Best PlacesErda, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Erda, 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.
Erda ranks 3,933rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Erda
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.
Erda's strengths and weaknesses
Where Erda ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
Where Erda ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 16% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 27% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Erda
A household needs to earn about $116,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Erda home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $122,581, 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 Erda's effective rate of 0.53%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Erda
Erda 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 Erda.
Who works in Erda, and how
Work in Erda centers on wholesale trade 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 94%
- Work from home 3%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Erda
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Erda.
What the weather is like in Erda, month by month
Erda sees roughly 125 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 94° | 80° | 65° |
| October | 64° | 50° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Erda
Salt Lake City International sits about 25 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 Erda
Schools across Erda average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grantsville SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Copper Canyon SchoolD+ · 22% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clarke N. Johnsen Jr HighB · 45% proficient
- Grantsville Jr HighB− · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Erda school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Erda 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 Erda against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Erda
Is Erda a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Erda ranks 3,933rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, population health, and what local pay buys, and lowest on disaster risk and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Erda expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $461,600. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $122,581 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Erda safe?
Yes, Erda is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $187 per resident a year.
Compare Erda with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Erda. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Erda 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.
Erda detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Erda: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Erda: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Erda: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Erda: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Erda 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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