Best PlacesCache County, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Cache 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.
Cache County ranks 142nd of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $89,729, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are an overheated housing market, air quality, and disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Cache 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 Cache County
The parts of Cache 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.
Hyde Park & Richmond
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and it is quieter.
Providence
More households have young kids and more residents vote.
Hyrum
Biking is worse and streets are more car-dependent.
Wellsville & Nibley
Fewer homes sit empty, though fewer adults hold degrees.
Smithfield
Prices have run up less and health care is easier to reach.
North Logan
Scores close to Smithfield, except that commutes are shorter here.
Logan
Advertised internet is faster, though crime runs higher.
Scores across Cache County run from about the 26th to the 98th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Cache County's strengths and weaknesses
Cache County ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Population health is the standout, in the top 1% of counties. Low crime and few empty homes follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. An overheated housing market, air quality, and disaster risk hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Cache County ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of counties
- Local economyBetter than 97% of counties
Where Cache County ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 15% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 22% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of counties
- Cheap childcare$929 a month, better than only 24% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Cache County
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cache County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $89,729, 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 Cache County's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Cache County
Cache 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 Cache County.
Who works in Cache County, and how
Work in Cache County centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Cache County
Cache County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and more late-night spots per resident than 68% of counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Cache County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Cache County growing, and who is moving in?
Cache County has grown about 23% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Salt Lake City, UT.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Cache County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Cache County, month by month
Cache County sees roughly 114 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 Cache County
Salt Lake City International sits about 66 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 Cache County
Schools across Cache County average a B−, better than 68% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Valley SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Sunrise SchoolA · 64% proficient
- River Heights SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Cache Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Spring Creek Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- South Cache Middle SchoolA− · 52% proficient
Top high schools
- Intech Collegiate AcademyA− · 67% proficient
- Ridgeline High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Green Canyon High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cache County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cache 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 Cache County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Cache County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 80% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Cache County
Is Cache County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cache County ranks 142nd of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on population health, low crime, and few empty homes, 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 Cache County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $443,771. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $89,729 median income, cost of living beats 80% of counties.
Is Cache County safe?
Yes, Cache County is safer than 99% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Cache County?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 34 with lows near 13. That works out to about 114 pleasant days a year, more than 70% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Cache County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Hyde Park & Richmond, Providence, and Hyrum. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Cache County good for families?
Schools beat 68% of counties, crime safety beats 99%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Is Cache County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 80% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 84% of counties. About 14% of workers already work from home.
Compare Cache County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cache County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cache 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.
Cache County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cache County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cache County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cache County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cache County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cache 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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