Best Places83705, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 83705, 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.
83705 ranks 6,507th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in 83705
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.
83705's strengths and weaknesses
Where 83705 ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 99% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of zip codes
- BikingBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of zip codes
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of zip codes
Where 83705 ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 5% of zip codes
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 20% of zip codes
- Tree shadeBetter than only 26% of zip codes
- Local economyBetter than only 28% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 83705
A household needs to earn about $104,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 83705 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $68,633, 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 83705's effective rate of 0.56%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 83705
83705 runs younger 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 83705.
Who works in 83705, and how
Work in 83705 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in 83705
83705 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of zip codes. That concentrates in some parts of 83705 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 83705, month by month
83705 sees roughly 119 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 38° |
| July | 97° | 80° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of 83705
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field sits about 2 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 59 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 83705
Schools across 83705 average a C+, better than 47% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- White Pine Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Owyhee Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Hawthorne Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Les Bois Junior High SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- West Junior HighB · 45% proficient
- South Junior High SchoolC · 34% proficient
Top high schools
- Timberline High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Borah Senior High SchoolB · 46% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 83705 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
83705 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 83705 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 83705 suits
Families
Schools land around the 47th percentile and crime safety beats 70%.
Common questions about living in 83705
Is 83705 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 83705 ranks 6,507th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state finances, and biking, and lowest on air quality and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 83705 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $412,164. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $68,633 median income, cost of living beats 38% of zip codes.
Is 83705 safe?
Yes, 83705 is safer than 70% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $281 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 83705?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 24. That works out to about 119 pleasant days a year, more than 75% of zip codes.
Is 83705 good for families?
Schools beat 47% of zip codes, crime safety beats 70%, and childcare runs $974 a month.
Compare 83705 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 83705. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 83705 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.
83705 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 83705: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 83705: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 83705: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 83705: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
83705 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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