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2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fish Haven, 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.
Fish Haven ranks 10,125th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Fish Haven
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.
Fish Haven's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fish Haven ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 95% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 93% of towns
- QuietBetter than 90% of towns
- Short commute21.5 minutes each way, better than 82% of towns
Where Fish Haven ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 21% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fish Haven
A household needs to earn about $105,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fish Haven home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $95,750; 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 Fish Haven's effective rate of 0.33%, 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 Fish Haven
Fish Haven runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Fish Haven.
Who works in Fish Haven, and how
Work in Fish Haven centers on construction and real estate. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 73%
- Work from home 24%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fish Haven
Fish Haven has more restaurants and bars per resident than 99% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Fish Haven and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Fish Haven, month by month
Fish Haven sees roughly 108 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 24° | 13° |
| April | 62° | 47° | 33° |
| July | 95° | 75° | 53° |
| October | 65° | 47° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Fish Haven
The nearest airport, Pocatello Regional, is about 86 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 90 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fish Haven
Schools across Fish Haven average a B, better than 70% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Paris Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bear Lake Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Preston Jr High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Top high schools
- Bear Lake High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Preston High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fish Haven school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fish Haven 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 Fish Haven against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fish Haven
Is Fish Haven a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fish Haven ranks 10,125th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and low property taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fish Haven expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $428,100. The overall cost of living runs about 1% above the national average. Set against a $95,750 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Fish Haven safe?
Yes, Fish Haven is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $262 per resident a year.
Compare Fish Haven with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fish Haven. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fish Haven 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.
Fish Haven detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fish Haven: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fish Haven: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fish Haven: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fish Haven: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fish Haven 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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