Best Places84101, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 84101, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
84101 ranks 18,872nd of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 84101
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.
84101's strengths and weaknesses
Where 84101 ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of zip codes
Where 84101 ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 84101
A household needs to earn about $124,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 84101 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,328, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 84101's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 84101
84101 runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 84101.
Who works in 84101, and how
Work in 84101 centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 59%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in 84101
84101 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 97% of zip codes and more late-night spots per resident than 99% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 84101 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 84101, month by month
84101 sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 98° | 84° | 70° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of 84101
Salt Lake City International sits about 5 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 13.4 million passengers in 2025, with 154 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 84101
Schools across 84101 average a D+, better than 14% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Washington SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Mary W. Jackson SchoolD · 16% proficient
- Liberty SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clayton MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Salt Lake Center For Science Education BryantD · 22% proficient
- Glendale MiddleD− · 19% proficient
Top high schools
- Horizonte Instruction & Training CenterD+ · 25% proficient
- Innovations High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 84101 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
84101 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 84101 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 84101
Is 84101 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 84101 ranks 18,872nd of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on transit, biking, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 84101 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $496,739. The overall cost of living runs about 9% above the national average. Set against a $65,328 median income, cost of living beats 23% of zip codes.
Is 84101 safe?
84101 is safer than 1% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,687 per resident a year.
Compare 84101 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 84101. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 84101 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.
84101 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 84101: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 84101: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 84101: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 84101: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
84101 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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