Best PlacesBeaver County, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Beaver County, 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.
Beaver County ranks 1,040th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Beaver County
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.
Beaver County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beaver County ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of counties
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of counties
- Short commute16.7 minutes each way, better than 92% of counties
- State infrastructureBetter than 90% of counties
- WalkabilityBetter than 87% of counties
Where Beaver County ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 18% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of counties
- Cheap childcare$941 a month, better than only 23% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Beaver County
A household needs to earn about $75,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beaver County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $77,466, 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 Beaver County's effective rate of 0.36%, 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 Beaver County
Beaver County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beaver County.
Who works in Beaver County, and how
Work in Beaver County centers on construction and transportation & warehousing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Beaver County
Beaver County has more restaurants and bars per resident than 67% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Beaver County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Beaver County growing, and who is moving in?
Beaver County has grown about 15% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Riverside, CA.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Beaver County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Beaver County, month by month
Beaver County sees roughly 86 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 30° | 17° |
| April | 68° | 50° | 32° |
| July | 97° | 79° | 58° |
| October | 72° | 51° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Beaver County
The nearest airport, Cedar City Regional, is about 45 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 177 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beaver County
Schools across Beaver County average a B−, better than 66% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Belknap SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Milford SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Minersville SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top middle schools
- Minersville SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Meadow Valley Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Beaver HighC · 33% proficient
- Milford HighC · 33% proficient
- Lincoln County High SchoolD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beaver County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beaver County 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 Beaver County against the other 3,143 counties.
Common questions about living in Beaver County
Is Beaver County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beaver County ranks 1,040th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on population health, low property taxes, and short commutes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beaver County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $306,034. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $77,466 median income, cost of living beats 52% of counties.
Is Beaver County safe?
Yes, Beaver County is safer than 72% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $320 per resident a year.
Compare Beaver County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beaver County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beaver County 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.
Beaver County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beaver County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beaver County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beaver County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beaver County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beaver County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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