Best PlacesGrand View, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Grand View, 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.
Grand View ranks 34,684th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Grand View
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.
Grand View's strengths and weaknesses
Where Grand View ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 157 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Short commute18.6 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$552 a month, better than 87% of towns
Where Grand View ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 7% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 9% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 9% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Grand View
A household needs to earn about $78,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Grand View home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $60,926, 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 Grand View's effective rate of 0.42%, 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 Grand View
Grand View runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Grand View.
Who works in Grand View, and how
Work in Grand View centers on agriculture & forestry and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Grand View
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Grand View.
What the weather is like in Grand View, month by month
Grand View sees roughly 157 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 50° | 34° |
| July | 98° | 80° | 60° |
| October | 69° | 51° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Grand View
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field sits about 42 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 Grand View
Schools across Grand View average a C+, better than 41% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Grand View Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Bruneau Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
- West Elementary SchoolC · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mountain Home Junior High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Hacker Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Glenns Ferry Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Melba High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
- Rimrock Jr/sr High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Mountain Home Sr High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Grand View school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Grand View 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 Grand View against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Grand View
Is Grand View a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Grand View ranks 34,684th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and the weather, and lowest on disaster risk and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Grand View expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $316,251. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $60,926 median income, cost of living beats 18% of towns.
Is Grand View safe?
Grand View is safer than 17% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $518 per resident a year.
Compare Grand View with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Grand View. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Grand View 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.
Grand View detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Grand View: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Grand View: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Grand View: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Grand View: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Grand View 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
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.