Best PlacesViola, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Viola, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Viola ranks 2,946th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Viola
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.
Viola's strengths and weaknesses
Where Viola ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 93% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Viola ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 11% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 15% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
- Cheap childcare$974 a month, better than only 26% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 33% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Viola
A household needs to earn about $123,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Viola home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $97,293, 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 Viola's effective rate of 0.46%, 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 Viola
Viola runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Viola.
Who works in Viola, and how
Work in Viola centers on education and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Viola
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Viola.
What the weather is like in Viola, month by month
Viola sees roughly 100 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 59° | 46° | 35° |
| July | 87° | 70° | 50° |
| October | 62° | 49° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Viola
The nearest airport, Pullman/Moscow Regional, is about 11 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 230 miles away.
The best schools in and around Viola
Schools across Viola average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- A B Mcdonald Elementary SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Potlatch Elementary SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Top middle schools
- Moscow Middle SchoolA− · 54% proficient
Top high schools
- Moscow High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Potlatch Jr/sr High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Viola school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Viola 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 Viola against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Viola
Is Viola a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Viola ranks 2,946th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, civic engagement, and an educated workforce, and lowest on internet speeds 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 Viola expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $491,613. The overall cost of living runs about 12% below the national average. Set against a $97,293 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Viola safe?
Yes, Viola is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $202 per resident a year.
Compare Viola with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Viola. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Viola 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.
Viola detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Viola: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Viola: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Viola: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Viola: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Viola 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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