Best PlacesNorth Salt Lake, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around North Salt Lake, 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.
North Salt Lake ranks 1,850th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on biking by a wide margin, and noise is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in North Salt Lake
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.
North Salt Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where North Salt Lake ranks high
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
Where North Salt Lake ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 4% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of towns
- Cheap childcare$929 a month, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in North Salt Lake
A household needs to earn about $138,000 a year to comfortably buy the median North Salt Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $114,030, 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 North Salt Lake's effective rate of 0.52%, 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 North Salt Lake
North Salt Lake 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 North Salt Lake.
Who works in North Salt Lake, and how
Work in North Salt Lake centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in North Salt Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across North Salt Lake.
What the weather is like in North Salt Lake, month by month
North Salt Lake 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 North Salt Lake
Salt Lake City International sits about 5 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 North Salt Lake
Schools across North Salt Lake average a B−, better than 54% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Wasatch Peak AcademyB+ · 52% proficient
- Muir SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Orchard SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mueller Park Jr HighB · 46% proficient
- South Davis Jr HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Northwest MiddleD− · 13% proficient
Top high schools
- Bountiful HighB− · 41% proficient
- Woods Cross HighB− · 41% proficient
- Cyprus HighD · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every North Salt Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
North Salt Lake 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 North Salt Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Who North Salt Lake suits
Families
Schools land around the 54th percentile and crime safety beats 90%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 90% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in North Salt Lake
Is North Salt Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, North Salt Lake ranks 1,850th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on biking, population health, and transit, 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 North Salt Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $548,563. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $114,030 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is North Salt Lake safe?
Yes, North Salt Lake is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $241 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in North Salt Lake?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 24. That works out to about 124 pleasant days a year, more than 82% of towns.
Is North Salt Lake good for families?
Schools beat 54% of towns, crime safety beats 90%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare North Salt Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to North Salt Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in North Salt Lake 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.
North Salt Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for North Salt Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in North Salt Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of North Salt Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in North Salt Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
North Salt Lake 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.