Best PlacesWoodruff, UT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodruff, 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.
Woodruff ranks 15,383rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Woodruff
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.
Woodruff's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodruff ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 173 pleasant days a year, better than 97% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 92% of towns
Where Woodruff ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodruff
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodruff home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $88,158, 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 Woodruff's effective rate of 0.34%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Woodruff
Woodruff runs younger than the country, though it still carries a larger-than-average share of residents over 65, 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 Woodruff.
Who works in Woodruff, and how
Work in Woodruff centers on agriculture & forestry and other services. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 15%
Life in Woodruff
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woodruff.
What the weather is like in Woodruff, month by month
Woodruff sees roughly 173 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 Woodruff
Salt Lake City International sits about 64 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 Woodruff
Schools across Woodruff average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Clark ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- North Evanston ElementaryB+ · 55% proficient
- South Rich SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Davis Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Spring Creek Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Rich Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top high schools
- Evanston High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Mountain Crest HighB− · 41% proficient
- Rich HighC− · 27% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodruff school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodruff 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 Woodruff against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodruff
Is Woodruff a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodruff ranks 15,383rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, the weather, and quiet, and lowest on civic engagement and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodruff expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $248,400. The overall cost of living runs about 0% below the national average. Set against a $88,158 median income, cost of living beats 56% of towns.
Is Woodruff safe?
Woodruff is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $541 per resident a year.
Compare Woodruff with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodruff. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodruff 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.
Woodruff detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodruff: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodruff: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodruff: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodruff: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodruff 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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