Best PlacesMidvale, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Midvale, 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.
Midvale ranks 9,759th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Midvale
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.
Midvale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Midvale ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- QuietBetter than 94% of towns
- Short commute17.9 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
Where Midvale ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 11% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Midvale
A household needs to earn about $79,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Midvale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $73,230; 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 Midvale'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 Midvale
Midvale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Midvale.
Who works in Midvale, and how
Work in Midvale centers on agriculture & forestry and education. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Midvale
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Midvale.
What the weather is like in Midvale, month by month
Midvale sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 37° |
| July | 98° | 81° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 52° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Midvale
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field sits about 66 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 Midvale
Schools across Midvale average a B−, better than 63% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cambridge Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Ola Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Pioneer Primary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Weiser Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Weiser High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Cambridge Middle/high SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Payette High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Midvale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Midvale 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 Midvale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Midvale
Is Midvale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Midvale ranks 9,759th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state finances, and low crime, and lowest on an overheated housing market and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Midvale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $322,302. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $73,230 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Midvale safe?
Yes, Midvale is safer than 96% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $169 per resident a year.
Compare Midvale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Midvale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Midvale 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.
Midvale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Midvale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Midvale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Midvale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Midvale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Midvale 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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