Best PlacesDingle, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dingle, 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.
Dingle ranks 23,082nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dingle
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.
Dingle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dingle ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 82% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 81% of towns
Where Dingle ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute35.8 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dingle
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dingle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $62,176, 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 Dingle'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 Dingle
Dingle runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dingle.
Who works in Dingle, and how
Work in Dingle centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Dingle
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Dingle.
What the weather is like in Dingle, month by month
Dingle sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 15° | 5° |
| April | 49° | 36° | 26° |
| July | 81° | 62° | 43° |
| October | 56° | 39° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Dingle
The nearest airport, Pocatello Regional, is about 84 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 105 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dingle
Schools across Dingle average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- A J Winters Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Paris Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bear Lake Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Bear Lake High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Dingle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dingle 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 Dingle against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dingle
Is Dingle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dingle ranks 23,082nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on tree cover 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 Dingle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $363,200. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $62,176 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Dingle safe?
Yes, Dingle is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $229 per resident a year.
Compare Dingle with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dingle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dingle 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.
Dingle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dingle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dingle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dingle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dingle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dingle 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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