Best PlacesWeiser, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Weiser, 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.
Weiser ranks 23,918th 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 Weiser
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.
Weiser's strengths and weaknesses
Where Weiser ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 97% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute17.9 minutes each way, better than 93% of towns
Where Weiser ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Weiser
A household needs to earn about $73,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Weiser home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $53,900, 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 Weiser'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 Weiser
Weiser runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Weiser.
Who works in Weiser, and how
Work in Weiser centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Weiser
Weiser has more restaurants and bars per resident than 75% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Weiser and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Weiser, month by month
Weiser sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 98 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 23° |
| April | 68° | 53° | 37° |
| July | 98° | 81° | 62° |
| October | 68° | 52° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Weiser
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field sits about 60 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 2.6 million passengers in 2025, with 59 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Weiser
Schools across Weiser average a C+, better than 46% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Cambridge Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Pioneer Primary SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Park Intermediate SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Weiser Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Weiser High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Cambridge Middle/high SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
- Payette High SchoolD · 23% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Weiser school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Weiser 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 Weiser against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Weiser
Is Weiser a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Weiser ranks 23,918th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cell coverage, and walkability, and lowest on an overheated housing market and air quality. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Weiser expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $290,841. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $53,900 median income, cost of living beats 17% of towns.
Is Weiser safe?
Weiser is safer than 44% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $379 per resident a year.
Compare Weiser with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Weiser. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Weiser 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.
Weiser detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Weiser: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Weiser: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Weiser: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Weiser: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Weiser 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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