Best PlacesWeippe, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Weippe, 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.
Weippe ranks 33,548th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Weippe
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.
Weippe's strengths and weaknesses
Where Weippe ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 93% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 91% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 86% of towns
Where Weippe ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Household income$45,673 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 62 pleasant days a year, better than only 11% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 16% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Weippe
A household needs to earn about $51,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Weippe home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $45,673; 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 Weippe's effective rate of 0.51%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Weippe
Weippe 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 Weippe.
Who works in Weippe, and how
Work in Weippe centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Weippe
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Weippe.
What the weather is like in Weippe, month by month
Weippe sees roughly 62 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 Weippe
The nearest airport, Lewiston/Nez Perce County, is about 52 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 195 miles away.
The best schools in and around Weippe
Schools across Weippe average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Timberline ElementaryC− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Kamiah Middle SchoolD+ · 25% proficient
Top high schools
- Kamiah Senior HighB · 50% proficient
- Orofino High SchoolB · 48% proficient
- Timberline High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Weippe school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Weippe 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 Weippe against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Weippe
Is Weippe a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Weippe ranks 33,548th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and fast internet, and lowest on distance from a big city and the cost of living against local pay. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Weippe expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $203,037. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $45,673 median income, cost of living beats 7% of towns.
Is Weippe safe?
Yes, Weippe is safer than 70% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $270 per resident a year.
Compare Weippe with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Weippe. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Weippe 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.
Weippe detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Weippe: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Weippe: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Weippe: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Weippe: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Weippe 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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