Best PlacesSilver Summit, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Silver Summit, 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.
Silver Summit ranks 1,631st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Silver Summit
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.
Silver Summit's strengths and weaknesses
Where Silver Summit ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$164,286 median, better than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
Where Silver Summit ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 9% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silver Summit
A household needs to earn about $319,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silver Summit home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $164,286, 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 Silver Summit's effective rate of 0.34%, 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 Silver Summit
Silver Summit 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 Silver Summit.
Who works in Silver Summit, and how
Work in Silver Summit centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 32%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Silver Summit
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Silver Summit.
What the weather is like in Silver Summit, month by month
Silver Summit sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 15. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 24° | 15° |
| April | 61° | 44° | 29° |
| July | 93° | 71° | 50° |
| October | 64° | 44° | 30° |
Flying in and out of Silver Summit
Salt Lake City International sits about 26 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 Silver Summit
Schools across Silver Summit average a B+, better than 74% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- North Summit SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Trailside SchoolB · 50% proficient
- South Summit SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- North Summit MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Ecker Hill MiddleA− · 53% proficient
- South Summit MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- North Summit HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Park City HighB · 50% proficient
- Silver Summit AcademyB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Silver Summit school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Silver Summit 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 Silver Summit against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Silver Summit
Is Silver Summit a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silver Summit ranks 1,631st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, heat safety, and an educated workforce, and lowest on an overheated housing market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Silver Summit expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,303,595. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $164,286 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Silver Summit safe?
Yes, Silver Summit is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Silver Summit with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silver Summit. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Silver Summit 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.
Silver Summit detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silver Summit: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silver Summit: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silver Summit: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silver Summit: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Silver Summit 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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