Best PlacesOgden, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in the Ogden metro, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The averages hide a wide spread here, so the area matters as much as the address. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
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Ogden ranks 13th of 387 U.S. metro areas on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $108,806, everyday costs sit below the national average, and a strong job market ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are noise, air quality, and tree cover.
The best neighborhoods in the Ogden metro
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.
The best areas in Ogden
The towns and districts of the Ogden metro, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood in each, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the metro.
South Weber & Morgan
Local pay stretches further, incomes run higher, and more adults hold degrees.
Bountiful, Farmington & North Salt Lake
Schools score higher and health care is easier to reach.
Eden & Huntsville
It is quieter, though more homes sit empty.
Layton & Kaysville
More households have young kids and prices have run up less.
West Haven, Farr West & Pleasant View
Streets are more car-dependent and biking is worse.
Roy, Clearfield & Syracuse
Scores close to West Haven, Farr West & Pleasant View, except that fewer residents vote here.
South Ogden & Washington Terrace
Scores close to Roy, Clearfield & Syracuse, except that transit reaches more jobs here.
Downtown Ogden
Homes cost less, though crime runs higher.
Ogden shows why a single number is not enough. Some neighborhoods score in the bottom 4% of the country and others in the top 1%. Pick the area first, then the home.
Ogden's strengths and weaknesses
Ogden ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Population health is the standout, in the top 2% of metro areas. Few empty homes and what local pay buys follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Noise, air quality, and tree cover hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Ogden ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of metro areas
- Low vacancyBetter than 97% of metro areas
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of metro areas
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of metro areas
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of metro areas
Where Ogden ranks low
- QuietBetter than only 10% of metro areas
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of metro areas
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of metro areas
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 22% of metro areas
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 23% of metro areas
What it costs to buy a home in Ogden
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ogden home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $108,806, 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 Ogden'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 Ogden
Ogden 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 Ogden.
Who works in Ogden, and how
Work in Ogden centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Ogden
Ogden has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most metro areas. That concentrates in some parts of Ogden and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Ogden growing, and who is moving in?
Ogden has grown about 15% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Salt Lake City, UT.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Ogden go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Ogden, month by month
Ogden sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 38° |
| July | 96° | 82° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Ogden
Salt Lake City International sits about 31 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 Ogden
Schools across Ogden average a B−, better than 54% of metro areas.
Top elementary schools
- Endeavour SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Kay's Creek ElementaryA · 65% proficient
- Valley SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top middle schools
- Centennial Jr HighA · 61% proficient
- Kaysville Jr HighA · 60% proficient
- Mountain Green MiddleA · 59% proficient
Top high schools
- No. Ut. Acad. For Math Engineering & ScienceA · 69% proficient
- Weber Innovation High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- No. Ut. Acad. Of Math Engineering & Science OgdenB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ogden school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ogden 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 Ogden against the other 386 metro areas.
Who Ogden suits
Families
Schools land around the 54th percentile and crime safety beats 96%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of metro areas, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 17% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Ogden
Is Ogden a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ogden ranks 13th of 387 metro areas. It scores highest on population health, few empty homes, and what local pay buys, 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 Ogden expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $498,516. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $108,806 median income, cost of living beats 97% of metro areas.
Is Ogden safe?
Yes, Ogden is safer than 96% of metro areas. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $253 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Ogden?
July highs average about 96 degrees, and January highs near 40 with lows near 22. That works out to about 99 pleasant days a year, more than 58% of metro areas.
What are the best neighborhoods in Ogden?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are South Weber & Morgan, Bountiful, Farmington & North Salt Lake, and Eden & Huntsville. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Is Ogden good for families?
Schools beat 54% of metro areas, crime safety beats 96%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Is Ogden good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 97% of metro areas, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 96% of metro areas. About 17% of workers already work from home.
Compare Ogden with other metro areas
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ogden. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ogden 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.
Ogden detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ogden: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ogden: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ogden: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ogden: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ogden 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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