I'm also in Northern Utah. I've got relatives in Centerville and its a pretty well established place, right up against the mountains but also right off the I-15 freeway. So a commute into SLC proper is pretty easy, maybe 15 minutes? But rush hour could be quite a bit more time. But there are several good neighborhoods there. Kaysville, just a little north of there probably has a more diverse variety of neighborhood quality, but definitely has some good ones. Also there's quite a bit of growth and development going on there so there are lots of new, clean developments popping up. I also have relatives in Farmington, between Centerville and Kaysville. Lots of nice new developments going up there too. Talked with those relatives just yesterday about this sort of thing. Home values/building prices are going up to the tune of 4 years ago built a house for 270k, valued now at 310k. Hope this is helpful.