Best Places84066, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 84066, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
84066 ranks 7,742nd of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 84066
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
84066's strengths and weaknesses
Where 84066 ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Nice weatherabout 163 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of zip codes
- Short commute18.3 minutes each way, better than 90% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than 90% of zip codes
Where 84066 ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 17% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than only 20% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than only 27% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 84066
A household needs to earn about $74,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 84066 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $82,508, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 84066's effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 84066
84066 runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 84066.
Who works in 84066, and how
Work in 84066 centers on mining & oil & gas and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in 84066
84066 has more parkland per resident than 79% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 84066 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 84066, month by month
84066 sees roughly 163 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 20° | 8° |
| April | 65° | 48° | 31° |
| July | 95° | 77° | 57° |
| October | 65° | 48° | 33° |
Flying in and out of 84066
The nearest airport, Vernal Regional, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around 84066
Schools across 84066 average a C, better than 29% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Altamont SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Kings Peak SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Neola SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Roosevelt Jr HighC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Union HighC− · 30% proficient
- Altamont HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 84066 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
84066 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 84066 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 84066
Is 84066 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 84066 ranks 7,742nd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 84066 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $293,112. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $82,508 median income, cost of living beats 63% of zip codes.
Is 84066 safe?
Yes, 84066 is safer than 77% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare 84066 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 84066. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 84066 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
84066 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 84066: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 84066: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 84066: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 84066: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
84066 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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