Best PlacesDeary, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Deary, 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.
Deary ranks 6,106th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Deary
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.
Deary's strengths and weaknesses
Where Deary ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 91% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 90% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 86% of towns
Where Deary ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Short commute35.9 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- Cheap childcare$974 a month, better than only 26% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 36% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Deary
A household needs to earn about $99,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Deary home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $77,306, 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 Deary's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 Deary
Deary 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 Deary.
Who works in Deary, and how
Work in Deary centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Deary
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Deary.
What the weather is like in Deary, month by month
Deary sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 50° |
| October | 62° | 49° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Deary
The nearest airport, Pullman/Moscow Regional, is about 26 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 224 miles away.
The best schools in and around Deary
Schools across Deary average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Troy Elementary SchoolA+ · 78% proficient
- Juliaetta Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Potlatch Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top high schools
- Troy Jr/sr High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Orofino High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Kendrick Jr/sr High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Deary school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Deary 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 Deary against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Deary
Is Deary a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Deary ranks 6,106th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, state finances, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on distance from a big city and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Deary expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $395,252. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $77,306 median income, cost of living beats 59% of towns.
Is Deary safe?
Yes, Deary is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $150 per resident a year.
Compare Deary with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Deary. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Deary 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.
Deary detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Deary: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Deary: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Deary: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Deary: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Deary 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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