Best PlacesCedar Fort, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Fort, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Cedar Fort ranks 9,206th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Fort
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.
Cedar Fort's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Fort ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
Where Cedar Fort ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of towns
- Short commute35.9 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Fort
A household needs to earn about $149,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Fort home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $118,572, 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 Cedar Fort's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 Cedar Fort
Cedar Fort 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 Cedar Fort.
Who works in Cedar Fort, and how
Work in Cedar Fort centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Cedar Fort
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cedar Fort.
What the weather is like in Cedar Fort, month by month
Cedar Fort sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 68° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Cedar Fort
The nearest airport, Provo Municipal, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 32 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cedar Fort
Schools across Cedar Fort average a C+, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cedar Valley SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Frontier Middle SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Westlake HighB− · 42% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Fort school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Fort 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 Cedar Fort against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cedar Fort
Is Cedar Fort a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Fort ranks 9,206th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, heat safety, and a strong job market, and lowest on disaster risk and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Fort expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $604,890. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $118,572 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Cedar Fort safe?
Yes, Cedar Fort is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $252 per resident a year.
Compare Cedar Fort with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Fort. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Fort 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.
Cedar Fort detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Fort: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Fort: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Fort: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Fort: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Fort 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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