Best PlacesThree Creek, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Three Creek, 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.
Three Creek ranks 36,936th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cheap car insurance by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Three Creek
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.
Three Creek's strengths and weaknesses
Where Three Creek ranks high
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 98% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 157 pleasant days a year, better than 94% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 89% of towns
Where Three Creek ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 6% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Three Creek
A household needs to earn about $53,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Three Creek home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $51,858; 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 Three Creek's effective rate of 0.42%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Three Creek
Three Creek 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 Three Creek.
Who works in Three Creek, and how
Work in Three Creek centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 72%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Three Creek
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Three Creek.
What the weather is like in Three Creek, month by month
Three Creek sees roughly 157 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 93 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 29° | 20° |
| April | 63° | 47° | 34° |
| July | 93° | 76° | 59° |
| October | 66° | 49° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Three Creek
The nearest airport, Joslin Field/Magic Valley Regional, is about 43 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 114 miles away.
The best schools in and around Three Creek
Schools across Three Creek average a C+, better than 42% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Bruneau Elementary SchoolB− · 40% proficient
Top middle schools
- Glenns Ferry Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Canyon Ridge High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Glenns Ferry High SchoolC · 31% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Three Creek school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Three Creek 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 Three Creek against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Three Creek
Is Three Creek a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Three Creek ranks 36,936th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cheap car insurance, state finances, and quiet, and lowest on cell coverage and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Three Creek expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $212,126. The overall cost of living runs about 7% below the national average. Set against a $51,858 median income, cost of living beats 10% of towns.
Is Three Creek safe?
Three Creek is safer than 33% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $396 per resident a year.
Compare Three Creek with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Three Creek. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Three Creek 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.
Three Creek detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Three Creek: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Three Creek: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Three Creek: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Three Creek: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Three Creek 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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