Best PlacesPost Falls, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Post Falls, 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.
Post Falls ranks 660th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 Post Falls
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.
Post Falls' strengths and weaknesses
Where Post Falls ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of cities
- Disaster safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- Low property taxBetter than 96% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of cities
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of cities
Where Post Falls ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Big-city accessBetter than only 9% of cities
- TransitBetter than only 13% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than only 24% of cities
- Educational attainmentBetter than only 32% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Post Falls
A household needs to earn about $126,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Post Falls home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $85,919, 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 Post Falls' effective rate of 0.43%, 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 Post Falls
Post Falls runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Post Falls.
Who works in Post Falls, and how
Work in Post Falls 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 81%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Post Falls
Post Falls has more restaurants and bars per resident than 93% of cities and more parkland per resident than 92% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Post Falls and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Post Falls, month by month
Post Falls sees roughly 101 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 36, with lows near 24. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 36° | 30° | 24° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 34° |
| July | 88° | 72° | 53° |
| October | 60° | 47° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Post Falls
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 29 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Seattle-Tacoma International, about 251 miles away.
The best schools in and around Post Falls
Schools across Post Falls average a B, better than 63% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Greensferry Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Twin Lakes Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Betty Kiefer Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Post Falls Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- River City Middle SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Lakes Magnet SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Coeur D'alene High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
- Lakeland Senior High SchoolB+ · 58% proficient
- Post Falls High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Post Falls school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Post Falls 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 Post Falls against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Post Falls suits
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 14% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Post Falls
Is Post Falls a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Post Falls ranks 660th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on state finances, low disaster risk, and low property taxes, and lowest on an overheated housing market 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 Post Falls expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $507,605. The overall cost of living runs about 11% below the national average. Set against a $85,919 median income, cost of living beats 51% of cities.
Is Post Falls safe?
Yes, Post Falls is safer than 95% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $206 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Post Falls?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 36 with lows near 24. That works out to about 101 pleasant days a year, more than 62% of cities.
Is Post Falls good for families?
Schools beat 63% of cities, crime safety beats 95%, and childcare runs $741 a month.
Compare Post Falls with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Post Falls. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Post Falls 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.
Post Falls detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Post Falls: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Post Falls: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Post Falls: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Post Falls: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Post Falls 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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