Best PlacesSyringa, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Syringa, 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.
Syringa ranks 40,257th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and disaster risk is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Syringa
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.
Syringa's strengths and weaknesses
Where Syringa ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 92% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 87% of towns
Where Syringa ranks low
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Syringa
A household needs to earn about $90,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Syringa home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $61,825, 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 Syringa's effective rate of 0.34%, 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 Syringa
Syringa runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Syringa.
Who works in Syringa, and how
Work in Syringa centers on other services and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 19%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Syringa
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Syringa.
What the weather is like in Syringa, month by month
Syringa sees roughly 65 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 95 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 27. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 27° |
| April | 66° | 48° | 37° |
| July | 95° | 71° | 54° |
| October | 63° | 48° | 40° |
Flying in and out of Syringa
The nearest airport, Lewiston/Nez Perce County, is about 61 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 177 miles away.
The best schools in and around Syringa
Schools across Syringa average a B−, better than 67% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elk City SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Clearwater Valley ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
- Kamiah Elementary SchoolD+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kamiah Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Kamiah Senior HighB · 50% proficient
- Grangeville High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Syringa school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Syringa 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 Syringa against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Syringa
Is Syringa a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Syringa ranks 40,257th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, quiet, and cheap car insurance, 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 Syringa expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $367,515. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $61,825 median income, cost of living beats 19% of towns.
Is Syringa safe?
Yes, Syringa is safer than 65% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $290 per resident a year.
Compare Syringa with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Syringa. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Syringa 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.
Syringa detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Syringa: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Syringa: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Syringa: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Syringa: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Syringa 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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