Best PlacesSolitude, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Solitude, 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.
Solitude ranks 1,366th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on an educated workforce by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Solitude
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.
Solitude's strengths and weaknesses
Where Solitude ranks high
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 98% of towns
- Household income$148,616 median, better than 97% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
Where Solitude ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Solitude
A household needs to earn about $229,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Solitude home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $148,616, 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 Solitude'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 Solitude
Solitude runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Solitude.
Who works in Solitude, and how
Work in Solitude centers on professional & technical and arts & entertainment. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 49%
- Work from home 33%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Solitude
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Solitude.
What the weather is like in Solitude, month by month
Solitude sees roughly 118 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 Solitude
Salt Lake City International sits about 20 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 Solitude
Schools across Solitude average a B, better than 76% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Goldminer's DaughterA+ · 75% proficient
- Eastwood SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- Churchill Jr HighA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Skyline HighA− · 61% proficient
- Cottonwood HighC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Solitude school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Solitude 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 Solitude against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Solitude
Is Solitude a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Solitude ranks 1,366th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on an educated workforce, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on air quality and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Solitude expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $913,193. The overall cost of living runs about 8% above the national average. Set against a $148,616 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Solitude safe?
Yes, Solitude is safer than 85% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $239 per resident a year.
Compare Solitude with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Solitude. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Solitude 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.
Solitude detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Solitude: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Solitude: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Solitude: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Solitude: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Solitude 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.