Best PlacesWardboro, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wardboro, 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.
Wardboro ranks 22,311th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Wardboro
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.
Wardboro's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wardboro ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 94% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 86% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 82% of towns
Where Wardboro ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute35.8 minutes each way, better than only 12% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wardboro
A household needs to earn about $91,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wardboro home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $62,176, 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 Wardboro's effective rate of 0.50%, 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 Wardboro
Wardboro runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wardboro.
Who works in Wardboro, and how
Work in Wardboro centers on transportation & warehousing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 88%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Wardboro
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wardboro.
What the weather is like in Wardboro, month by month
Wardboro sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 81 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 5. The comfortable stretch runs June through August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 15° | 5° |
| April | 49° | 36° | 26° |
| July | 81° | 62° | 43° |
| October | 56° | 39° | 27° |
Flying in and out of Wardboro
The nearest airport, Pocatello Regional, is about 81 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 107 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wardboro
Schools across Wardboro average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- A J Winters Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Paris Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Bear Lake Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Bear Lake High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wardboro school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wardboro 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 Wardboro against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wardboro
Is Wardboro a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wardboro ranks 22,311th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on an overheated housing market and empty homes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Wardboro expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $363,200. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $62,176 median income, cost of living beats 39% of towns.
Is Wardboro safe?
Yes, Wardboro is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $229 per resident a year.
Compare Wardboro with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wardboro. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wardboro 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.
Wardboro detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wardboro: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wardboro: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wardboro: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wardboro: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wardboro 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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