Best PlacesMantua, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mantua, 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.
Mantua ranks 1,014th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mantua
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.
Mantua's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mantua ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$145,791 median, better than 97% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
Where Mantua ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 16% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cheap childcare$929 a month, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mantua
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mantua home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $145,791; 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 Mantua's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Mantua
Mantua 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 Mantua.
Who works in Mantua, and how
Work in Mantua centers on manufacturing and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Mantua
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mantua.
What the weather is like in Mantua, month by month
Mantua sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 38° |
| July | 96° | 80° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 51° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Mantua
Salt Lake City International sits about 49 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 Mantua
Schools across Mantua average a B, better than 62% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wellsville SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Discovery SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Canyon SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Young IntermediateB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Mountain Crest HighB− · 41% proficient
- Box Elder HighB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mantua school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mantua 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 Mantua against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mantua
Is Mantua a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mantua ranks 1,014th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, population health, and high incomes, and lowest on air quality and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mantua expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $649,703. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $145,791 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Mantua safe?
Yes, Mantua is safer than 74% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $262 per resident a year.
Compare Mantua with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mantua. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mantua 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.
Mantua detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mantua: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mantua: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mantua: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mantua: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mantua 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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