Best PlacesLewiston Orchards, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Lewiston Orchards, 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.
Lewiston Orchards ranks 4,459th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Lewiston Orchards
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.
Lewiston Orchards' strengths and weaknesses
Where Lewiston Orchards ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 92% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 89% of towns
Where Lewiston Orchards ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than only 38% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 40% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 43% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Lewiston Orchards
A household needs to earn about $98,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Lewiston Orchards home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $85,020, 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 Lewiston Orchards' effective rate of 0.84%, 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 Lewiston Orchards
Lewiston Orchards 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 Lewiston Orchards.
Who works in Lewiston Orchards, and how
Work in Lewiston Orchards centers on manufacturing and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Lewiston Orchards
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Lewiston Orchards.
What the weather is like in Lewiston Orchards, month by month
Lewiston Orchards sees roughly 128 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 66° | 52° | 40° |
| July | 95° | 78° | 61° |
| October | 66° | 53° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Lewiston Orchards
The nearest airport, Lewiston/Nez Perce County, is about 2 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 196 miles away.
The best schools in and around Lewiston Orchards
Schools across Lewiston Orchards average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Camelot Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Centennial Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolA− · 53% proficient
Top high schools
- Lewiston High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Tammany High SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Lewiston Orchards school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Lewiston Orchards 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 Lewiston Orchards against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Lewiston Orchards
Is Lewiston Orchards a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Lewiston Orchards ranks 4,459th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and civic engagement, and lowest on tree cover 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 Lewiston Orchards expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $374,111. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $85,020 median income, cost of living beats 76% of towns.
Is Lewiston Orchards safe?
Yes, Lewiston Orchards is safer than 91% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $199 per resident a year.
Compare Lewiston Orchards with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Lewiston Orchards. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Lewiston Orchards 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.
Lewiston Orchards detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Lewiston Orchards: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Lewiston Orchards: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Lewiston Orchards: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Lewiston Orchards: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Lewiston Orchards 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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