Best PlacesEast Central, Salt Lake City, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around East Central, Salt Lake City, 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.
East Central, Salt Lake City ranks 2,432nd of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in East Central, Salt Lake City
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.
East Central, Salt Lake City's strengths and weaknesses
Where East Central, Salt Lake City ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 95% of neighborhoods
- Short commute17.6 minutes each way, better than 91% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 88% of neighborhoods
Where East Central, Salt Lake City ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of neighborhoods
- School gradeC−, better than only 28% of neighborhoods
- Low vacancyBetter than only 30% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 31% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in East Central, Salt Lake City
A household needs to earn about $156,000 a year to comfortably buy the median East Central, Salt Lake City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $69,316, 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 East Central, Salt Lake City's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 East Central, Salt Lake City
East Central, Salt Lake City runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for East Central, Salt Lake City.
Who works in East Central, Salt Lake City, and how
Work in East Central, Salt Lake City centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 60%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in East Central, Salt Lake City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across East Central, Salt Lake City.
What the weather is like in East Central, Salt Lake City, month by month
East Central, Salt Lake City sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 98° | 84° | 70° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of East Central, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City International sits about 6 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 East Central, Salt Lake City
Schools across East Central, Salt Lake City average a C−, better than 28% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Uintah SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Beacon Heights SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Hawthorne SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clayton MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Hillside MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Salt Lake Center For Science Education BryantD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- East HighC− · 28% proficient
- Innovations High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every East Central, Salt Lake City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
East Central, Salt Lake City 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 East Central, Salt Lake City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in East Central, Salt Lake City
Is East Central, Salt Lake City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, East Central, Salt Lake City ranks 2,432nd of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, transit, and short commutes, and lowest on air quality and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is East Central, Salt Lake City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $620,790. The overall cost of living runs about 7% above the national average. Set against a $69,316 median income, cost of living beats 36% of neighborhoods.
Is East Central, Salt Lake City safe?
East Central, Salt Lake City is safer than 47% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $623 per resident a year.
Compare East Central, Salt Lake City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to East Central, Salt Lake City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in East Central, Salt Lake City 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.
East Central, Salt Lake City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for East Central, Salt Lake City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in East Central, Salt Lake City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of East Central, Salt Lake City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in East Central, Salt Lake City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
East Central, Salt Lake City 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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