Best PlacesMc Dermitt, OR Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mc Dermitt, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mc Dermitt ranks 39,300th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on quiet by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mc Dermitt
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.
Mc Dermitt's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mc Dermitt ranks high
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 150 pleasant days a year, better than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 91% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 73% of towns
Where Mc Dermitt ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 4% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mc Dermitt
A household needs to earn about $56,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mc Dermitt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $70,000, 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 Mc Dermitt's effective rate of 0.37%, 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 Mc Dermitt
Mc Dermitt's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mc Dermitt.
Who works in Mc Dermitt, and how
Work in Mc Dermitt centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 17%
Life in Mc Dermitt
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mc Dermitt.
What the weather is like in Mc Dermitt, month by month
Mc Dermitt sees roughly 150 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 97 degrees. January highs sit near 44, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 44° | 31° | 20° |
| April | 66° | 48° | 31° |
| July | 97° | 78° | 55° |
| October | 70° | 50° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Mc Dermitt
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field sits about 128 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 Mc Dermitt
Schools across Mc Dermitt average a B, better than 72% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Jordan Valley Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Fields Elementary SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- DenioD+ · 25% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mcdermitt Junior High SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Jordan Valley High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Nyssa High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Mcdermitt High SchoolB · 50% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mc Dermitt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mc Dermitt 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 Mc Dermitt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mc Dermitt
Is Mc Dermitt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mc Dermitt ranks 39,300th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on quiet, state infrastructure, and the weather, and lowest on tree cover and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mc Dermitt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $227,000. The overall cost of living runs about 10% below the national average. Set against a $70,000 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Mc Dermitt safe?
Mc Dermitt is safer than 3% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $990 per resident a year.
Compare Mc Dermitt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mc Dermitt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mc Dermitt 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.
Mc Dermitt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mc Dermitt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mc Dermitt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mc Dermitt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mc Dermitt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mc Dermitt 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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