Best PlacesDavis County, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Davis County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Davis County ranks 59th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $118,303, everyday costs sit below the national average, and an educated workforce ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are noise, air quality, and disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Davis County
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.
The best areas in Davis County
The parts of Davis County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Fruit Heights
More adults hold degrees, local pay stretches further, and incomes run higher.
Kaysville & Layton
Scores close to Fruit Heights, except that it is noisier here.
Bountiful, Centerville & North Salt Lake
Tree cover is thicker.
South Weber
Fewer households have young kids and biking is worse.
Woods Cross
Disaster risk is higher and fewer residents vote.
Clearfield, Clinton & Syracuse
Health care is harder to reach and schools score lower.
Davis County shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 13% of the country and others in the top 1%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Davis County's strengths and weaknesses
Davis County ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Fast internet is the standout, in the top 1% of counties. Population health and low crime follow.
The one real hole is noise, near the bottom of the country. Air quality and disaster risk also cost it ground. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Davis County ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of counties
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of counties
Where Davis County ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 5% of counties
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of counties
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 21% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Davis County
A household needs to earn about $133,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Davis County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $118,303, 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 Davis County's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Davis County
Davis County 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 Davis County.
Who works in Davis County, and how
Work in Davis County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Davis County
Davis County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties. That concentrates in some parts of Davis County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Davis County growing, and who is moving in?
Davis County has grown about 15% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Salt Lake City, UT.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Davis County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Davis County, month by month
Davis County sees roughly 86 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 Davis County
Salt Lake City International sits about 16 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 Davis County
Schools across Davis County average a B−, better than 68% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Endeavour SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Kay's Creek ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Snow Horse SchoolA · 63% proficient
Top middle schools
- Centennial Jr HighA · 61% proficient
- Kaysville Jr HighA · 60% proficient
- Mountain Green MiddleA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- No. Ut. Acad. For Math Engineering & ScienceA · 69% proficient
- Farmington HighB+ · 53% proficient
- Davis HighB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Davis County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Davis County 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 Davis County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Davis County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of counties, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 18% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Davis County
Is Davis County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Davis County ranks 59th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on fast internet, population health, and low crime, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Davis County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $530,022. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $118,303 median income, cost of living beats 98% of counties.
Is Davis County safe?
Yes, Davis County is safer than 99% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $226 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Davis County?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 22. That works out to about 86 pleasant days a year, more than 47% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Davis County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Fruit Heights, Kaysville & Layton, and Bountiful, Centerville & North Salt Lake. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Davis County good for families?
Schools beat 68% of counties, crime safety beats 99%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Is Davis County good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 98% of counties, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 99% of counties. About 18% of workers already work from home.
Compare Davis County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Davis County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Davis County 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.
Davis County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Davis County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Davis County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Davis County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Davis County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Davis County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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