Metro area air quality · 2025

Price, UT

Median AQI 44 (Good). 72.3% of monitored days rated Good across this metro's EPA monitoring network.

44
Median AQI
72.3%
Good-air days
0
Unhealthy days
49%
Cleaner than US metros

Price, UT posted a 2025 median AQI of 44 (Good) with 72.3% Good days

According to the U.S. EPA Air Quality System, the Price, UT CBSA recorded a median AQI of 44 across 364 monitored days in 2025, with 72.3% rated Good and 0 unhealthy or worse. This is an annual metro comparison, not a live advisory.

Data source EPA Air Quality System (AQS)

Cleaner than US metros
The Price, UT CBSA's 72.3% Good-day share places it cleaner than 49% of US metros in 2025.
Closest median-AQI peer
Bartlesville, OK (68.0% Good, median AQI 44) is the closest nationwide median-AQI peer to Price, UT.
2020–2025 Good-day shift
Price, UT's Good-day share moved -15.3 points from 2020 to 2025 (median AQI +1).
Median AQI
Median AQI: 44

Aggregated from EPA Air Quality System (2025), 364 monitored days. EPA AQS →

The verdict

The Price, UT metro runs good on the EPA scale, more polluted than the median US metro, a median AQI of 44 with 72.3% of 364 monitored days in the Good band.

44
median AQI · Good
72.3%
days rated Good
49%
cleaner than US metros
108
worst single reading

No day crossed into the Unhealthy tier across the metro's monitors in 2025.

Annual release change

What changed in the 2025 EPA annual release

2024 → 2025
  • Price, UT metro's Good-day share fell from 76.2% to 72.7% between the 2024 and 2025 EPA annual releases, a change of -3.5 percentage points.

Compared against 365 monitored days in 2024 and 362 in 2025. These are arithmetic differences between two stored EPA annual summaries, not a cause claim or a live advisory.

National release changes Two-year CSV

Insights: Price, UT metro. Aggregated EPA AQS monitors across this Core-Based Statistical Area logged a median Air Quality Index of 44 over 364 measured days in 2025, which corresponds to a Good band and a Moderate metro-wide health grade. The monitored-day split lands at 263 Good days (72%), 99 Moderate (27%), and 2 Unhealthy-for-Sensitive-Groups (1%). The 90th-percentile AQI finished at 67 while the highest single-day reading hit 108 (USG). Metro residents averaged roughly 21.7 clean-air days per 30-day window across the reporting year.

Across the 2020–2025 trend window, the share of monitored days rated Good shifted by -15.3 points and the median AQI moved +1 points, which classifies the multi-year trajectory as worsening. The metro recorded no Unhealthy-tier days in this annual dataset. Metros with comparable AQI profiles include Bartlesville, OK (68.0% good, AQI 44); Berlin, NH-VT (81.5% good, AQI 44); Bloomington, IL (66.0% good, AQI 44).

Air Quality Summary

Median AQI

44

Good

Good Days

72.3%

263 of 364 days

Max AQI

108

USG

Health Grade

Moderate

90th pct: 67

AQI Day Breakdown (2025)

Distribution of 364 monitored days across EPA AQI categories.

Good

263

72%

Moderate

99

27%

USG

2

1%

Unhealthy

0

0%

Very Unhealthy

0

0%

Hazardous

0

0%

Health Impact Assessment

Moderate

The Price, UT metro area's air quality is rated Moderate based on 72.3% good air days. No unhealthy air days were recorded in 2025.

Air quality is generally acceptable. Unusually sensitive people should monitor real-time conditions at AirNow.gov during high-pollution events.

How does the Price, UT metro compare?

How Price, UT compares

Good-day share better than US avg
Price, UT 72.3%
Bartlesville, OK 68.0%
US average 70.6%
Median AQI worse than US avg
Price, UT 44
Bartlesville, OK 44
US average 41
Unhealthy days / yr better than US avg
Price, UT 0
Bartlesville, OK 1
US average 1

5-Year Air Quality Trend

Air quality is worsening in the Price, UT metro. Best year: 2023 (329 good days).

Year Good Moderate Unhealthy Median AQI
2020 308 42 0 43
2021 265 88 2 44
2022 321 43 0 43
2023 329 34 0 42
2024 278 87 0 44
2025 263 99 0 44

Metros with a similar median AQI

CBSA peers nationwide whose annual median AQI sits near Price, UT (44).

Metros with similar unhealthy-day exposure

A second relationship type: metros whose unhealthy-or-worse day count is closest to Price, UT's 0 (independent of median AQI).

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the air quality in the Price, UT metro area?
The Price, UT metro area has a median Air Quality Index (AQI) of 44, rated "Good." 72.3% of monitored days (263 out of 364) had good air quality in 2025.
How many unhealthy air days does Price, UT have?
In 2025, the Price, UT metro area recorded 0 unhealthy air days (0 Unhealthy, 0 Very Unhealthy, 0 Hazardous). The maximum AQI reached 108.
Is air quality in Price, UT getting better or worse?
Air quality in the Price, UT metro is worsening based on 5-year trends (2020-2025). Best year: 2023 with 329 good days. Worst year: 2025 with 263 good days.
What does AQI 44 mean for health?
An AQI of 44 is "Good", air quality is satisfactory and poses little or no health risk. This is the best category on the EPA's AQI scale.
What is the 90th percentile AQI for Price, UT?
The 90th percentile AQI for the Price, UT metro area is 67, meaning 90% of monitored days had an AQI at or below this level. The maximum AQI recorded was 108 (USG).
How does Price, UT compare to other metro areas?
The Price, UT metro has 72.3% good air days. Similar metros: Bartlesville, OK (68.0% good), Berlin, NH-VT (81.5% good), Bloomington, IL (66.0% good).

Data Sources

Primary Source: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Air Quality System (AQS), Annual AQI by CBSA dataset, 2020–2025. See our methodology for how AQI, median, and coverage figures are computed.

Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System (AQS) Annual AQI by CBSA summary files (metro-level) · 2020–2025

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