Best PlacesBox Elder County, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Box Elder County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Box Elder County ranks 394th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Box Elder 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.
The best areas in Box Elder County
The parts of Box Elder County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Brigham City & Perry
Biking is better and transit reaches more jobs.
Tremonton
Fewer homes sit empty.
Garland
More households have young kids, though fewer adults hold degrees.
Scores across Box Elder County run from about the 34th to the 92nd percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Box Elder County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Box Elder County ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 94% of counties
Where Box Elder County ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 15% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Box Elder County
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Box Elder County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $87,820, 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 Box Elder County's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Box Elder County
Box Elder County 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 Box Elder County.
Who works in Box Elder County, and how
Work in Box Elder County centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Box Elder County
Box Elder County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Box Elder County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Box Elder County growing, and who is moving in?
Box Elder County has grown about 25% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Ogden, UT.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Box Elder County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Box Elder County, month by month
Box Elder County sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 96° | 80° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 51° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Box Elder County
Salt Lake City International sits about 56 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 Box Elder County
Schools across Box Elder County average a B−, better than 59% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Snowville SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Plain City SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Mountainside SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Beutler Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Young IntermediateB · 45% proficient
- Harris IntermediateB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- West Side Senior High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Box Elder HighB− · 41% proficient
- Fremont HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Box Elder County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Box Elder 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 Box Elder County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Box Elder County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 77% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Box Elder County
Is Box Elder County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Box Elder County ranks 394th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low crime, cell coverage, and fast internet, and lowest on an overheated housing market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Box Elder County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $419,407. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $87,820 median income, cost of living beats 77% of counties.
Is Box Elder County safe?
Yes, Box Elder County is safer than 98% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $225 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Box Elder County?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 37 with lows near 20. That works out to about 124 pleasant days a year, more than 78% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Box Elder County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Brigham City & Perry, Tremonton, and Garland. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Box Elder County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Box Elder County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Box Elder 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.
Box Elder County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Box Elder County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Box Elder County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Box Elder County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Box Elder County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Box Elder 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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