Weber County, Utah Eviction Risk: Very Low

Weber County scores 2.3/10 (Low) on the EvictionRiskMap eviction-risk scale, averaged across 20 cities and a total population of roughly 261,037. That headline number is encouraging for landlords operating in Utah, but it sits at rank 2 of 29 Utah counties, meaning only one county in the state carries higher risk. In practical terms, Weber County lands in the higher-risk third of Utah, so the Low label reflects a manageable environment, not an effortless one. Average rent runs $1,479 per month, rent burden averages 28.5% of income, and roughly 25.4% of households rent, giving landlords a real tenant pool without the acute affordability stress seen in larger metro cores.

The intra-county spread tells the more important story: individual city scores range from 2.5 to 3.9, a gap wide enough that two investments a few miles apart can carry meaningfully different operating profiles. Landlords who treat Weber County as a uniform market will miss that variance entirely.

The cities inside Weber County

West Haven carries the county's highest risk score at 3.9/10, and with a population of 21,563 it is large enough to matter at scale. Farr West follows at 3.6/10, and Riverdale, at 3.5/10 with roughly 9,279 residents, rounds out the top three riskiest markets. These are not outliers to dismiss; together they represent real acquisition targets where tenant-turnover costs and collection exposure deserve a closer look before committing capital.

On the lower end, Hooper scores 2.5/10 (population 9,338), North Ogden comes in at 2.6/10 (population 21,947), and South Ogden sits at 2.9/10 (population 17,650). Ogden, the county's largest city at 87,413 residents, scores 3.3/10, near the county average. Risk is genuinely hyper-local here, and city-level scores are the right unit of analysis when building or stress-testing a portfolio.

State-level laws that apply here

Every landlord in Weber County operates under Utah state law, which is meaningfully landlord-friendly on the procedural side. For non-payment of rent or a curable lease violation, notice is just 3 days. A no-cause termination at end of term requires 30 days notice. Once you file, an uncontested case typically resolves in 21 to 45 days; contested matters can run 45 to 120 days. The full Utah eviction process is worth reviewing before your first filing, because procedural errors reset the clock. Court filing fees run $360 to $460, sheriff lockout fees add another $50 to $175, and attorney fees typically range $750 to $3,500 depending on complexity. Utah imposes no rent control and preempts any local rent-control ordinance, so there is no patchwork of city-level caps to track. Just cause for eviction is not required under state law. For a full breakdown of what landlords can charge and what they must return, the Utah security deposit limits rules and Utah eviction costs guide cover both topics in detail.

With an average poverty rate of 7.7% and about 25.4% of households renting, Weber County offers a stable tenant base, but city-level scores above confirm that conditions vary sharply across the 20 cities in the grid below.