Best PlacesDriggs, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Driggs, 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.
Driggs ranks 15,087th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Driggs
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.
Driggs' strengths and weaknesses
Where Driggs ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 96% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 95% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 93% of towns
Where Driggs ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 10% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Driggs
A household needs to earn about $134,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Driggs home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $93,361, 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 Driggs' effective rate of 0.38%, 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 Driggs
Driggs's age mix sits close to the national median, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Driggs.
Who works in Driggs, and how
Work in Driggs centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Driggs
Driggs has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Driggs and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Driggs, month by month
Driggs sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 19° | 7° |
| April | 51° | 38° | 25° |
| July | 85° | 67° | 47° |
| October | 58° | 42° | 28° |
Flying in and out of Driggs
The nearest airport, Jackson Hole, is about 20 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 208 miles away.
The best schools in and around Driggs
Schools across Driggs average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tetonia Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Rendezvous Upper Elementary SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Teton Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Madison Junior High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Madison Senior High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Teton High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Driggs school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Driggs 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 Driggs against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Driggs
Is Driggs a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Driggs ranks 15,087th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on heat safety, state finances, and biking, and lowest on an overheated housing market and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Driggs expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $545,733. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $93,361 median income, cost of living beats 78% of towns.
Is Driggs safe?
Driggs is safer than 19% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $499 per resident a year.
Compare Driggs with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Driggs. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Driggs 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.
Driggs detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Driggs: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Driggs: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Driggs: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Driggs: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Driggs 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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