Best PlacesKimball, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Kimball, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Costs and crime both read low, and the nearest big city is a drive away. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Kimball ranks 4,948th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and air quality ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Kimball
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.
Kimball's strengths and weaknesses
Where Kimball ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 155 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Kimball ranks low
- Air qualityBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 12% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 12% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 14% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Kimball
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Kimball home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $89,059; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Kimball's effective rate of 0.44%, 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 Kimball
Kimball 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 Kimball.
Who works in Kimball, and how
Work in Kimball centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 4%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Kimball
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Kimball.
What the weather is like in Kimball, month by month
Kimball sees roughly 155 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 91 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 21° | 11° |
| April | 60° | 45° | 30° |
| July | 91° | 71° | 49° |
| October | 62° | 45° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Kimball
The nearest airport, Idaho Falls Regional, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 172 miles away.
The best schools in and around Kimball
Schools across Kimball average a B, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Groveland Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- A W Johnson Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Wapello Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Blackfoot Heritage Sixth GradeB · 47% proficient
- Firth Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Firth High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Blackfoot High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Kimball school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Kimball 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 Kimball against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Kimball
Is Kimball a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Kimball ranks 4,948th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, state finances, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on air quality and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Kimball expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $365,388. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $89,059 median income, cost of living beats 71% of towns.
Is Kimball safe?
Yes, Kimball is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $149 per resident a year.
Compare Kimball with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Kimball. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Kimball 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.
Kimball detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Kimball: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Kimball: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Kimball: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Kimball: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Kimball 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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