Best PlacesEmery, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Emery, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Emery ranks 17,033rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Emery
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.
Emery's strengths and weaknesses
Where Emery ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 181 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 79% of towns
- Short commute22.2 minutes each way, better than 79% of towns
Where Emery ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Emery
A household needs to earn about $55,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Emery home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $74,658, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Emery's effective rate of 0.57%, 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 Emery
Emery 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 Emery.
Who works in Emery, and how
Work in Emery centers on agriculture & forestry and utilities. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Emery
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Emery.
What the weather is like in Emery, month by month
Emery sees roughly 181 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 90° | 77° | 64° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Emery
The nearest airport, Canyonlands Regional, is about 81 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 134 miles away.
The best schools in and around Emery
Schools across Emery average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Salina SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Ferron SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Manti SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Sevier MiddleB · 47% proficient
- North Sevier MiddleB · 44% proficient
- San Rafael Middle SchoolB · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- North Sevier HighC+ · 40% proficient
- Emery HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Manti HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Emery school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Emery 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 Emery against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Emery
Is Emery a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Emery ranks 17,033rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low disaster risk, and state infrastructure, and lowest on a weak job market and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Emery expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $216,040. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $74,658 median income, cost of living beats 52% of towns.
Is Emery safe?
Emery is safer than 50% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Emery with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Emery. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Emery 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.
Emery detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Emery: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Emery: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Emery: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Emery: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Emery 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.