Best PlacesPrichard, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Prichard, 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.
Prichard ranks 46,386th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and the cost of living against local pay is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Prichard
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.
Prichard's strengths and weaknesses
Where Prichard ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Cheap childcare$552 a month, better than 87% of towns
Where Prichard ranks low
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 3% of towns
- Household income$32,500 median, better than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 3% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Prichard
A household needs to earn about $88,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Prichard home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $32,500, 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 Prichard's effective rate of 0.45%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Prichard
Prichard 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 Prichard.
Who works in Prichard, and how
Work in Prichard centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 18%
Life in Prichard
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Prichard.
What the weather is like in Prichard, month by month
Prichard sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 23° | 18° |
| April | 43° | 33° | 26° |
| July | 74° | 62° | 53° |
| October | 47° | 38° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Prichard
The nearest airport, Spokane International, is about 70 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 284 miles away.
The best schools in and around Prichard
Schools across Prichard average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Silver Hills Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Pinehurst Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kellogg Middle SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Top high schools
- Kellogg High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Wallace Jr/sr High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Prichard school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Prichard 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 Prichard against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Prichard
Is Prichard a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Prichard ranks 46,386th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, heat safety, and tree cover, and lowest on the cost of living against local pay and low incomes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Prichard expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $355,200. The overall cost of living runs about 9% below the national average. Set against a $32,500 median income, cost of living beats 3% of towns.
Is Prichard safe?
Prichard is safer than 14% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $539 per resident a year.
Compare Prichard with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Prichard. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Prichard 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.
Prichard detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Prichard: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Prichard: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Prichard: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Prichard: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Prichard 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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