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2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Eagle, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Eagle ranks 65th of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Eagle
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.
Eagle's strengths and weaknesses
Where Eagle ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of cities
- Local economyBetter than 95% of cities
Where Eagle ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 7% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 12% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 15% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Eagle
A household needs to earn about $214,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Eagle home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $134,480, 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 Eagle's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 Eagle
Eagle runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Eagle.
Who works in Eagle, and how
Work in Eagle centers on health care & social and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 66%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Eagle
Eagle has more restaurants and bars per resident than 72% of cities and more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Eagle and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Eagle, month by month
Eagle sees roughly 114 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 24° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 38° |
| July | 97° | 80° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 53° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Eagle
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field sits about 12 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 59 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Eagle
Schools across Eagle average an A−, better than 87% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Galileo Magnet SchoolA+ · 81% proficient
- Eagle Elementary School Of The ArtsA+ · 73% proficient
- Eagle Hills Elementary SchoolA+ · 73% proficient
Top middle schools
- Heritage Middle SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Eagle Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Riverglen Jr High SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Eagle High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Rocky Mountain High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Emmett High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Eagle school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Eagle 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 Eagle against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Eagle suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 90% of cities and 28% already work from home.
Retirees
The weather beats 68% of cities, health care access beats 90%, and it is quieter than 62%.
Common questions about living in Eagle
Is Eagle a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Eagle ranks 65th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state finances, low crime, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on internet speeds 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 Eagle expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $863,447. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $134,480 median income, cost of living beats 90% of cities.
Is Eagle safe?
Yes, Eagle is safer than 98% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $170 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Eagle?
July highs average about 97 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 24. That works out to about 114 pleasant days a year, more than 68% of cities.
Is Eagle good for families?
Schools beat 87% of cities, crime safety beats 98%, and childcare runs $974 a month.
Compare Eagle with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Eagle. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Eagle 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.
Eagle detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Eagle: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Eagle: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Eagle: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Eagle: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Eagle 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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