Best PlacesFalls City, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Falls City, 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.
Falls City ranks 7,193rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Falls City
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.
Falls City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Falls City ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 164 pleasant days a year, better than 96% of towns
- Short commute19.0 minutes each way, better than 91% of towns
Where Falls City ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 18% of towns
- School gradeC−, better than only 26% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Falls City
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Falls City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $98,407; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Falls City's effective rate of 0.58%, 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 Falls City
Falls City's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Falls City.
Who works in Falls City, and how
Work in Falls City centers on education and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Falls City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Falls City.
What the weather is like in Falls City, month by month
Falls City sees roughly 164 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 63° | 48° | 34° |
| July | 93° | 76° | 58° |
| October | 66° | 50° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Falls City
The nearest airport, Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional, is about 12 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Falls City
Schools across Falls City average a C−, better than 26% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Sawtooth Elementary SchoolB+ · 54% proficient
- Horizon Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Summit ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Vera C O'leary Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Twin Falls High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Jerome High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Falls City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Falls City 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 Falls City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Falls City
Is Falls City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Falls City ranks 7,193rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state finances, and clean air, and lowest on tree cover 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 Falls City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $430,408. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $98,407 median income, cost of living beats 83% of towns.
Is Falls City safe?
Yes, Falls City is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $278 per resident a year.
Compare Falls City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Falls City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Falls City 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.
Falls City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Falls City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Falls City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Falls City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Falls City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Falls City 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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