Best PlacesThistle, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Thistle, 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.
Thistle ranks 20,322nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Thistle
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.
Thistle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Thistle ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$129,620 median, better than 95% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 95% of towns
Where Thistle ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Thistle
A household needs to earn about $190,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Thistle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $129,620, 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 Thistle's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Thistle
Thistle 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 Thistle.
Who works in Thistle, and how
Work in Thistle centers on hospitality & food and construction. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Thistle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Thistle.
What the weather is like in Thistle, month by month
Thistle sees roughly 90 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 Thistle
The nearest airport, Provo Municipal, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 60 miles away.
The best schools in and around Thistle
Schools across Thistle average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Maple Ridge SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- Hobble Creek SchoolB · 49% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mapleton Junior HighB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Maple Mountain HighB− · 44% proficient
- Springville HighB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Thistle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Thistle 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 Thistle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Thistle
Is Thistle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Thistle ranks 20,322nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, a strong job market, and population health, and lowest on internet speeds and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Thistle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $762,950. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $129,620 median income, cost of living beats 95% of towns.
Is Thistle safe?
Thistle is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $489 per resident a year.
Compare Thistle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Thistle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Thistle 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.
Thistle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Thistle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Thistle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Thistle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Thistle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Thistle 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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