Best PlacesCedar Hills, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cedar Hills, 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 Hills ranks 326th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Cedar Hills
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 Hills' strengths and weaknesses
Where Cedar Hills ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Cedar Hills ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 28% of towns
- Cheap childcare$929 a month, better than only 32% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 38% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cedar Hills
A household needs to earn about $165,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cedar Hills home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $139,296, 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 Hills' effective rate of 0.46%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Cedar Hills
Cedar Hills 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 Hills.
Who works in Cedar Hills, and how
Work in Cedar Hills centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Cedar Hills
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Cedar Hills.
What the weather is like in Cedar Hills, month by month
Cedar Hills sees roughly 85 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 50° | 37° |
| July | 95° | 79° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 51° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Cedar Hills
The nearest airport, Provo Municipal, is about 14 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 28 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cedar Hills
Schools across Cedar Hills average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cedar Ridge SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
- Highland SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Manila SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mountain Ridge Jr HighA− · 57% proficient
- Timberline MiddleA− · 54% proficient
- Pleasant Grove Jr HighB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Lone Peak HighB · 47% proficient
- American Fork HighB− · 40% proficient
- Pleasant Grove HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cedar Hills school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cedar Hills 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 Hills against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cedar Hills
Is Cedar Hills a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cedar Hills ranks 326th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, fast internet, and biking, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cedar Hills expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $660,074. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $139,296 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Cedar Hills safe?
Yes, Cedar Hills is safer than 81% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Cedar Hills with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cedar Hills. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cedar Hills 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 Hills detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cedar Hills: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cedar Hills: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cedar Hills: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cedar Hills: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cedar Hills 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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