Best PlacesSugar House, Salt Lake City, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Sugar House, Salt Lake City, 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.
Sugar House, Salt Lake City ranks 1,312th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Sugar House, Salt Lake City
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.
Sugar House, Salt Lake City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Sugar House, Salt Lake City ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of neighborhoods
- Low property taxBetter than 94% of neighborhoods
- Health outlookBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- State infrastructureBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
Where Sugar House, Salt Lake City ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than only 20% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than only 30% of neighborhoods
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 30% of neighborhoods
- Big-city accessBetter than only 38% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Sugar House, Salt Lake City
A household needs to earn about $163,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Sugar House, Salt Lake City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $108,902, 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 Sugar House, Salt Lake City's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Sugar House, Salt Lake City
Sugar House, Salt Lake City runs younger 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 Sugar House, Salt Lake City.
Who works in Sugar House, Salt Lake City, and how
Work in Sugar House, Salt Lake City centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 65%
- Work from home 25%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Sugar House, Salt Lake City
Sugar House, Salt Lake City has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of neighborhoods and more parkland per resident than 78% of neighborhoods. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Sugar House, Salt Lake City and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Sugar House, Salt Lake City, month by month
Sugar House, Salt Lake City sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 53° | 40° |
| July | 98° | 84° | 70° |
| October | 69° | 54° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Sugar House, Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City International sits about 8 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 Sugar House, Salt Lake City
Schools across Sugar House, Salt Lake City average a C+, better than 51% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Bonneville SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Uintah SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Beacon Heights SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top middle schools
- Clayton MiddleB+ · 51% proficient
- Hillside MiddleB+ · 48% proficient
- Bonneville Jr HighB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Highland HighC+ · 38% proficient
- Salt Lake School For The Performing ArtsC− · 27% proficient
- Cottonwood HighC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Sugar House, Salt Lake City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Sugar House, Salt Lake City 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 Sugar House, Salt Lake City against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Who Sugar House, Salt Lake City suits
Families
Schools land around the 51st percentile and crime safety beats 60%.
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 78% of neighborhoods, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 25% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 64% of neighborhoods and health care access beats 71%.
Common questions about living in Sugar House, Salt Lake City
Is Sugar House, Salt Lake City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Sugar House, Salt Lake City ranks 1,312th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on fast internet, low property taxes, and population health, and lowest on cell coverage and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Sugar House, Salt Lake City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $650,412. The overall cost of living runs about 6% above the national average. Set against a $108,902 median income, cost of living beats 78% of neighborhoods.
Is Sugar House, Salt Lake City safe?
Yes, Sugar House, Salt Lake City is safer than 60% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $620 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Sugar House, Salt Lake City?
July highs average about 98 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 24. That works out to about 124 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of neighborhoods.
Is Sugar House, Salt Lake City good for families?
Schools beat 51% of neighborhoods, crime safety beats 60%, and childcare runs $929 a month.
Compare Sugar House, Salt Lake City with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Sugar House, Salt Lake City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Sugar House, Salt Lake City 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.
Sugar House, Salt Lake City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Sugar House, Salt Lake City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Sugar House, Salt Lake City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Sugar House, Salt Lake City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Sugar House, Salt Lake City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Sugar House, Salt Lake City 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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