Best PlacesCapitol Hill, Salt Lake City, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City, 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.
Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City ranks 3,121st of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City
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.
Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City ranks high
- TransitBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 18% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City
A household needs to earn about $146,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,909, 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 Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City
Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City runs younger 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 Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City.
Who works in Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City, and how
Work in Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City
Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City has more parkland per resident than 77% of neighborhoods. That concentrates in some parts of Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City, month by month
Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City 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 Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City International sits about 4 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 Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City
Schools across Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City average a D+, better than 18% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Ensign SchoolA · 67% proficient
- Washington SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Newman SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Salt Lake Center For Science Education BryantD · 22% proficient
- Northwest MiddleD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- West HighB · 47% proficient
- Innovations High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City 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 Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City
Is Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City ranks 3,121st of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on transit, low property taxes, and fast internet, and lowest on noise and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $584,058. The overall cost of living runs about 5% above the national average. Set against a $84,909 median income, cost of living beats 60% of neighborhoods.
Is Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City safe?
Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City is safer than 18% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,032 per resident a year.
Compare Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City 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.
Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Capitol Hill, Salt Lake City 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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