Best Places84321, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 84321, 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.
84321 ranks 6,980th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 84321
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.
84321's strengths and weaknesses
Where 84321 ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Short commute15.8 minutes each way, better than 96% of zip codes
- State infrastructureBetter than 90% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 89% of zip codes
Where 84321 ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of zip codes
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 17% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 18% of zip codes
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 21% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 21% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 84321
A household needs to earn about $100,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 84321 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,451, 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 84321's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 84321
84321 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 84321.
Who works in 84321, and how
Work in 84321 centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in 84321
84321 has more parkland per resident than 79% of zip codes and more late-night spots per resident than 75% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 84321 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 84321, month by month
84321 sees roughly 113 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 13° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 33° |
| July | 95° | 75° | 53° |
| October | 65° | 47° | 32° |
Flying in and out of 84321
Salt Lake City International sits about 65 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 84321
Schools across 84321 average a B−, better than 56% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- River Heights SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Edith Bowen Laboratory SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Heritage SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Spring Creek Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Mount Logan MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Ridgeline High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Mountain Crest HighB− · 41% proficient
- Sky View HighB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 84321 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
84321 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 84321 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 84321 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 84321
Is 84321 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 84321 ranks 6,980th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on heat safety, population health, and short commutes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 84321 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $401,089. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $76,451 median income, cost of living beats 44% of zip codes.
Is 84321 safe?
Yes, 84321 is safer than 87% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 84321?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 13. That works out to about 113 pleasant days a year, more than 71% of zip codes.
Is 84321 good for families?
Schools beat 56% of zip codes, crime safety beats 87%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare 84321 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 84321. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 84321 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.
84321 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 84321: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 84321: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 84321: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 84321: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
84321 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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