Best PlacesKearns, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kearns, 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.
Kearns ranks 1,107th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and education levels rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kearns
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.
Kearns' strengths and weaknesses
Where Kearns ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 99% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of cities
- TransitBetter than 94% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of cities
Where Kearns ranks low
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 5% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 6% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of cities
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Kearns
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kearns home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $91,126; 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 Kearns' effective rate of 0.60%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Kearns
Kearns 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 Kearns.
Who works in Kearns, and how
Work in Kearns centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Kearns
Kearns has more parkland per resident than 83% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Kearns and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Kearns, month by month
Kearns sees roughly 132 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 Kearns
Salt Lake City International sits about 10 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 Kearns
Schools across Kearns average a D, better than 7% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Fox Hills SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Diamond Ridge SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- South Kearns SchoolC− · 26% proficient
Top middle schools
- Thomas Jefferson Jr HighD+ · 24% proficient
- Kearns Jr HighD · 20% proficient
- John F. Kennedy Jr HighD · 20% proficient
Top high schools
- Hunter HighD · 19% proficient
- Kearns HighD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kearns school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kearns 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 Kearns against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Kearns suits
Families
Schools land around the 7th percentile and crime safety beats 82%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 11% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Kearns
Is Kearns a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kearns ranks 1,107th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on few empty homes, heat safety, and fast internet, and lowest on education levels and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kearns expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $372,314. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $91,126 median income, cost of living beats 46% of cities.
Is Kearns safe?
Yes, Kearns is safer than 82% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $271 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Kearns?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 25. That works out to about 132 pleasant days a year, more than 76% of cities.
Is Kearns good for families?
Schools beat 7% of cities, crime safety beats 82%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Kearns with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kearns. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kearns 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.
Kearns detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kearns: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kearns: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kearns: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kearns: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kearns 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.