Best PlacesGunlock, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Gunlock, 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.
Gunlock ranks 29,275th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on health care access by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Gunlock
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.
Gunlock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Gunlock ranks high
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 85% of towns
Where Gunlock ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Short commute44.5 minutes each way, better than only 2% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Gunlock
A household needs to earn about $166,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Gunlock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,194, 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 Gunlock's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 Gunlock
Gunlock runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Gunlock.
Who works in Gunlock, and how
Work in Gunlock centers on finance & insurance and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Gunlock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Gunlock.
What the weather is like in Gunlock, month by month
Gunlock sees roughly 170 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 104 degrees. January highs sit near 54, with lows near 30. The comfortable stretch runs April, May, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 54° | 41° | 30° |
| April | 79° | 63° | 47° |
| July | 104° | 90° | 74° |
| October | 81° | 64° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Gunlock
The nearest airport, St George Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 112 miles away.
The best schools in and around Gunlock
Schools across Gunlock average a B−, better than 56% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Diamond Valley SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Enterprise SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Red Mountain SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lava Ridge IntermediateB · 46% proficient
- Tonaquint IntermediateC+ · 37% proficient
Top high schools
- Snow Canyon HighB− · 44% proficient
- Enterprise HighB− · 41% proficient
- Dixie HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Gunlock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Gunlock 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 Gunlock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Gunlock
Is Gunlock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Gunlock ranks 29,275th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on health care access, the weather, and an educated workforce, and lowest on disaster risk and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Gunlock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $668,549. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $93,194 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Gunlock safe?
Yes, Gunlock is safer than 69% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
Compare Gunlock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Gunlock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Gunlock 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.
Gunlock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Gunlock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Gunlock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Gunlock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Gunlock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Gunlock 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.