Best PlacesPortneuf, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Portneuf, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Portneuf ranks 2,055th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on a strong job market by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Portneuf
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.
Portneuf's strengths and weaknesses
Where Portneuf ranks high
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
Where Portneuf ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Portneuf
A household needs to earn about $131,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Portneuf home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $125,781; 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 Portneuf's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 Portneuf
Portneuf runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Portneuf.
Who works in Portneuf, and how
Work in Portneuf centers on retail trade and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 69%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Portneuf
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Portneuf.
What the weather is like in Portneuf, month by month
Portneuf sees roughly 104 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 62° | 46° | 31° |
| July | 93° | 74° | 51° |
| October | 65° | 47° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Portneuf
The nearest airport, Pocatello Regional, is about 13 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 146 miles away.
The best schools in and around Portneuf
Schools across Portneuf average an A−, better than 82% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Edahow Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Gate City Elementary SchoolA · 66% proficient
- Inkom Elementary SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top middle schools
- Franklin Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Marsh Valley Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Hawthorne Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top high schools
- Highland High SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Marsh Valley High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Portneuf school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Portneuf 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 Portneuf against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Portneuf
Is Portneuf a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Portneuf ranks 2,055th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on a strong job market, state finances, and what local pay buys, and lowest on disaster risk 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 Portneuf expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $522,700. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $125,781 median income, cost of living beats 97% of towns.
Is Portneuf safe?
Yes, Portneuf is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $175 per resident a year.
Compare Portneuf with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Portneuf. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Portneuf 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.
Portneuf detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Portneuf: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Portneuf: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Portneuf: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Portneuf: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Portneuf 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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