Best PlacesStarr, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Starr, 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.
Starr ranks 23,711th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and biking ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Starr
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.
Starr's strengths and weaknesses
Where Starr ranks high
- Short commute13.1 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 91% of towns
Where Starr ranks low
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Starr
A household needs to earn about $111,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Starr home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $101,945; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Starr's effective rate of 0.32%, 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 Starr
Starr 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 Starr.
Who works in Starr, and how
Work in Starr centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 14%
Life in Starr
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Starr.
What the weather is like in Starr, month by month
Starr sees roughly 84 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 Starr
The nearest airport, Provo Municipal, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 65 miles away.
The best schools in and around Starr
Schools across Starr average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mona SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Goshen SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Juab Jr HighC · 31% proficient
Top high schools
- Juab HighC+ · 37% proficient
- Payson HighC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Starr school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Starr 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 Starr against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Starr
Is Starr a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Starr ranks 23,711th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, cell coverage, and low property taxes, and lowest on biking and civic engagement. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Starr expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $454,444. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $101,945 median income, cost of living beats 81% of towns.
Is Starr safe?
Starr is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $591 per resident a year.
Compare Starr with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Starr. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Starr 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.
Starr detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Starr: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Starr: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Starr: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Starr: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Starr 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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