Best PlacesBountiful, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Bountiful, 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.
Bountiful ranks 369th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bountiful
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.
Bountiful's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bountiful ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of cities
- State infrastructureBetter than 87% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of cities
- TransitBetter than 79% of cities
Where Bountiful ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 28% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 30% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 42% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 44% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Bountiful
A household needs to earn about $140,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bountiful home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,440, 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 Bountiful's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Bountiful
Bountiful 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 Bountiful.
Who works in Bountiful, and how
Work in Bountiful centers on education and health care & social. 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 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Bountiful
Bountiful has more restaurants and bars per resident than 66% of cities and more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bountiful and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Bountiful, month by month
Bountiful 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 Bountiful
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 Bountiful
Schools across Bountiful average a B, better than 60% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Valley View SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Boulton SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Oak Hills SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Centerville Jr HighA− · 53% proficient
- Millcreek Jr HighA− · 52% proficient
- Mueller Park Jr HighB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Viewmont HighB · 47% proficient
- Bountiful HighB− · 41% proficient
- Woods Cross HighB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bountiful school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bountiful 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 Bountiful against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Bountiful suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 72% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 20% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 72% of cities, health care access beats 67%, and it is quieter than 63%.
Common questions about living in Bountiful
Is Bountiful a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bountiful ranks 369th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, low property taxes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bountiful expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $556,991. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $107,440 median income, cost of living beats 72% of cities.
Is Bountiful safe?
Yes, Bountiful is safer than 78% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $289 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bountiful?
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 72% of cities.
Is Bountiful good for families?
Schools beat 60% of cities, crime safety beats 78%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Bountiful with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bountiful. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bountiful 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.
Bountiful detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bountiful: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bountiful: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bountiful: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bountiful: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bountiful 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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