Best PlacesClearfield, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Clearfield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Clearfield ranks 1,032nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Clearfield
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.
Clearfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Clearfield ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 91% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 87% of cities
Where Clearfield ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 2% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 16% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Clearfield
A household needs to earn about $101,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Clearfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $90,171, 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 Clearfield's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Clearfield
Clearfield 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 Clearfield.
Who works in Clearfield, and how
Work in Clearfield centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Clearfield
Clearfield has more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Clearfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Clearfield, month by month
Clearfield sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 94° | 80° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Clearfield
Salt Lake City International sits about 22 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 Clearfield
Schools across Clearfield average a C, better than 28% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sand Springs SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Lakeside SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Ellison Park SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Point Jr HighB · 46% proficient
- Syracuse Jr HighB · 43% proficient
- Legacy Jr HighB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Leadership Academy Of UtahB− · 43% proficient
- Layton HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Syracuse HighC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Clearfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Clearfield 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 Clearfield against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Clearfield suits
Families
Schools land around the 28th percentile and crime safety beats 87%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Clearfield
Is Clearfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Clearfield ranks 1,032nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on heat safety, fast internet, and cell coverage, and lowest on noise and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Clearfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $399,869. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $90,171 median income, cost of living beats 52% of cities.
Is Clearfield safe?
Yes, Clearfield is safer than 87% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $246 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Clearfield?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 22. That works out to about 65 pleasant days a year, more than 16% of cities.
Is Clearfield good for families?
Schools beat 28% of cities, crime safety beats 87%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Clearfield with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Clearfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Clearfield 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.
Clearfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Clearfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Clearfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Clearfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Clearfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Clearfield 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.