Best PlacesLehi, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lehi, 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.
Lehi ranks 253rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lehi
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.
Lehi's strengths and weaknesses
Where Lehi ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 98% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 97% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of cities
Where Lehi ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 24% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 26% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 31% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Lehi
A household needs to earn about $154,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lehi home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $135,460, 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 Lehi'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 Lehi
Lehi 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 Lehi.
Who works in Lehi, and how
Work in Lehi centers on professional & technical and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lehi
Lehi has more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Lehi and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Lehi, month by month
Lehi sees roughly 86 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 Lehi
The nearest airport, Provo Municipal, is about 15 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 27 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lehi
Schools across Lehi average a B, better than 63% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- River Rock SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Freedom SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Dry Creek SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lehi Jr HighA− · 55% proficient
- Willowcreek MiddleB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Skyridge High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Westlake HighB− · 42% proficient
- Lehi HighC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lehi school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lehi 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 Lehi against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Lehi suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 91% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 24% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Lehi
Is Lehi a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lehi ranks 253rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on population health, heat safety, and a strong job market, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Lehi expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $623,480. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $135,460 median income, cost of living beats 91% of cities.
Is Lehi safe?
Yes, Lehi is safer than 79% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $264 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Lehi?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 21. That works out to about 86 pleasant days a year, more than 51% of cities.
Is Lehi good for families?
Schools beat 63% of cities, crime safety beats 79%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Lehi with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lehi. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lehi 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.
Lehi detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lehi: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lehi: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lehi: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lehi: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lehi 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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