Best PlacesLa Verkin, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around La Verkin, 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.
La Verkin ranks 22,145th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in La Verkin
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.
La Verkin's strengths and weaknesses
Where La Verkin ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 170 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- BikingBetter than 90% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 85% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 84% of towns
Where La Verkin ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in La Verkin
A household needs to earn about $107,000 a year to comfortably buy the median La Verkin home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,822, 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 La Verkin's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 La Verkin
La Verkin 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 La Verkin.
Who works in La Verkin, and how
Work in La Verkin centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. 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 3%
Life in La Verkin
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across La Verkin.
What the weather is like in La Verkin, month by month
La Verkin 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 La Verkin
The nearest airport, St George Regional, is about 17 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Harry Reid International, about 130 miles away.
The best schools in and around La Verkin
Schools across La Verkin average a B−, better than 60% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hurricane IntermediateB · 47% proficient
- Three Falls SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Laverkin SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every La Verkin school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
La Verkin 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 La Verkin against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in La Verkin
Is La Verkin a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, La Verkin ranks 22,145th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, state infrastructure, and biking, and lowest on an overheated housing market and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is La Verkin expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $431,062. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $76,822 median income, cost of living beats 40% of towns.
Is La Verkin safe?
Yes, La Verkin is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $267 per resident a year.
Compare La Verkin with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to La Verkin. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in La Verkin 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.
La Verkin detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for La Verkin: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in La Verkin: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of La Verkin: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in La Verkin: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
La Verkin 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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