Best PlacesUinta County, WY Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Uinta County, 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.
Uinta County ranks 356th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Uinta County
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.
Uinta County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Uinta County ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of counties
- Nice weatherabout 178 pleasant days a year, better than 98% of counties
- Health outlookBetter than 87% of counties
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 86% of counties
Where Uinta County ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 4% of counties
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 13% of counties
- QuietBetter than only 28% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 29% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Uinta County
A household needs to earn about $69,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Uinta County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,426, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Uinta County's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Uinta County
Uinta County runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Uinta County.
Who works in Uinta County, and how
Work in Uinta County centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Uinta County
Uinta County has more parkland per resident than 85% of counties. That concentrates in some parts of Uinta County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Uinta County growing, and who is moving in?
Uinta County has lost about 1% of its population over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Cheyenne, WY.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Uinta County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Uinta County, month by month
Uinta County sees roughly 178 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 22° | 12° |
| April | 53° | 39° | 27° |
| July | 86° | 70° | 53° |
| October | 60° | 44° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Uinta County
Salt Lake City International sits about 72 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 Uinta County
Schools across Uinta County average a B−, better than 69% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Mckinnon ElementaryA+ · 75% proficient
- Clark ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Uinta Meadows ElementaryA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Davis Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- North Summit MiddleA− · 55% proficient
- Lyman Intermediate SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- North Summit HighB+ · 55% proficient
- Mountain View High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Evanston High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Uinta County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Uinta County 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 Uinta County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Uinta County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 86% of counties and 8% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Uinta County
Is Uinta County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Uinta County ranks 356th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on low taxes, heat safety, and the weather, and lowest on air quality and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Uinta County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $276,148. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $86,426 median income, cost of living beats 86% of counties.
Is Uinta County safe?
Yes, Uinta County is safer than 85% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $258 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Uinta County?
July highs average about 86 degrees, and January highs near 31 with lows near 12. That works out to about 178 pleasant days a year, more than 98% of counties.
Is Uinta County good for families?
Schools beat 69% of counties, crime safety beats 85%, and childcare runs $603 a month.
Compare Uinta County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Uinta County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Uinta County 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.
Uinta County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Uinta County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Uinta County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Uinta County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Uinta County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Uinta County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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