Best PlacesLake Shore, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lake Shore, 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.
Lake Shore ranks 17,810th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Lake Shore
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.
Lake Shore's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lake Shore ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 88% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
Where Lake Shore ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lake Shore
A household needs to earn about $143,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lake Shore home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $94,753, 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 Lake Shore's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 Lake Shore
Lake Shore 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 Lake Shore.
Who works in Lake Shore, and how
Work in Lake Shore centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lake Shore
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lake Shore.
What the weather is like in Lake Shore, month by month
Lake Shore sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 50° | 37° |
| July | 95° | 79° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 51° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Lake Shore
The nearest airport, Provo Municipal, is about 7 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 47 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lake Shore
Schools across Lake Shore average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sage Hills SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Sunset View SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Brockbank SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- Springville Jr HighB− · 42% proficient
- Dixon MiddleC+ · 37% proficient
- Mt. Nebo MiddleC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Springville HighB− · 43% proficient
- Westlake HighB− · 42% proficient
- Spanish Fork HighC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lake Shore school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lake Shore 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 Lake Shore against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lake Shore
Is Lake Shore a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lake Shore ranks 17,810th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, heat safety, and state infrastructure, and lowest on an overheated housing market and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lake Shore expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $578,592. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $94,753 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Lake Shore safe?
Yes, Lake Shore is safer than 83% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $235 per resident a year.
Compare Lake Shore with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lake Shore. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lake Shore 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.
Lake Shore detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lake Shore: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lake Shore: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lake Shore: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lake Shore: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lake Shore 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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