Best PlacesWashington Terrace, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Washington Terrace, 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.
Washington Terrace ranks 10,185th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on transit by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Washington Terrace
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.
Washington Terrace's strengths and weaknesses
Where Washington Terrace ranks high
- TransitBetter than 99% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 97% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 96% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
Where Washington Terrace ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 9% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 22% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Washington Terrace
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Washington Terrace home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $79,426, 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 Washington Terrace's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Washington Terrace
Washington Terrace runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Washington Terrace.
Who works in Washington Terrace, and how
Work in Washington Terrace centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Washington Terrace
Washington Terrace has more parkland per resident than 89% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Washington Terrace and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Washington Terrace, month by month
Washington Terrace sees roughly 121 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 96 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 64° | 51° | 38° |
| July | 96° | 82° | 66° |
| October | 67° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Washington Terrace
Salt Lake City International sits about 27 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 Washington Terrace
Schools across Washington Terrace average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- H Guy Child SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Washington Terrace SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Roosevelt SchoolC− · 27% proficient
Top middle schools
- South Ogden Jr HighD+ · 26% proficient
- T.h. Bell Jr HighD− · 15% proficient
Top high schools
- Weber Innovation High SchoolB+ · 57% proficient
- Bonneville HighC− · 26% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Washington Terrace school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Washington Terrace 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 Washington Terrace against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Washington Terrace
Is Washington Terrace a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Washington Terrace ranks 10,185th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on transit, cell coverage, and biking, and lowest on air quality and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Washington Terrace expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $353,419. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $79,426 median income, cost of living beats 60% of towns.
Is Washington Terrace safe?
Yes, Washington Terrace is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $335 per resident a year.
Compare Washington Terrace with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Washington Terrace. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Washington Terrace 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.
Washington Terrace detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Washington Terrace: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Washington Terrace: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Washington Terrace: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Washington Terrace: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Washington Terrace 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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