Best PlacesIbapah, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ibapah, 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.
Ibapah ranks 40,471st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ibapah
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.
Ibapah's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ibapah ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 157 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 76% of towns
Where Ibapah ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ibapah
A household needs to earn about $54,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ibapah home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $53,247; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Ibapah's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 Ibapah
Ibapah 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 Ibapah.
Who works in Ibapah, and how
Work in Ibapah centers on arts & entertainment and education. Unemployment is close to 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 Ibapah
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ibapah.
What the weather is like in Ibapah, month by month
Ibapah sees roughly 157 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 65° | 52° | 39° |
| July | 97° | 83° | 67° |
| October | 65° | 51° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Ibapah
The nearest airport, Elko Regional, is about 115 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 120 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ibapah
Schools across Ibapah average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vernon SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Ibapah SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
- West Wendover Elementary SchoolD · 16% proficient
Top high schools
- Eskdale HighB · 50% proficient
- Wendover HighD− · 17% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ibapah school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ibapah 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 Ibapah against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ibapah
Is Ibapah a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ibapah ranks 40,471st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, the weather, and low property taxes, and lowest on civic engagement and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ibapah expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $220,447. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $53,247 median income, cost of living beats 11% of towns.
Is Ibapah safe?
Ibapah is safer than 12% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $646 per resident a year.
Compare Ibapah with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ibapah. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ibapah 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.
Ibapah detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ibapah: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ibapah: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ibapah: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ibapah: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ibapah 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.