Best PlacesSpanish Fork, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spanish Fork, 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.
Spanish Fork ranks 493rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Spanish Fork
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.
Spanish Fork's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spanish Fork ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of cities
Where Spanish Fork ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of cities
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 23% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 24% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 34% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Spanish Fork
A household needs to earn about $128,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spanish Fork home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $108,939, 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 Spanish Fork's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Spanish Fork
Spanish Fork 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 Spanish Fork.
Who works in Spanish Fork, and how
Work in Spanish Fork centers on education and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Spanish Fork
Spanish Fork has more parkland per resident than 88% of cities. That concentrates in some parts of Spanish Fork and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Spanish Fork, month by month
Spanish Fork sees roughly 81 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 65° | 50° | 37° |
| July | 95° | 79° | 62° |
| October | 67° | 51° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Spanish Fork
The nearest airport, Provo Municipal, is about 9 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 50 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spanish Fork
Schools across Spanish Fork average a B−, better than 46% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Maple Ridge SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- East Meadows SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- Sierra Bonita ElementaryB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mapleton Junior HighB · 45% proficient
- Springville Jr HighB− · 42% proficient
- Spanish Fork Jr HighB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Maple Mountain HighB− · 44% proficient
- Springville HighB− · 43% proficient
- Spanish Fork HighC · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spanish Fork school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spanish Fork 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 Spanish Fork against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Spanish Fork suits
Families
Schools land around the 46th percentile and crime safety beats 90%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 74% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 14% already work from home.
Retirees
Set weather, quiet, and health care weights on the map to test the fit.
Common questions about living in Spanish Fork
Is Spanish Fork a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spanish Fork ranks 493rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on fast internet, heat safety, and population health, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spanish Fork expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $512,642. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $108,939 median income, cost of living beats 74% of cities.
Is Spanish Fork safe?
Yes, Spanish Fork is safer than 90% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $220 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Spanish Fork?
July highs average about 95 degrees, and January highs near 39 with lows near 21. That works out to about 81 pleasant days a year, more than 46% of cities.
Is Spanish Fork good for families?
Schools beat 46% of cities, crime safety beats 90%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Spanish Fork with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spanish Fork. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spanish Fork 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.
Spanish Fork detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spanish Fork: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spanish Fork: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spanish Fork: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spanish Fork: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spanish Fork 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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