Best PlacesRush Valley, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rush Valley, 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.
Rush Valley ranks 37,395th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Rush Valley
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.
Rush Valley's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rush Valley ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 88% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 123 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
Where Rush Valley ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Short commute41.3 minutes each way, better than only 4% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rush Valley
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rush Valley home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $93,854; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Rush Valley's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Rush Valley
Rush Valley'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 Rush Valley.
Who works in Rush Valley, and how
Work in Rush Valley centers on construction and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 94%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Rush Valley
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Rush Valley.
What the weather is like in Rush Valley, month by month
Rush Valley sees roughly 123 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 23° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 94° | 80° | 65° |
| October | 64° | 50° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Rush Valley
Salt Lake City International sits about 39 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 Rush Valley
Schools across Rush Valley average a C, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Vernon SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Cedar Valley SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Grantsville SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top middle schools
- Grantsville Jr HighB− · 40% proficient
- Tooele Jr HighC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Cedar Valley HighC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rush Valley school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rush Valley 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 Rush Valley against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Rush Valley
Is Rush Valley a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rush Valley ranks 37,395th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, state infrastructure, and cell coverage, and lowest on disaster risk and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rush Valley expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $369,200. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $93,854 median income, cost of living beats 79% of towns.
Is Rush Valley safe?
Rush Valley is safer than 25% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $464 per resident a year.
Compare Rush Valley with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rush Valley. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rush Valley 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.
Rush Valley detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rush Valley: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rush Valley: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rush Valley: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rush Valley: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rush Valley 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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