Best PlacesHeyburn, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Heyburn, 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.
Heyburn ranks 13,042nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Heyburn
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.
Heyburn's strengths and weaknesses
Where Heyburn ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute16.3 minutes each way, better than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
Where Heyburn ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 10% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Heyburn
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Heyburn home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $69,182, 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 Heyburn's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Heyburn
Heyburn runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Heyburn.
Who works in Heyburn, and how
Work in Heyburn centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 96%
- Work from home 2%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Heyburn
Heyburn has more restaurants and bars per resident than 82% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Heyburn and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Heyburn, month by month
Heyburn sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 21° |
| April | 63° | 47° | 33° |
| July | 91° | 73° | 54° |
| October | 66° | 49° | 34° |
Flying in and out of Heyburn
The nearest airport, Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional, is about 37 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 141 miles away.
The best schools in and around Heyburn
Schools across Heyburn average a C, better than 33% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Dworshak Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Paul Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- White Pine ElementaryC+ · 37% proficient
Top middle schools
- West Minico Middle SchoolC− · 29% proficient
Top high schools
- Burley Senior High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Minico Senior High SchoolC · 34% proficient
- Mt Harrison High SchoolF · 6% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Heyburn school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Heyburn 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 Heyburn against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Heyburn
Is Heyburn a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Heyburn ranks 13,042nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, cheap car insurance, and state finances, and lowest on distance from a big city and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Heyburn expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $339,240. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $69,182 median income, cost of living beats 50% of towns.
Is Heyburn safe?
Yes, Heyburn is safer than 62% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $296 per resident a year.
Compare Heyburn with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Heyburn. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Heyburn 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.
Heyburn detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Heyburn: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Heyburn: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Heyburn: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Heyburn: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Heyburn 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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