Living in Lindon, Utah: The 2026 Guide

Is Lindon, Utah a good place to live?

For families who want room, yes. Lindon is a small, mostly built-out city with big lots, animal rights written into its code, and quick access to both Orem and the Lehi tech corridor.

• Small and settled: Lindon's population was 11,394 in 2020 and an estimated 12,015 in 2025, up about 5% while Utah County grew about 15%. City leaders put the city's eventual build-out at roughly 17,000 residents.
• Room to spread out: the R1-20 zone requires lots of at least 20,000 square feet, and the city code calls keeping animals "a defining characteristic of the rural atmosphere that Lindon City seeks to maintain."
• Central: about 6 minutes to Timpanogos Regional Hospital in Orem, 13 to UVU, 18 to downtown Provo, and 19 to Lehi without traffic. The Salt Lake City airport is a little under an hour.
• Its own police department, serving the city full time since July 2008.

The tradeoffs: Lindon's overall crime rate is above the county average (see below), new homes are mostly on much smaller lots than the classic Lindon property, and three of the schools in Lindon are being studied for possible closure by the new school district.

Is Lindon safe?

Lindon reported 39.51 offenses per 1,000 residents in 2024, above the Utah County rate of 30.81 but below Orem (44.24), American Fork (43.30), and the state (49.44). Most of Lindon's total was property crime: 325 of 467 offenses. Crimes against persons ran about 4.2 per 1,000 residents, lower than the county's 6.0.

How much do homes cost in Lindon?

Lindon home prices rose from a median of $425,000 in 2019 to $740,275 in 2022, held between about $755,000 and $805,000 from 2023 through 2025, and are at $762,800 so far in 2026. Over the last 12 months (October 2025 through September 2026), the median single-family home sold for $785,000, or $232 per square foot, and 26.0% of sales were $1 million or more.

Median sold price of single-family homes in Lindon by year. *2026 is January through September. Based on UtahRealEstate.com sales data, pulled October 20, 2026.

What your budget buys in Lindon

Lindon is mostly a resale market with a wave of smaller new homes: 18 of the 77 single-family homes sold in the last 12 months were built in 2025 or later, at a median of $630,875 and a median of 60.5 days to sell. The 59 older resale homes sold for a median of $805,077, took a median of 40 days, and closed at about 98.1% of their list price. As of October 20, 2026, 14 single-family homes were for sale in Lindon, with a median list price of about $832,500. Building lots of an acre or less sold for a median of $400,000 (a little under half an acre) over the last two years, across 13 sales, and only 1 parcel over an acre sold.

What are property taxes in Lindon, Utah?

Most of Lindon is in Utah County tax district 80, with a 2026 total property tax rate of 0.008110, one of the lowest of the Utah County cities in our guides and just under Orem (0.008118). It rose slightly from 0.007981 in 2025. About 73% of it goes to the school district.

Utah taxes a primary home on only 55% of its market value, because of the state's 45% residential exemption, which covers the home and up to one acre of land.

The same home at Springville's 2026 rate (0.009626) would pay about $4,235, or roughly $667 more a year.

Some parcels are in district 85, which adds a small North Utah County Water District levy for a 2026 total of 0.008121, or about $3,573 on the same home. The school portion is still billed as Alpine School District for 2026 and could change when the new Timpanogos School District takes over in 2027. Second homes and rentals are taxed on full value.

What is the cost of living in Lindon, Utah?

Lindon's biggest costs are the price of the home and the size of the yard. Property taxes are low, secondary water is a flat monthly fee based on lot size, and electricity comes from Rocky Mountain Power, not a city utility.

The city bills water, secondary water, sewer, storm water, garbage, and recycling on one utility bill. Call the Lindon Utilities Clerk at (801) 785-5043 to start service. Power is Rocky Mountain Power, natural gas is Enbridge Gas (formerly Dominion Energy), and the city lists UTOPIA Fiber among its internet contacts. Utility accounts must stay in the owner's name, even for rentals.

Lindon city utility rates

In August 2026 the City Council approved a new sewer treatment facility fee to pay Lindon's share of upgrades at the Orem Water Reclamation Facility, which treats all of Lindon's wastewater, and adjusted the sewer base rate. Other rates are from the city's posted fee schedule and may have been adjusted for 2026–27, so confirm current amounts with the city. One water and one sewer base fee covers a home and its accessory apartment.

Does Lindon have secondary water?

Yes, for most homes. Lindon's pressurized irrigation system, built in about 1993, serves most of the city's residential areas, so most yards are watered with untreated canal and reservoir water instead of drinking water. It runs from about the end of April to mid-October and is billed all year.

Unlike most cities, Lindon charges a flat monthly secondary water fee based on lot size, not on how much you use:

The city installed meters on all 2,616 existing secondary connections in 2022 and 2023, paid mostly with state and water district grants, and every new connection since April 2019 has a meter. Homes in the Anderson Farms area also pay a small metered secondary water charge.

What are the zoning and lot size rules in Lindon?

Lindon's two main single-family zones are R1-12 and R1-20, with minimum lots of 12,000 and 20,000 square feet. Newer neighborhoods such as Anderson Farms and the overlay zones follow their own approved plans, often with much smaller lots.

Source: Lindon City Code Title 17, chapter 17.44. Check a specific parcel on the city's interactive zoning map.

Can you have horses or chickens in Lindon?

Yes. Lindon's code says the keeping of animals and livestock is permitted in all zones, and it states the city's intent to protect that right. The limits depend on lot size:

• Any lot: up to 3 dogs and 3 cats.
• Lots under 20,000 square feet: one type of small animal, for example up to 50 chickens (one rooster per seven hens), 20 rabbits, or 2 goats or sheep.
• Lots of 20,000 square feet or more: one type of small animal (for example up to 75 chickens or 8 goats) plus one type of large animal: up to 4 horses, 2 cattle, 2 pigs, or 4 llamas or alpacas. Larger lots allow more.

Keeping more than one species lowers the count of each. Bulls, rams, and stallions need a conditional use permit.

Can you build an ADU or basement apartment in Lindon?

Yes. Lindon allows one accessory apartment, inside the home or in a separate building, with an owner-occupied single-family home, under city code section 17.46.100:

• The owner has to live there, in either the main home or the apartment.
• Not on small lots: apartments are not allowed on lots of 6,000 square feet or less, or in the areas shown on the city's accessory apartment map.
• Inside the home: no size limit, one extra parking stall (not in the front setback), and the house has to keep its single-family look.
• Detached units: at least 300 square feet, no more than 1,500 square feet or 40% of the main home, whichever is less, up to three bedrooms, and no taller than the main home or 30 feet.
• Only one apartment per home, and it cannot be sold separately.

The rules are changing. A 2026 state law, SB 284, requires cities to allow detached ADUs on lots of at least 11,000 square feet, with one parking stall for a unit of 650 square feet or less and two for larger units. Lindon's code currently requires a 12,000-square-foot lot and two stalls for a detached unit, and the Planning Commission reviewed an update to match the state law in September 2026.

Can you rent it as an Airbnb?

Possibly. Lindon licenses short-term rentals, and an accessory apartment can be one if the owner lives in the main home. A city business license is required, only one short-term rental is allowed per cul-de-sac, a local contact must be able to respond within an hour, and events are not allowed.

What school district is Lindon in?

Alpine School District for now, and the new Timpanogos School District starting July 1, 2027. Lindon, Orem, Pleasant Grove, and Vineyard formed the new district, which will serve about 30 schools and about 23,300 students. Its office is in Lindon, at 490 North State Street.

Schools in Lindon include Lindon Elementary, Rocky Mountain Elementary, and Oak Canyon Junior High.

What buyers should know right now: all three are on the new district's list of schools being studied for possible closure. The board says it intends to close only four to six elementary schools and one junior high across the district, expects to vote in mid-December 2026, and any changes would take effect for the 2027–2028 school year. The board is also considering moving 9th grade to the high schools and 6th grade to the middle schools.

If a specific school matters to you, follow the district's boundary study page before you buy, and confirm the home's school assignments with the district at (385) 579-5000.

What is Lindon known for?

Big lots, horses, and Lindon Days. The city describes itself as "our little bit of country," and much of its calendar and code reflects that.

• Lindon Days, held the first full week of August. It started as the Lindon Fair, once nicknamed the "Biggest Little Fair in Utah," and still includes parades, the Huck Finn day, and horse events. The 2027 dates are July 31 to August 7.
• The Lindon Aquatics Center, an outdoor city pool complex with five pools, open in summer and closed Sundays.
• City parks, including Anderson Farms Park with pickleball courts, a playground, soccer fields, and trails, plus Pioneer Park and City Center Park.
• The foothills, including the Dry Canyon Trail above the east side of the city.