Best PlacesCalder, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Calder, 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.
Calder ranks 34,867th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Calder
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.
Calder's strengths and weaknesses
Where Calder ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap childcare$552 a month, better than 87% of towns
Where Calder ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Calder
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Calder home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $65,050, 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 Calder's effective rate of 0.45%, 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 Calder
Calder's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Calder.
Who works in Calder, and how
Work in Calder centers on retail trade and other services. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Calder
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Calder.
What the weather is like in Calder, month by month
Calder sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 23° | 18° |
| April | 43° | 33° | 26° |
| July | 74° | 62° | 53° |
| October | 47° | 38° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Calder
The nearest airport, Pullman/Moscow Regional, is about 59 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 257 miles away.
Calder 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 Calder against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Calder
Is Calder a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Calder ranks 34,867th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on cell coverage and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Calder expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $411,800. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $65,050 median income, cost of living beats 28% of towns.
Is Calder safe?
Calder is safer than 27% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $428 per resident a year.
Compare Calder with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Calder. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Calder 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.
Calder detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Calder: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Calder: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Calder: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Calder: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Calder 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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