Best PlacesHolladay, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Holladay, 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.
Holladay ranks 134th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Holladay
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.
Holladay's strengths and weaknesses
Where Holladay ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 94% of cities
- TransitBetter than 94% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than 91% of cities
Where Holladay ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 23% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 31% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 33% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 36% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Holladay
A household needs to earn about $190,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Holladay home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $128,751, 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 Holladay'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 Holladay
Holladay's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Holladay.
Who works in Holladay, and how
Work in Holladay centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Holladay
Holladay has more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Holladay and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Holladay, month by month
Holladay sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 68° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Holladay
Salt Lake City International sits about 11 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 Holladay
Schools across Holladay average a B+, better than 72% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Howard R. Driggs SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Cottonwood SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Eastwood SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Wasatch Jr HighA− · 56% proficient
- Olympus Jr HighA− · 55% proficient
- Churchill Jr HighA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Skyline HighA− · 61% proficient
- Olympus HighB+ · 52% proficient
- Cottonwood HighC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Holladay school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Holladay 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 Holladay against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Holladay suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 81% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 24% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 73% of cities and health care access beats 77%.
Common questions about living in Holladay
Is Holladay a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Holladay ranks 134th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, transit, and low property taxes, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Holladay expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $757,016. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $128,751 median income, cost of living beats 81% of cities.
Is Holladay safe?
Yes, Holladay is safer than 91% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $240 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Holladay?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 25. That works out to about 128 pleasant days a year, more than 73% of cities.
Is Holladay good for families?
Schools beat 72% of cities, crime safety beats 91%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Holladay with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Holladay. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Holladay 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.
Holladay detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Holladay: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Holladay: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Holladay: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Holladay: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Holladay 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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