Best PlacesDelta, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Delta, 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.
Delta ranks 37,824th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Delta
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.
Delta's strengths and weaknesses
Where Delta ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute17.7 minutes each way, better than 94% 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 Delta ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$39,216 median, better than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Delta
A household needs to earn about $58,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Delta home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $39,216, 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 Delta's effective rate of 0.59%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Delta
Delta 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 Delta.
Who works in Delta, and how
Work in Delta centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 13%
Life in Delta
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Delta.
What the weather is like in Delta, month by month
Delta sees roughly 100 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 Delta
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 277 miles away.
The best schools in and around Delta
Schools across Delta average a C+, better than 51% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Silver Hills Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kellogg Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Kellogg High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Wallace Jr/sr High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Delta school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Delta 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 Delta against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Delta
Is Delta a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Delta ranks 37,824th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, short commutes, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Delta expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $226,838. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $39,216 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Delta safe?
Yes, Delta is safer than 68% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $301 per resident a year.
Compare Delta with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Delta. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Delta 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.
Delta detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Delta: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Delta: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Delta: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Delta: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Delta 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.