Best PlacesPollock, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pollock, 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.
Pollock ranks 43,441st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Pollock
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.
Pollock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pollock ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 95% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 94% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
Where Pollock ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pollock
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pollock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $56,845, 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 Pollock's effective rate of 0.29%, 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 Pollock
Pollock 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 Pollock.
Who works in Pollock, and how
Work in Pollock centers on construction and agriculture & forestry. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Pollock
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pollock.
What the weather is like in Pollock, month by month
Pollock sees roughly 77 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 22° | 12° |
| April | 52° | 38° | 26° |
| July | 85° | 68° | 48° |
| October | 58° | 42° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Pollock
The nearest airport, Lewiston/Nez Perce County, is about 79 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 122 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pollock
Schools across Pollock average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Riggins Elementary SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Salmon River Jr/sr High SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pollock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pollock 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 Pollock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pollock
Is Pollock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pollock ranks 43,441st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and low property taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pollock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $366,300. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $56,845 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Pollock safe?
Pollock is safer than 29% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $419 per resident a year.
Compare Pollock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pollock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pollock 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.
Pollock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pollock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pollock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pollock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pollock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pollock 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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