Best PlacesUinta National Forest, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Uinta National Forest, 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 National Forest ranks 16,248th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Uinta National Forest
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 National Forest's strengths and weaknesses
Where Uinta National Forest ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 163 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
Where Uinta National Forest ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 2% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Uinta National Forest
A household needs to earn about $116,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Uinta National Forest home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $99,150, 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 Uinta National Forest's effective rate of 0.32%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Uinta National Forest
Uinta National Forest runs older than the country, though fewer residents are over 65 than the national share, 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 Uinta National Forest.
Who works in Uinta National Forest, and how
Work in Uinta National Forest centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Uinta National Forest
Uinta National Forest has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Uinta National Forest and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Uinta National Forest, month by month
Uinta National Forest sees roughly 163 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 National Forest
Salt Lake City International sits about 67 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 National Forest
Schools across Uinta National Forest average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- South Summit SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Summit MiddleB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- South Summit HighC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Uinta National Forest school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Uinta National Forest 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 National Forest against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Uinta National Forest
Is Uinta National Forest a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Uinta National Forest ranks 16,248th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, heat safety, and quiet, and lowest on internet speeds and cell coverage. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Uinta National Forest expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $472,700. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $99,150 median income, cost of living beats 84% of towns.
Is Uinta National Forest safe?
Uinta National Forest is safer than 18% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $519 per resident a year.
Compare Uinta National Forest with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Uinta National Forest. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Uinta National Forest 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 National Forest detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Uinta National Forest: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Uinta National Forest: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Uinta National Forest: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Uinta National Forest: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Uinta National Forest 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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