Best PlacesMagna, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Magna, 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.
Magna ranks 1,020th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and the schools rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Magna
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.
Magna's strengths and weaknesses
Where Magna ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 98% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 95% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of cities
Where Magna ranks low
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 9% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 10% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 11% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Magna
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Magna home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $89,069; 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 Magna's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Magna
Magna 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 Magna.
Who works in Magna, and how
Work in Magna centers on manufacturing and retail trade. 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 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Magna
Magna has more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Magna and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Magna, month by month
Magna sees roughly 130 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 68° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Magna
Salt Lake City International sits about 8 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 Magna
Schools across Magna average a D, better than 7% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Diamond Ridge SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Gearld Wright SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Falcon Ridge SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sunset Ridge MiddleB− · 40% proficient
- Thomas Jefferson Jr HighD+ · 24% proficient
- Hunter Jr HighD · 23% proficient
Top high schools
- Copper Hills HighC− · 29% proficient
- Cyprus HighD · 21% proficient
- Hunter HighD · 19% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Magna school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Magna 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 Magna against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Magna suits
Families
Schools land around the 7th percentile and crime safety beats 79%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 12% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Magna
Is Magna a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Magna ranks 1,020th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on cell coverage, fast internet, and few empty homes, and lowest on the schools 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 Magna expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $383,155. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $89,069 median income, cost of living beats 46% of cities.
Is Magna safe?
Yes, Magna is safer than 79% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $277 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Magna?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 25. That works out to about 130 pleasant days a year, more than 74% of cities.
Is Magna good for families?
Schools beat 7% of cities, crime safety beats 79%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Magna with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Magna. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Magna 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.
Magna detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Magna: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Magna: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Magna: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Magna: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Magna 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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