Best PlacesFort Hall, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Fort Hall, 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.
Fort Hall ranks 37,339th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low property taxes by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Fort Hall
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.
Fort Hall's strengths and weaknesses
Where Fort Hall ranks high
- Low property taxBetter than 99% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute16.7 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- Cheap childcare$581 a month, better than 80% of towns
Where Fort Hall ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$38,764 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Fort Hall
A household needs to earn about $49,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Fort Hall home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $38,764, 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 Fort Hall's effective rate of 0.19%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Fort Hall
Fort Hall runs younger than the country, 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 Fort Hall.
Who works in Fort Hall, and how
Work in Fort Hall centers on public administration and arts & entertainment. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 93%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Fort Hall
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Fort Hall.
What the weather is like in Fort Hall, month by month
Fort Hall sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 62° | 46° | 31° |
| July | 93° | 74° | 51° |
| October | 65° | 47° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Fort Hall
The nearest airport, Pocatello Regional, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 156 miles away.
The best schools in and around Fort Hall
Schools across Fort Hall average a B−, better than 55% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Tyhee Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- I T Stoddard Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Donald D Stalker ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Blackfoot Heritage Sixth GradeB · 47% proficient
- Hawthorne Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Highland High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Blackfoot High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Shoshone-bannock School District No 512F · 5% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Fort Hall school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Fort Hall 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 Fort Hall against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Fort Hall
Is Fort Hall a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Fort Hall ranks 37,339th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low property taxes, state finances, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on air quality and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Fort Hall expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,579. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $38,764 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Fort Hall safe?
Yes, Fort Hall is safer than 80% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $233 per resident a year.
Compare Fort Hall with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Fort Hall. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Fort Hall 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.
Fort Hall detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Fort Hall: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Fort Hall: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Fort Hall: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Fort Hall: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Fort Hall 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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