Best PlacesRexburg, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rexburg, 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.
Rexburg ranks 1,173rd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on heat safety by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Rexburg
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.
Rexburg's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rexburg ranks high
- Heat safetyBetter than 99% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than 99% of cities
- Short commute15.6 minutes each way, better than 98% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of cities
Where Rexburg ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 1% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than only 2% of cities
- Low vacancyBetter than only 3% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 7% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Rexburg
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rexburg home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $64,457, 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 Rexburg's effective rate of 0.49%, 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 Rexburg
Rexburg runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Rexburg.
Who works in Rexburg, and how
Work in Rexburg centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 12%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Rexburg
Rexburg has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 78% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Rexburg and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rexburg, month by month
Rexburg sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 20° | 11° |
| April | 59° | 44° | 30° |
| July | 90° | 71° | 51° |
| October | 61° | 45° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Rexburg
The nearest airport, Idaho Falls Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 209 miles away.
The best schools in and around Rexburg
Schools across Rexburg average a B−, better than 49% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Burton Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Adams Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sugar-salem Junior High SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Rigby Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
- Madison Middle SchoolB+ · 49% proficient
Top high schools
- Rigby High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Ririe Jr/sr High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Madison Senior High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rexburg school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rexburg 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 Rexburg against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Rexburg suits
Common questions about living in Rexburg
Is Rexburg a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rexburg ranks 1,173rd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on heat safety, state finances, and short commutes, and lowest on distance from a big city and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rexburg expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $381,651. The overall cost of living runs about 20% below the national average. Set against a $64,457 median income, cost of living beats 23% of cities.
Is Rexburg safe?
Rexburg is safer than 45% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $367 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Rexburg?
July highs average about 90 degrees, and January highs near 30 with lows near 11. That works out to about 139 pleasant days a year, more than 79% of cities.
Is Rexburg good for families?
Schools beat 49% of cities, crime safety beats 45%, and childcare runs $581 a month.
Compare Rexburg with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rexburg. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rexburg 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.
Rexburg detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rexburg: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rexburg: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rexburg: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rexburg: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rexburg 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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