Roy

Today, nearly 37,000 residents call Roy home.  Residents have access to numerous amenities both within and outside city limits.  Roy offers a seasonal outdoor aquatic center with water slides, a kiddie area, and a lap pool; a year-round recreation complex with basketball courts, weight and fitness rooms, and a swimming pool; and the Roy Historical Museum.  Roy is also home to the well-reviewed Eagle Lake Golf Course and a number of shops and restaurants.  Roy residents are within are within short driving distance of many outdoor recreational attractions in northern Utah.  For instance, Ogden Valley and its three ski resorts--Snowbasin, Powder Mountain, and Wolf Mountain--is within a 40-minute drive.  For boating and fishing enthusiasts, Willard Bay State Park and Pineview Reservoir are both nearby.  Furthermore, downtown Ogden is within a ten-minute drive and Salt Lake City is 40 minutes south on I-15.

 

Roy offers mostly suburban and residential living.  Approximately 75 percent of Roy homes are valued between $100,000 and $200,000, and the median home cost is $147,400.  The cost of living in Roy is roughly four percent lower than the national average.