Best PlacesCareywood, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Careywood, 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.
Careywood ranks 26,926th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and long commutes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Careywood
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.
Careywood's strengths and weaknesses
Where Careywood ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 89% of towns
Where Careywood ranks low
- Short commute58.1 minutes each way, better than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 13% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 21% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Careywood
A household needs to earn about $148,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Careywood home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $75,982, 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 Careywood's effective rate of 0.39%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Careywood
Careywood 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 Careywood.
Who works in Careywood, and how
Work in Careywood centers on construction and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Careywood
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Careywood.
What the weather is like in Careywood, month by month
Careywood sees roughly 97 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 29° | 26° |
| April | 57° | 44° | 35° |
| July | 85° | 68° | 52° |
| October | 56° | 44° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Careywood
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 53 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 269 miles away.
The best schools in and around Careywood
Schools across Careywood average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Southside Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Timberlake Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
Top high schools
- Timberlake Senior High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Sandpoint High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Careywood school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Careywood 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 Careywood against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Careywood
Is Careywood a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Careywood ranks 26,926th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low disaster risk, and civic engagement, and lowest on long commutes 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 Careywood expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $600,700. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $75,982 median income, cost of living beats 46% of towns.
Is Careywood safe?
Yes, Careywood is safer than 93% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $185 per resident a year.
Compare Careywood with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Careywood. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Careywood 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.
Careywood detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Careywood: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Careywood: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Careywood: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Careywood: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Careywood 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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