Best PlacesSandy, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sandy, 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.
Sandy ranks 17th of 445 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. Paychecks stretch further here than almost anywhere else: the median household brings in $127,070, everyday costs sit below the national average, and good schools ranks near the top of the country. The main drawbacks are air quality, walkability, and disaster risk.
The best neighborhoods in Sandy
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.
Sandy's strengths and weaknesses
Sandy ranks where it does because the parts of life that are hardest to change mostly work here. Low crime is the standout, in the top 1% of cities. Fast internet and what local pay buys follow.
The drawbacks are real but narrow. Air quality, walkability, and disaster risk hold the score down. The measures below break that down, and the map shows how much of it holds street by street.
Where Sandy ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of cities
Where Sandy ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 25% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 39% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 46% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 48% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Sandy
A household needs to earn about $158,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sandy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $127,070, 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 Sandy's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Sandy
Sandy'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 Sandy.
Who works in Sandy, and how
Work in Sandy centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 23%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Sandy
Sandy has more restaurants and bars per resident than 70% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sandy and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sandy, month by month
Sandy sees roughly 132 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 94 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 31° | 25° |
| April | 62° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 94° | 81° | 68° |
| October | 64° | 52° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Sandy
Salt Lake City International sits about 16 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 Sandy
Schools across Sandy average a B+, better than 89% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Sunrise SchoolA+ · 80% proficient
- Peruvian Park SchoolA+ · 77% proficient
- Goldminer's DaughterA+ · 75% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albion MiddleA+ · 70% proficient
- Butler MiddleA · 65% proficient
- Indian Hills MiddleA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Beehive Science & Technology AcademyB+ · 57% proficient
- Corner Canyon HighB+ · 56% proficient
- Brighton HighB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sandy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sandy 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 Sandy against the other 444 cities.
Who Sandy suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 92% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 23% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 64% of cities, health care access beats 84%, and it is quieter than 61%.
Common questions about living in Sandy
Is Sandy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sandy ranks 17th of 445 cities. It scores highest on low crime, fast internet, and what local pay buys, and lowest on air quality and walkability. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sandy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $628,961. The overall cost of living runs about 1% below the national average. Set against a $127,070 median income, cost of living beats 92% of cities.
Is Sandy safe?
Yes, Sandy is safer than 99% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $216 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sandy?
July highs average about 94 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 25. That works out to about 132 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of cities.
Is Sandy good for families?
Schools beat 89% of cities, crime safety beats 99%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Is Sandy good for remote workers?
Cost of living against local pay beats 92% of cities, and the fastest advertised internet here beats 96% of cities. About 23% of workers already work from home.
Compare Sandy with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sandy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sandy 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.
Sandy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sandy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sandy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sandy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sandy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sandy 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.