Best PlacesRoosevelt, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Roosevelt, 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.
Roosevelt ranks 7,031st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Roosevelt
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.
Roosevelt's strengths and weaknesses
Where Roosevelt ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 162 pleasant days a year, better than 95% of towns
- Short commute17.5 minutes each way, better than 94% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where Roosevelt ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap childcare$941 a month, better than only 31% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Roosevelt
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Roosevelt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $83,728, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Roosevelt's effective rate of 0.61%, 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 Roosevelt
Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt.
Who works in Roosevelt, and how
Work in Roosevelt centers on mining & oil & gas and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 87%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Roosevelt
Roosevelt has more restaurants and bars per resident than 73% of towns and more parkland per resident than 90% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Roosevelt and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Roosevelt, month by month
Roosevelt sees roughly 162 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 8. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 20° | 8° |
| April | 65° | 48° | 31° |
| July | 95° | 77° | 57° |
| October | 65° | 48° | 33° |
Flying in and out of Roosevelt
The nearest airport, Vernal Regional, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Roosevelt
Schools across Roosevelt average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Altamont SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Kings Peak SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Neola SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Roosevelt Jr HighC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Union HighC− · 30% proficient
- Altamont HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Roosevelt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Roosevelt 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 Roosevelt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Roosevelt
Is Roosevelt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Roosevelt ranks 7,031st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, heat safety, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Roosevelt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $308,034. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $83,728 median income, cost of living beats 68% of towns.
Is Roosevelt safe?
Yes, Roosevelt is safer than 77% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $272 per resident a year.
Compare Roosevelt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Roosevelt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Roosevelt 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.
Roosevelt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Roosevelt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Roosevelt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Roosevelt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Roosevelt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Roosevelt 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.