Best PlacesEmory, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Emory, 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.
Emory ranks 19,780th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Emory
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.
Emory's strengths and weaknesses
Where Emory ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 161 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
Where Emory ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Emory
A household needs to earn about $116,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Emory home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $96,979, 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 Emory's effective rate of 0.34%, 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 Emory
Emory runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Emory.
Who works in Emory, and how
Work in Emory centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Emory
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Emory.
What the weather is like in Emory, month by month
Emory sees roughly 161 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 12° |
| April | 53° | 39° | 27° |
| July | 86° | 70° | 53° |
| October | 60° | 44° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Emory
Salt Lake City International sits about 34 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 Emory
Schools across Emory average a B+, better than 78% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clark ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- North Evanston ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- North Summit SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Davis Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Rich Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- North Summit MiddleA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- North Summit HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Evanston High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Rich HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Emory school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Emory 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 Emory against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Emory
Is Emory a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Emory ranks 19,780th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, population health, and the weather, and lowest on civic engagement and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Emory expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $472,600. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $96,979 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Emory safe?
Yes, Emory is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $283 per resident a year.
Compare Emory with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Emory. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Emory 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.
Emory detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Emory: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Emory: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Emory: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Emory: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Emory 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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