Best PlacesAmalga, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Amalga, 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.
Amalga ranks 3,333rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Amalga
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.
Amalga's strengths and weaknesses
Where Amalga ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
Where Amalga ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 28% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Amalga
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Amalga home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $100,179; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Amalga's effective rate of 0.44%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Amalga
Amalga 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 Amalga.
Who works in Amalga, and how
Work in Amalga centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Amalga
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Amalga.
What the weather is like in Amalga, month by month
Amalga sees roughly 112 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 Amalga
Salt Lake City International sits about 74 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 Amalga
Schools across Amalga average a B, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Birch Creek SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Sky View HighB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Amalga school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Amalga 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 Amalga against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Amalga
Is Amalga a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Amalga ranks 3,333rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, low crime, and a strong job market, and lowest on tree cover and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Amalga expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $408,300. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $100,179 median income, cost of living beats 82% of towns.
Is Amalga safe?
Yes, Amalga is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $173 per resident a year.
Compare Amalga with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Amalga. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Amalga 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.
Amalga detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Amalga: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Amalga: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Amalga: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Amalga: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Amalga 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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