Best PlacesPeople's Freeway, Salt Lake City, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around People's Freeway, Salt Lake City, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
People's Freeway, Salt Lake City ranks 4,918th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in People's Freeway, Salt Lake 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.
People's Freeway, Salt Lake City's strengths and weaknesses
Where People's Freeway, Salt Lake City ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of neighborhoods
- TransitBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- BikingBetter than 90% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
Where People's Freeway, Salt Lake City ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 1% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in People's Freeway, Salt Lake City
A household needs to earn about $122,000 a year to comfortably buy the median People's Freeway, Salt Lake City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $49,972, 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 People's Freeway, Salt Lake City's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 People's Freeway, Salt Lake City
People's Freeway, Salt Lake City 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 People's Freeway, Salt Lake City.
Who works in People's Freeway, Salt Lake City, and how
Work in People's Freeway, Salt Lake City centers on professional & technical and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 64%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in People's Freeway, Salt Lake City
People's Freeway, Salt Lake City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of neighborhoods and more late-night spots per resident than 94% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of People's Freeway, Salt Lake City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in People's Freeway, Salt Lake City, month by month
People's Freeway, Salt Lake City 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 People's Freeway, Salt Lake City
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 People's Freeway, Salt Lake City
Schools across People's Freeway, Salt Lake City average a C, better than 36% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Whittier SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Liberty SchoolD− · 12% proficient
- Franklin SchoolD− · 12% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clayton MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Hillside MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Salt Lake Center For Science Education BryantD · 22% proficient
Top high schools
- Horizonte Instruction & Training CenterD+ · 25% proficient
- Innovations High SchoolD · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every People's Freeway, Salt Lake City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
People's Freeway, Salt Lake 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 People's Freeway, Salt Lake City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in People's Freeway, Salt Lake City
Is People's Freeway, Salt Lake City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, People's Freeway, Salt Lake City ranks 4,918th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, transit, and low property taxes, and lowest on crime and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is People's Freeway, Salt Lake City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $488,447. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $49,972 median income, cost of living beats 16% of neighborhoods.
Is People's Freeway, Salt Lake City safe?
People's Freeway, Salt Lake City is safer than 1% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $2,264 per resident a year.
Compare People's Freeway, Salt Lake City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to People's Freeway, Salt Lake City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in People's Freeway, Salt Lake 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.
People's Freeway, Salt Lake City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for People's Freeway, Salt Lake City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in People's Freeway, Salt Lake City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of People's Freeway, Salt Lake City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in People's Freeway, Salt Lake City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
People's Freeway, Salt Lake 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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