Best PlacesBrian Head, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Brian Head, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Brian Head ranks 27,258th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Brian Head
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.
Brian Head's strengths and weaknesses
Where Brian Head ranks high
- Short commute11.9 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 146 pleasant days a year, better than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Brian Head ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Brian Head
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Brian Head home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $66,957, 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 Brian Head's effective rate of 0.40%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Brian Head
Brian Head runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Brian Head.
Who works in Brian Head, and how
Work in Brian Head centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Brian Head
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Brian Head.
What the weather is like in Brian Head, month by month
Brian Head sees roughly 146 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 30° | 18° |
| April | 67° | 50° | 32° |
| July | 94° | 77° | 58° |
| October | 70° | 52° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Brian Head
The nearest airport, Cedar City Regional, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 171 miles away.
The best schools in and around Brian Head
Schools across Brian Head average a C+, better than 45% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Parowan SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Enoch SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Panguitch SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top middle schools
- Cedar MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Canyon View MiddleB · 44% proficient
- Panguitch MiddleC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Cedar City HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Parowan HighC · 32% proficient
- Canyon View HighC · 32% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Brian Head school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Brian Head 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 Brian Head against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Brian Head
Is Brian Head a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Brian Head ranks 27,258th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, state infrastructure, and the weather, and lowest on an overheated housing market and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Brian Head expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $575,111. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $66,957 median income, cost of living beats 36% of towns.
Is Brian Head safe?
Brian Head is safer than 7% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $778 per resident a year.
Compare Brian Head with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Brian Head. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Brian Head 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.
Brian Head detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Brian Head: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Brian Head: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Brian Head: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Brian Head: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Brian Head 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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