Best PlacesCastle Valley, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Castle Valley, 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.
Castle Valley ranks 37,528th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Castle Valley
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.
Castle Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Castle Valley ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 158 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 81% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 79% of towns
Where Castle Valley ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Castle Valley
A household needs to earn about $119,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Castle Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $81,250, 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 Castle Valley's effective rate of 0.49%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Castle Valley
Castle Valley 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 Castle Valley.
Who works in Castle Valley, and how
Work in Castle Valley centers on construction and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Castle Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Castle Valley.
What the weather is like in Castle Valley, month by month
Castle Valley sees roughly 158 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 100 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 28° | 16° |
| April | 71° | 55° | 37° |
| July | 100° | 84° | 65° |
| October | 72° | 55° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Castle Valley
The nearest airport, Canyonlands Regional, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 202 miles away.
The best schools in and around Castle Valley
Schools across Castle Valley average a C, better than 30% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Helen M. Knight SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Grand County MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Grand County HighC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Castle Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Castle Valley 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 Castle Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Castle Valley
Is Castle Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Castle Valley ranks 37,528th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, population health, and state infrastructure, and lowest on civic engagement and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Castle Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $475,000. The overall cost of living runs about 16% above the national average. Set against a $81,250 median income, cost of living beats 25% of towns.
Is Castle Valley safe?
Castle Valley is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $597 per resident a year.
Compare Castle Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Castle Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Castle Valley 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.
Castle Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Castle Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Castle Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Castle Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Castle Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Castle Valley 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.