Best PlacesLapoint, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lapoint, 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.
Lapoint ranks 24,166th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lapoint
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.
Lapoint's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lapoint ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 166 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- QuietBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 90% of towns
Where Lapoint ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- School gradeD+, better than only 12% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lapoint
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lapoint home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $76,708; 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 Lapoint's effective rate of 0.47%, 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 Lapoint
Lapoint's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Lapoint.
Who works in Lapoint, and how
Work in Lapoint centers on mining & oil & gas and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Lapoint
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lapoint.
What the weather is like in Lapoint, month by month
Lapoint sees roughly 166 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 20° | 8° |
| April | 65° | 48° | 31° |
| July | 95° | 77° | 57° |
| October | 65° | 48° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Lapoint
The nearest airport, Vernal Regional, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 117 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lapoint
Schools across Lapoint average a D+, better than 12% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Maeser SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Manila SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Neola SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Manila HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Union HighC− · 30% proficient
- Uintah HighC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lapoint school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lapoint 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 Lapoint against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lapoint
Is Lapoint a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lapoint ranks 24,166th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, low disaster risk, and quiet, and lowest on air quality 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 Lapoint expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $306,709. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $76,708 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Lapoint safe?
Lapoint is safer than 38% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $403 per resident a year.
Compare Lapoint with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lapoint. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lapoint 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.
Lapoint detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lapoint: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lapoint: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lapoint: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lapoint: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lapoint 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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