Best PlacesBingham County, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in Bingham County, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime read low across the board, which puts the choice down to which part suits you. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Bingham County ranks 485th of 3,144 U.S. counties on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Bingham County
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.
The best areas in Bingham County
The parts of Bingham County, ranked by the BestNeighborhood standard score across every neighborhood, highest scoring first. Each note says how that part differs from the rest of the county.
Shelley
More residents vote, local pay stretches further, and prices have run up less.
Blackfoot
Fewer homes sit empty, though it is noisier.
Aberdeen
More households have young kids, though fewer adults hold degrees.
Scores across Bingham County run from about the 14th to the 88th percentile nationally. The map is where that becomes a choice of area.
Bingham County's strengths and weaknesses
Where Bingham County ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of counties
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of counties
- State fiscal healthBetter than 96% of counties
- Cell coverageBetter than 93% of counties
- Heat safetyBetter than 89% of counties
Where Bingham County ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of counties
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of counties
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of counties
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of counties
- Big-city accessBetter than only 17% of counties
What it costs to buy a home in Bingham County
A household needs to earn about $76,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Bingham County home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $79,924, 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 Bingham County's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Bingham County
Bingham County runs younger than the country, 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 Bingham County.
Who works in Bingham County, and how
Work in Bingham County centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Bingham County
Bingham County has fewer places to eat and drink per resident than most counties and less parkland per resident than most counties. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Bingham County and thins out in others, which the map shows.
Is Bingham County growing, and who is moving in?
Bingham County has grown about 13% over the last decade. The largest inbound stream comes from Boise, ID.
Where new residents come from
Where people leaving Bingham County go
Move counts are the latest county-to-county migration flows, each county grouped into its metro.
What the weather is like in Bingham County, month by month
Bingham County sees roughly 125 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 62° | 46° | 31° |
| July | 93° | 74° | 51° |
| October | 65° | 47° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Bingham County
The nearest airport, Idaho Falls Regional, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 169 miles away.
The best schools in and around Bingham County
Schools across Bingham County average a B−, better than 67% of counties.
Top elementary schools
- Woodland Hills ElementaryA · 68% proficient
- Riverview Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Riverside Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Snake River Jr High SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Snake River Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Taylorview Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
Top high schools
- Firth High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Hillcrest High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Butte County Middle/high SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Bingham County school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Bingham County 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 Bingham County against the other 3,143 counties.
Who Bingham County suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 71% of counties and 6% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Bingham County
Is Bingham County a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Bingham County ranks 485th of 3,144 counties. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, low crime, and state finances, and lowest on air quality and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Bingham County expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $304,344. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $79,924 median income, cost of living beats 71% of counties.
Is Bingham County safe?
Yes, Bingham County is safer than 96% of counties. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $230 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Bingham County?
July highs average about 93 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 16. That works out to about 125 pleasant days a year, more than 78% of counties.
What are the best neighborhoods in Bingham County?
Using the default rankings, the highest-scoring areas are Shelley, Blackfoot, and Aberdeen. The ranked list and the re-weightable map above let you re-sort them for your own priorities.
Compare Bingham County with other counties
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Bingham County. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Bingham County 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.
Bingham County detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Bingham County: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Bingham County: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Bingham County: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Bingham County: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Bingham County 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.
- U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program: population growth and net migration behind the population-change section.
- 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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