Best PlacesHuetter, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Huetter, 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.
Huetter ranks 6,732nd 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 Huetter
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.
Huetter's strengths and weaknesses
Where Huetter ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Huetter ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 21% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 36% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 40% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Huetter
A household needs to earn about $156,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huetter home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,233, 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 Huetter's effective rate of 0.40%, 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 Huetter
Huetter 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 Huetter.
Who works in Huetter, and how
Work in Huetter centers on health care & social and hospitality & food. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Huetter
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Huetter.
What the weather is like in Huetter, month by month
Huetter sees roughly 99 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 88° | 72° | 53° |
| October | 60° | 47° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Huetter
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 32 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 255 miles away.
The best schools in and around Huetter
Schools across Huetter average a B, better than 64% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Betty Kiefer Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Ponderosa Elementary SchoolB · 49% proficient
- Garwood Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Post Falls Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Lakes Magnet SchoolB · 44% proficient
- Lakeland Middle SchoolB− · 42% proficient
Top high schools
- Lakeland Senior High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Post Falls High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Lake City High SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huetter school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huetter 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 Huetter against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Huetter
Is Huetter a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huetter ranks 6,732nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, low disaster risk, and low crime, and lowest on an overheated housing market and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Huetter expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $631,131. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $76,233 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Huetter safe?
Yes, Huetter is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $159 per resident a year.
Compare Huetter with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huetter. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huetter 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.
Huetter detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huetter: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huetter: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huetter: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huetter: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huetter 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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