Best Places84106, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 84106, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
84106 ranks 4,268th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 84106
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.
84106's strengths and weaknesses
Where 84106 ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 95% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 92% of zip codes
Where 84106 ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than only 30% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 84106
A household needs to earn about $141,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 84106 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $104,631, 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 84106's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 84106
84106 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 84106.
Who works in 84106, and how
Work in 84106 centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in 84106
84106 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 80% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 84106 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 84106, month by month
84106 sees roughly 125 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 84106
Salt Lake City International sits about 8 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 84106
Schools across 84106 average a C, better than 40% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Hawthorne SchoolA · 65% proficient
- William Penn SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Dilworth SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clayton MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Hillside MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Evergreen Jr HighB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Olympus HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Highland HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Salt Lake School For The Performing ArtsC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 84106 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
84106 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 84106 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 84106 suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 81% of zip codes, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 25% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 84106
Is 84106 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 84106 ranks 4,268th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on fast internet, transit, and population health, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 84106 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $559,423. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $104,631 median income, cost of living beats 81% of zip codes.
Is 84106 safe?
84106 is safer than 44% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $522 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 84106?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 24. That works out to about 125 pleasant days a year, more than 78% of zip codes.
Is 84106 good for families?
Schools beat 40% of zip codes, crime safety beats 44%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare 84106 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 84106. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 84106 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.
84106 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 84106: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 84106: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 84106: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 84106: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
84106 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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