Best Places83814, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 83814, 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.
83814 ranks 5,356th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 83814
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.
83814's strengths and weaknesses
Where 83814 ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of zip codes
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of zip codes
- WalkabilityBetter than 93% of zip codes
Where 83814 ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of zip codes
- QuietBetter than only 28% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than only 28% of zip codes
- Air qualityBetter than only 29% of zip codes
- TransitBetter than only 35% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 83814
A household needs to earn about $149,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 83814 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,692, 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 83814's effective rate of 0.43%, 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 83814
83814 runs older 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 83814.
Who works in 83814, and how
Work in 83814 centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in 83814
83814 has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of zip codes and more parkland per resident than 82% of zip codes. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of 83814 and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in 83814, month by month
83814 sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 88° | 72° | 53° |
| October | 60° | 47° | 36° |
Flying in and out of 83814
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 35 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 258 miles away.
The best schools in and around 83814
Schools across 83814 average a B−, better than 58% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- Sorensen Magnet School Of The Arts And HumanitiesA+ · 75% proficient
- Hayden Meadows Elementary SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Dalton Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
Top middle schools
- Canfield Middle SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Woodland Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- River City Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Coeur D'alene High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Kootenai Bridge AcademyB · 50% proficient
- Post Falls High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 83814 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
83814 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 83814 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Who 83814 suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in 83814
Is 83814 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 83814 ranks 5,356th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on low disaster risk, state finances, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 83814 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $602,576. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $77,692 median income, cost of living beats 45% of zip codes.
Is 83814 safe?
Yes, 83814 is safer than 90% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $210 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in 83814?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 24. That works out to about 100 pleasant days a year, more than 64% of zip codes.
Is 83814 good for families?
Schools beat 58% of zip codes, crime safety beats 90%, and childcare runs $741 a month.
Compare 83814 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 83814. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 83814 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.
83814 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 83814: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 83814: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 83814: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 83814: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
83814 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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