Best PlacesFruit Heights, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fruit Heights, 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.
Fruit Heights ranks 758th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fruit Heights
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.
Fruit Heights' strengths and weaknesses
Where Fruit Heights ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
Where Fruit Heights ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 65 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 30% of towns
- Cheap childcare$929 a month, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fruit Heights
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fruit Heights home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $134,736, 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 Fruit Heights' effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Fruit Heights
Fruit Heights 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 Fruit Heights.
Who works in Fruit Heights, and how
Work in Fruit Heights centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Fruit Heights
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fruit Heights.
What the weather is like in Fruit Heights, month by month
Fruit Heights sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 29° | 22° |
| April | 61° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 94° | 80° | 65° |
| October | 65° | 52° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Fruit Heights
Salt Lake City International sits about 17 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 Fruit Heights
Schools across Fruit Heights average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- H C Burton SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Knowlton SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Windridge SchoolA− · 59% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kaysville Jr HighA · 60% proficient
- Fairfield Jr HighA− · 58% proficient
- Farmington Jr HighA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Davis HighB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fruit Heights school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fruit Heights 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 Fruit Heights against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fruit Heights
Is Fruit Heights a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fruit Heights ranks 758th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, transit, and few empty homes, and lowest on air quality and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fruit Heights expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $645,841. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $134,736 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Fruit Heights safe?
Yes, Fruit Heights is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
Compare Fruit Heights with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fruit Heights. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fruit Heights 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.
Fruit Heights detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fruit Heights: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fruit Heights: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fruit Heights: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fruit Heights: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fruit Heights 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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