Best PlacesEphraim, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ephraim, 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.
Ephraim ranks 5,928th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ephraim
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.
Ephraim's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ephraim ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute15.4 minutes each way, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
Where Ephraim ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 17% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ephraim
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ephraim home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,754, 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 Ephraim'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 Ephraim
Ephraim 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 Ephraim.
Who works in Ephraim, and how
Work in Ephraim centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Ephraim
Ephraim has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Ephraim and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ephraim, month by month
Ephraim sees roughly 164 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 26° | 15° |
| April | 65° | 49° | 33° |
| July | 94° | 77° | 59° |
| October | 65° | 50° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Ephraim
The nearest airport, Provo Municipal, is about 60 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 101 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ephraim
Schools across Ephraim average a B−, better than 61% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Ephraim SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Mt. Pleasant SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Manti SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Sanpete MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
- Ephraim MiddleB · 43% proficient
- Juab Jr HighC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Juab HighC+ · 37% proficient
- North Sanpete HighC · 33% proficient
- Manti HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ephraim school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ephraim 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 Ephraim against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ephraim
Is Ephraim a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ephraim ranks 5,928th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, walkability, and population health, and lowest on an overheated housing market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ephraim expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $417,696. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $75,754 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Ephraim safe?
Yes, Ephraim is safer than 66% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $325 per resident a year.
Compare Ephraim with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ephraim. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ephraim 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.
Ephraim detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ephraim: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ephraim: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ephraim: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ephraim: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ephraim 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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