Best PlacesMidvale, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Midvale, 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.
Midvale ranks 726th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Midvale
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.
Midvale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Midvale ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of cities
- TransitBetter than 98% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 92% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 90% of cities
Where Midvale ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 14% of cities
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 14% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 18% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Midvale
A household needs to earn about $113,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Midvale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $80,627, 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 Midvale's effective rate of 0.54%, 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 Midvale
Midvale 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 Midvale.
Who works in Midvale, and how
Work in Midvale centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Midvale
Midvale has more restaurants and bars per resident than 83% of cities and more parkland per resident than 80% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Midvale and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Midvale, month by month
Midvale sees roughly 131 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 Midvale
Salt Lake City International sits about 13 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 Midvale
Schools across Midvale average a B, better than 66% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Goldminer's DaughterA+ · 75% proficient
- Longview SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Liberty SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albion MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Union MiddleB · 46% proficient
- Hillcrest Jr HighC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Hillcrest HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Murray HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Midvale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Midvale 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 Midvale against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Midvale suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Midvale
Is Midvale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Midvale ranks 726th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, transit, and heat safety, and lowest on noise and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Midvale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $449,684. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $80,627 median income, cost of living beats 34% of cities.
Is Midvale safe?
Yes, Midvale is safer than 85% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $265 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Midvale?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 25. That works out to about 131 pleasant days a year, more than 75% of cities.
Is Midvale good for families?
Schools beat 66% of cities, crime safety beats 85%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Midvale with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Midvale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Midvale 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.
Midvale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Midvale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Midvale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Midvale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Midvale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Midvale 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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