Best PlacesDraper, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Draper, 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.
Draper ranks 125th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Draper
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.
Draper's strengths and weaknesses
Where Draper ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 96% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of cities
Where Draper ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 26% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 28% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 29% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 29% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Draper
A household needs to earn about $198,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Draper home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $140,019, 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 Draper's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 Draper
Draper 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 Draper.
Who works in Draper, and how
Work in Draper centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Draper
Draper has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of cities and more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Draper and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Draper, month by month
Draper sees roughly 126 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 Draper
Salt Lake City International sits about 20 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 Draper
Schools across Draper average an A−, better than 88% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Goldminer's DaughterA+ · 75% proficient
- Draper SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Traverse Mountain SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Draper Park MiddleA · 66% proficient
- Indian Hills MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Timberline MiddleA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Corner Canyon HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Lone Peak HighB · 47% proficient
- Alta HighB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Draper school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Draper 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 Draper against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Draper suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 91% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 24% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Draper
Is Draper a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Draper ranks 125th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on heat safety, low property taxes, and a strong job market, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Draper expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $796,532. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $140,019 median income, cost of living beats 91% of cities.
Is Draper safe?
Yes, Draper is safer than 85% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Draper?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 25. That works out to about 126 pleasant days a year, more than 72% of cities.
Is Draper good for families?
Schools beat 88% of cities, crime safety beats 85%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Draper with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Draper. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Draper 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.
Draper detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Draper: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Draper: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Draper: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Draper: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Draper 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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