Best PlacesPlain City, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Plain City, 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.
Plain City ranks 1,221st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Plain 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.
Plain City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Plain City ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 95% of towns
Where Plain City ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 11% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
- Cheap childcare$929 a month, better than only 32% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Plain City
A household needs to earn about $142,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Plain City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $120,679, 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 Plain City's effective rate of 0.53%, 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 Plain City
Plain 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 Plain City.
Who works in Plain City, and how
Work in Plain City centers on public administration and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Plain City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Plain City.
What the weather is like in Plain City, month by month
Plain City sees roughly 121 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 Plain City
Salt Lake City International sits about 36 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 Plain City
Schools across Plain City average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Plain City SchoolA− · 59% proficient
- Farr West SchoolB · 45% proficient
- West Weber SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Top middle schools
- Young IntermediateB · 45% proficient
- Wahlquist Jr HighC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Weber Innovation High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Box Elder HighB− · 41% proficient
- Fremont HighC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Plain City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Plain 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 Plain City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Plain City
Is Plain City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Plain City ranks 1,221st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, a strong job market, and cell coverage, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Plain City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $563,245. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $120,679 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Plain City safe?
Yes, Plain City is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $146 per resident a year.
Compare Plain City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Plain City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Plain 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.
Plain City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Plain City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Plain City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Plain City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Plain City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Plain 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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