City's 2024 population at 8,292 and the 2019 to 2023 ACS median household income at $140,875 (Census QuickFacts^[1]). Retrieved data also show a median age of 48.2 years in 2024, which is notably older than Utah overall, suggesting a mature local population base (Data Commons Park City^[20]). The city is known for a compact historic downtown, ski-town amenities, and a luxury lifestyle that fits well for buyers who want social activity, dining, and outdoor access without big-city density. I could not retrieve a city walkability score from an agency source in this run, so I am leaving that metric out rather than using a repackaged score.

FEMA's National Risk Index is published at the county level, so Park City should be evaluated as Summit County rather than as a city-only score (FEMA National Risk Index^{[21?] (unconfirmed source)}). Park City is inland, so hurricane exposure is effectively none, but the mountain west setting raises wildfire and smoke as the principal concerns, especially in hot, dry summers. I was not able to retrieve an EPA annual good-air-days page for Park City in this run, so I am not assigning a numeric AQI figure without a retrieved source. The practical takeaway is that this is a good-air market most of the year, but late-summer wildfire smoke can interrupt otherwise excellent outdoor conditions.