Utah County, UT elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities
Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Utah County: 28 seats on 12 elected bodies. 13 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.
Who lives in each of the 3 school districts (Census figures)
School district
People
Median household income
Below the poverty line
Without health insurance
Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent
Alpine School District
431,265
$110,832
6.3%
7.1%
43%
Nebo School District
160,245
$100,681
5.9%
7.6%
44.1%
Provo School District
113,890
$64,024
23.2%
9%
49.5%
Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates for each school district's area, matched to its board by name. They're estimates with a , larger for small districts.
How many local governments Utah County has
The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 56 local governments in Utah County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.
Kind of government
Census count (2022)
Listed on this page
County government
1
1
Cities, towns, villages and townships
24
0
School districts (school boards)
3
3
Special districts (elected boards)
28
0
Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).
About these counts
The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.
Who lives in Utah County
705,400people
25.8median ageU.S.: 38.9
$100,671 household incomeU.S.: $80,734
8.7%below the U.S.: 12.5%
44.4%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%
$538,700median home valueU.S.: $332,700
3.8%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%
8.2%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%
3%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%
7.5%U.S.: 8.4%
45.3%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%
25.4%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%
Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 14.5% · White 77.6% · Black 0.7% · Asian 1.5% · Other or more than one race 5.6% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)
Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).
About these figures
The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.
Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.
Jobs in Utah County
3.3%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.6%. Utah: 3.2%.
357,449people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.
369,791in the September 2026, preliminary.
Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.
Every month, last two years
Month
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)
3.3%
12,342
357,449
369,791
August 2026
4.1%
14,844
349,857
364,701
July 2026
3.7%
13,493
348,346
361,839
June 2026
3.8%
13,841
347,762
361,603
May 2026
3.5%
12,754
348,150
360,904
April 2026
3.5%
12,721
348,680
361,401
March 2026
3.8%
13,689
349,790
363,479
February 2026
4.0%
14,528
350,548
365,076
January 2026
4.0%
14,716
351,269
365,985
December 2025
3.5%
13,093
355,804
368,897
November 2025
3.8%
14,137
357,929
372,066
October 2025
not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025
3.6%
13,387
354,736
368,123
August 2025
4.0%
14,441
350,082
364,523
July 2025
3.8%
13,628
349,556
363,184
June 2025
3.9%
14,302
349,540
363,842
May 2025
3.6%
13,173
350,871
364,044
April 2025
3.3%
12,264
354,118
366,382
March 2025
3.5%
12,657
353,037
365,694
February 2025
3.6%
13,215
351,985
365,200
January 2025
3.5%
12,630
352,493
365,123
December 2024
3.1%
11,328
352,862
364,190
November 2024
3.3%
11,930
354,761
366,691
October 2024
3.2%
11,690
355,013
366,703
Yearly averages
Year
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
2025 (11 months)
3.6%
13,357
352,741
366,098
2024
3.4%
12,300
351,235
363,535
2023
2.7%
9,708
347,763
357,471
2022
2.2%
7,827
340,515
348,342
2021
2.4%
8,089
326,266
334,355
2020
3.9%
12,352
306,224
318,576
2019
2.3%
7,305
303,930
311,235
2018
2.7%
8,103
294,917
303,020
2017
2.8%
8,338
285,271
293,609
2016
3.0%
8,427
272,502
280,929
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Utah's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.5% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.
Crime reported in Utah County
128.1 per 100,0002024. Utah: 232.8.
828.0 per 100,0002024. Utah: 1,420.6.
11murders2024, 928 violent crimes in all.
2024 is the latest year with complete reporting here: at least one of the county's police agencies didn't send the FBI a full year of figures since, so later totals would be undercounts.
Earlier years
Year
Violent
Rate
Property
Rate
2024
928
128.1
6,000
828.0
2023
800
114.6
6,679
957.1
2022
786
114.9
7,460
1,090.9
2018
536
88.2
8,088
1,331.6
2017
495
83.6
8,853
1,495.6
2016
444
77.1
9,925
1,724.0
By police agency (14)
Agency
Year
Violent
Property
People served
Provo Police Department
2025
203
1,287
115,576
Lehi Police Department
2025
108
402
98,138
Orem Police Department
2025
130
1,186
96,209
Utah County Sheriff's Office
2025
133
195
91,797
Saratoga Springs Police Department
2025
44
273
63,550
American Fork/Cedar Hills Police Department
2025
61
753
53,400
Spanish Fork Police Department
2025
48
366
49,165
Pleasant Grove Police Department
2025
45
224
38,228
Springville Police Department
2025
49
278
36,202
Lone Peak Police Department
2025
10
36
32,232
Payson Police Department
2025
31
138
25,583
Mapleton Police Department
2025
11
56
15,793
Lindon Police Department
2025
17
201
12,156
Salem Police Department
2024
1
34
11,213
Crimes to the county's city and county police agencies (FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, Return A), per 100,000 people they serve. Years with incomplete reporting are left out. Crime in Utah · the U.S.
Police staffing
1.02 per 1,000 residents2025, 14 agencies serving 739,852 people.
751sworn officers2025, full-time, as of October 31.
430civilian staff2025, full-time.
Agencies counted (14), 2025
Agency
Officers
Civilians
People served
Utah County Sheriff's Office
185
280
91,797
Provo Police Department
121
67
115,576
Orem Police Department
94
19
96,209
Lehi Police Department
71
13
98,138
American Fork/Cedar Hills Police Department
52
9
53,400
Spanish Fork Police Department
45
4
49,165
Springville Police Department
31
14
36,202
Saratoga Springs Police Department
33
9
63,550
Pleasant Grove Police Department
29
4
38,228
Payson Police Department
27
3
25,583
Lone Peak Police Department
22
4
32,232
Lindon Police Department
16
2
12,156
Salem Police Department
13
1
11,823
Mapleton Police Department
12
1
15,793
Earlier years
Year
Officers
Per 1,000
Civilians
Agencies
2025
751
1.02
430
14
2024
732
1.01
379
14
2023
745
1.07
389
14
2022
705
1.03
346
14
2021
675
1.03
358
14
2020
758
1.20
349
14
2019
650
1.05
371
14
2018
621
1.03
347
14
2017
620
1.05
377
14
2016
604
1.05
364
14
Full-time employees of the county's city police departments and sheriff's office, as each reported them to the FBI (Uniform Crime Reporting, Law Enforcement Employees), per 1,000 people in the areas those agencies serve (the FBI's population figures). A year is shown only when every one of these agencies sent a count; a count under half or over double the agency's own counts in nearby years is treated as not sent. Towns policed under contract by another agency are counted through that agency. State police, campus and other agencies aren't included. Sheriffs' offices often also run the county jail and courthouse security, so their staff counts include those jobs.
Quick answers
Who is the Utah County County Assessor?
Burt Garfield (Republican) is the County Assessor of Utah County, Utah.
Who is the Utah County County Attorney?
Jeff Gray (Republican) is the County Attorney of Utah County, Utah. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Utah County County Auditor?
Rod Mann (Republican) is the County Auditor of Utah County, Utah. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Utah County County Clerk?
Aaron Davidson (Republican) is the County Clerk of Utah County, Utah. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Utah County County Recorder?
Andrea Allen (Republican) is the County Recorder of Utah County, Utah.
Who is the Utah County Sheriff?
Mike Smith (Republican) is the Sheriff of Utah County, Utah. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Utah County County Surveyor?
Anthony D Canto (Republican) is the County Surveyor of Utah County, Utah.
Who is the Utah County County Treasurer?
Kim T Jackson (Republican) is the County Treasurer of Utah County, Utah.
Who are the Utah County commissioners?
Amelia Powers Gardner (Seat A); Brandon Gordon (Seat B); Skyler M. Beltran (Seat C).
Who is on the Utah County School Board?
Stacy Bateman (Board Member, District 3); Mark Clement (Board Member, District 5); Emily Peterson (Board Member, District 6); Brian Farnsworth Rowley (Board Member, District 1); Kristen Betts (Board Member, District 2); Shauna J Warnick (Board Member, District 3); Rick B. Ainge (Board Member, District 4); Shannon M. Acor (Board Member, District 5); John Stewart Taylor (Board Member, District 6); B. Scott Wilson (Board Member, District 7); Lisa Boyce (Board Member, District 1); Melanie Hall (Board Member, District 2); Megan Van Wagenen (Board Member, District 3); Jennifer Partridge (Board Member, District 4); Teri McCabe (Board Member, District 5); Emily Gardner Harrison (Board Member, District 6); Gina Purcell Hales (Board Member, District 7).
What is the population of Utah County?
About 705,400 people, with a median age of 25.8; the median household income is $100,671 and 8.7% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Utah County?
3.3% in September 2026 (preliminary): 12,342 people unemployed in a labor force of 369,791, against 3.6% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Utah County?
56 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 24 municipal, 3 school district and 28 special district governments.
Officeholders as of November 6, 2026, from the Lieutenant Governor's official results of each seat's last election (the November 2024 general) and, for seats last filled in 2022, the county clerks' official canvass reports of the November 2022 general election; officials appointed since then may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.
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