Best PlacesIvins, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ivins, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ivins ranks 9,876th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Ivins
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.
Ivins' strengths and weaknesses
Where Ivins ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute17.7 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 93% of towns
Where Ivins ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ivins
A household needs to earn about $153,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ivins home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $91,950, 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 Ivins' effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Ivins
Ivins runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ivins.
Who works in Ivins, and how
Work in Ivins centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Ivins
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ivins.
What the weather is like in Ivins, month by month
Ivins 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 Ivins
The nearest airport, St George Regional, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 111 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ivins
Schools across Ivins average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Red Mountain SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lava Ridge IntermediateB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Snow Canyon HighB− · 44% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ivins school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ivins 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 Ivins against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ivins
Is Ivins a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ivins ranks 9,876th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, the weather, and cell coverage, 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 Ivins expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $618,257. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $91,950 median income, cost of living beats 66% of towns.
Is Ivins safe?
Yes, Ivins is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $248 per resident a year.
Compare Ivins with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ivins. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ivins 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.
Ivins detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ivins: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ivins: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ivins: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ivins: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ivins 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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