Best PlacesHammett, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Hammett, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Hammett ranks 38,498th 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 Hammett
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.
Hammett's strengths and weaknesses
Where Hammett ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 157 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
Where Hammett ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 2% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Hammett
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Hammett home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $60,312, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
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 Hammett's effective rate of 0.48%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Hammett
Hammett runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Hammett.
Who works in Hammett, and how
Work in Hammett centers on agriculture & forestry and public administration. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Hammett
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Hammett.
What the weather is like in Hammett, month by month
Hammett 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 Hammett
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field sits about 56 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 Hammett
Schools across Hammett average a C−, better than 24% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- East Elementary SchoolB · 50% 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
- Mountain Home Sr High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Glenns Ferry High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Hammett school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Hammett 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 Hammett against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Hammett
Is Hammett a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Hammett ranks 38,498th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state finances, and the weather, and lowest on tree cover and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Hammett expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $222,894. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $60,312 median income, cost of living beats 24% of towns.
Is Hammett safe?
Hammett is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $433 per resident a year.
Compare Hammett with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Hammett. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Hammett 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.
Hammett detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Hammett: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Hammett: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Hammett: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Hammett: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Hammett 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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