Best PlacesSpring Lake, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Spring Lake, 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.
Spring Lake ranks 4,569th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Spring Lake
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.
Spring Lake's strengths and weaknesses
Where Spring Lake ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 94% of towns
- Household income$119,466 median, better than 93% of towns
Where Spring Lake ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 22% of towns
- Cheap childcare$929 a month, better than only 32% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 35% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Spring Lake
A household needs to earn about $137,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Spring Lake home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $119,466, 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 Spring Lake's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Spring Lake
Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake.
Who works in Spring Lake, and how
Work in Spring Lake centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Spring Lake
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Spring Lake.
What the weather is like in Spring Lake, month by month
Spring Lake sees roughly 88 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 Spring Lake
The nearest airport, Provo Municipal, is about 16 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 57 miles away.
The best schools in and around Spring Lake
Schools across Spring Lake average a C, better than 39% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Spring Lake SchoolB− · 44% proficient
- Orchard Hills SchoolB− · 42% proficient
- Park View SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Payson Jr HighC− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Payson HighC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Spring Lake school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Spring Lake 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 Spring Lake against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Spring Lake
Is Spring Lake a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Spring Lake ranks 4,569th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, heat safety, and few empty homes, and lowest on air quality and disaster risk. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Spring Lake expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $544,080. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $119,466 median income, cost of living beats 94% of towns.
Is Spring Lake safe?
Yes, Spring Lake is safer than 84% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $238 per resident a year.
Compare Spring Lake with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Spring Lake. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Spring Lake 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.
Spring Lake detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Spring Lake: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Spring Lake: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Spring Lake: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Spring Lake: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Spring Lake 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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