Best PlacesPark City, MT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Park City, 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.
Park City ranks 24,359th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. An overheated housing market pulls hardest against it, while it scores best on low taxes.
The best neighborhoods in Park City
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.
Park City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Park City ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 89% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 135 pleasant days a year, better than 87% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 82% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 80% of towns
- Household income$93,072 median, better than 80% of towns
Where Park City ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,104 a month, better than only 16% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Park City
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Park City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,072, 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 Park City's effective rate of 0.55%, 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 Park City
Park City's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Park City.
Who works in Park City, and how
Work in Park City centers on manufacturing and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Park City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Park City.
What the weather is like in Park City, month by month
Park City sees roughly 135 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 92 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 17. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 27° | 17° |
| April | 60° | 45° | 33° |
| July | 92° | 75° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 48° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Park City
The nearest airport, Billings Logan International, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 368 miles away.
The best schools in and around Park City
Schools across Park City average a C−, better than 19% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Joliet SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Park City SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Rocky Mountain Middle SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Joliet Middle SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- Laurel Middle SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Columbus High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
- Joliet High SchoolC− · 27% proficient
- Laurel High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Park City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Park City 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 Park City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Park City
Is Park City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Park City ranks 24,359th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, the weather, and a strong job market, and lowest on an overheated housing market and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Park City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $499,532. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $93,072 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Park City safe?
Park City is safer than 26% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $538 per resident a year.
Compare Park City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Park City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Park City 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.
Park City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Park City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Park City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Park City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Park City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Park City 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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