Best PlacesMountain Home AFB, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mountain Home AFB, 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.
Mountain Home AFB ranks 4,111th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on population health by a wide margin, and civic engagement ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mountain Home AFB
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.
Mountain Home AFB's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mountain Home AFB ranks high
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Short commute11.8 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
Where Mountain Home AFB ranks low
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 1% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 8% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 8% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mountain Home AFB
A household needs to earn about $95,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mountain Home AFB home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $76,003, 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 Mountain Home AFB's effective rate of 0.58%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mountain Home AFB
Mountain Home AFB runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mountain Home AFB.
Who works in Mountain Home AFB, and how
Work in Mountain Home AFB centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Mountain Home AFB
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mountain Home AFB.
What the weather is like in Mountain Home AFB, month by month
Mountain Home AFB sees roughly 159 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 22. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 30° | 22° |
| April | 66° | 50° | 34° |
| July | 98° | 80° | 60° |
| October | 69° | 51° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Mountain Home AFB
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field sits about 40 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 Mountain Home AFB
Schools across Mountain Home AFB average a C+, better than 50% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stephensen Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Grand View Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Bruneau Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mountain Home Junior High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Hacker Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
- Glenns Ferry Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Rimrock Jr/sr High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Mountain Home Sr High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Glenns Ferry High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mountain Home AFB school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mountain Home AFB 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 Mountain Home AFB against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mountain Home AFB
Is Mountain Home AFB a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mountain Home AFB ranks 4,111th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on population health, short commutes, and cheap car insurance, and lowest on civic engagement and thin health care access. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mountain Home AFB expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $373,733. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $76,003 median income, cost of living beats 51% of towns.
Is Mountain Home AFB safe?
Yes, Mountain Home AFB is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $192 per resident a year.
Compare Mountain Home AFB with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mountain Home AFB. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mountain Home AFB 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.
Mountain Home AFB detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mountain Home AFB: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mountain Home AFB: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mountain Home AFB: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mountain Home AFB: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mountain Home AFB 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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