Best PlacesLiberty Wells, Salt Lake City, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City, 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.
Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City ranks 2,347th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City
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.
Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Crime safetyBetter than only 21% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of neighborhoods
- Local economyBetter than only 31% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City
A household needs to earn about $124,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $84,292, 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 Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City's effective rate of 0.34%, 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 Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City
Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City runs younger than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City.
Who works in Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City, and how
Work in Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City centers on education and professional & technical. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City.
What the weather is like in Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City, month by month
Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 98° | 84° | 70° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City International sits about 6 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 Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City
Schools across Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City average a C+, better than 57% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Hawthorne SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Emerson SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Whittier SchoolB− · 44% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clayton MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Hillside MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Innovations High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City 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 Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City
Is Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City ranks 2,347th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on low property taxes, fast internet, and biking, and lowest on disaster risk and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $507,656. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $84,292 median income, cost of living beats 55% of neighborhoods.
Is Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City safe?
Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City is safer than 21% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $909 per resident a year.
Compare Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City 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.
Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Liberty Wells, Salt Lake City 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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