Best PlacesUtting, AZ Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Utting, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Utting ranks 42,281st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on the weather by a wide margin, and summer heat is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Utting
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.
Utting's strengths and weaknesses
Where Utting ranks high
- Nice weatherabout 186 pleasant days a year, better than 99% of towns
- Short commute14.6 minutes each way, better than 98% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 97% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 83% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 81% of towns
Where Utting ranks low
- Heat safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD−, better than only 4% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Utting
A household needs to earn about $20,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Utting home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $61,819, 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 Utting's effective rate of 0.57%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Utting
Utting runs older 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 Utting.
Who works in Utting, and how
Work in Utting centers on construction and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 50%
- Work from home 43%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Utting
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Utting.
What the weather is like in Utting, month by month
Utting sees roughly 186 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 112 degrees. January highs sit near 69, with lows near 41. The comfortable stretch runs November through April.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 69° | 55° | 41° |
| April | 91° | 75° | 57° |
| July | 112° | 98° | 82° |
| October | 93° | 76° | 60° |
Flying in and out of Utting
The nearest airport, Yuma MCAS/Yuma International, is about 89 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Phoenix Sky Harbor International, about 108 miles away.
The best schools in and around Utting
Schools across Utting average a D−, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Salome Elementary SchoolD · 20% proficient
- Bouse Elementary SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Salome High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Utting school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Utting 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 Utting against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Utting
Is Utting a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Utting ranks 42,281st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on the weather, short commutes, and a stable housing market, and lowest on summer heat and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Utting expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $80,030. The overall cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. Set against a $61,819 median income, cost of living beats 21% of towns.
Is Utting safe?
Utting is safer than 2% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $1,032 per resident a year.
Compare Utting with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Utting. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Utting 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.
Utting detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Utting: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Utting: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Utting: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Utting: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Utting 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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