Where do Physicians want to live in UTAH?
The purpose of this article is to help the many Doctors being relocated from other states to come and work and live in our Beautiful state of UTAH. There are three large hospitals I get a lot questions about. 1- The University of Utah. 2- Huntsman Cancer Institute & 3- IMC ( Intermountain Medical Center) These along with the many other Select Health (IHC) hospitals are the main pull for many Doctors moving into the State.. I will continue to post articles relating to the areas surrounding these hosptials with the locations Doctors and Medical professionals would prefer to live in.
I have had many clients moving into the State of Utah ask me, Where should I live if I am a physician? Where do other Doctors live in Salt Lake City Utah? The first question I always ask is. Which Hospital will you be working at? Below you will see a list of all hospitals in the Salt Lake Valley. As you may know location is everything. Many Doctors coming from out of state find Utah as a place that has it all. If you are coming from California or the East coast the Salt lake Valley commute will seem like a dream. Salt Lake is a gigantic valley divided into two parts right down the middle. The East and the West side. It is divided by the I-15 corridor freeway system. This makes it really easy to Navigate. You have several large hospitals that most Doctors inquire about. I will outline just a couple in this article to help you narrow the search. If you have any additional questions please don’t hesitate to give us a call. If you are a Doctor in need of some assistance in your relocation to the state of Utah, please give us a call and we can help you find the right place to live in a hospital where you will be working as a Doctor.
1-Federal Heights (Near University of Utah Hospital and Research Center)
The University of Utah is located on the far North East Corner of the Salt Lake Valley. This is a beautiful part of town. Some of the most desireable neighborhoods are located near the Unitiversity. One of those neighborhoods that tends to have a lot of Doctors is “Federal Heights”
This one’s easy. The neighborhood includes everything north of Sunnyside Avenue and east of 1300 East. The only complication is where 1300 East ends and takes a jog up to Virginia Street. Federal Heights also includes everything north of the Avenues up in the foothills of Salt Lake City.
Housing
The Federal Heights portion of this neighborhood is pretty darn posh. many Doctors that work at the University of Utah have purchased real estate up there. It’s beautiful, it has awesome views, and it feels very safe while being very near to the city and the University. Many of your homes in the Federal Heights neighborhood will be from $600,000 – $1.5 Million.. This makes it once of the more prestigious locations in the Salt Lake Valley.
Most of the affordable homes in the area (relatively speaking) are located nearer to the west side of the University of Utah. One very real consideration for the portion of this area directly adjacent to the University deals with football games. We love the Utes.
2- Emigration Canyon, Foothill BLVD., Bonneville (Near University of Utah Hospital and Research Center)
This neighborhood takes in the homes up Emigration Canyon and everything south of Sunnyside Avenue and on or East of Foothill Drive all the way to I-80. That seems clean enough. In addition, the little area bounded by Sunnyside, 13th East, 13th South, and Foothill Drive is also part of this neighborhood in my book.
Housing
The homes in this area are definitely newer and bigger than their counterparts in either Sugar House or the Avenues. While many of them were built in the earlier part of last century, gobs of them have been re-done either entirely or in-part. In contrast to the homes in the Avenues and Sugar House, these homes tend to have larger lots and more square footage. Oh, and they can be even more expensive.
Some of the most posh sub-neighborhoods include the 13th, 13th, Sunnyside, Foothill block as well as the neighborhood tucked just south of the Hogle Zoo. If you are wondering where your doctor, lawyer, or University professor friends live; I’d say the odds are pretty high that they live in this neighborhood (as well as Federal Heights, which will be highlighted tomorrow).
There are still some good value homes to be found in the area that won’t cost you $500,000, however some of the properties will go up to the $2 million mark.
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