Best PlacesWilford, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wilford, 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.
Wilford ranks 9,089th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Wilford
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.
Wilford's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wilford ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 95% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
Where Wilford ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 2% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 16% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Wilford
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wilford home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $73,822, 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 Wilford's effective rate of 0.34%, 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 Wilford
Wilford runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wilford.
Who works in Wilford, and how
Work in Wilford centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 80%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Wilford
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Wilford.
What the weather is like in Wilford, month by month
Wilford sees roughly 139 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 30, with lows near 11. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30° | 20° | 11° |
| April | 59° | 44° | 30° |
| July | 90° | 71° | 51° |
| October | 61° | 45° | 32° |
Flying in and out of Wilford
The nearest airport, Idaho Falls Regional, is about 34 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Salt Lake City International, about 217 miles away.
The best schools in and around Wilford
Schools across Wilford average a B−, better than 59% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Henrys Fork ElementaryB− · 43% proficient
Top middle schools
- Sugar-salem Junior High SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- South Fremont Jr HighC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- South Fremont High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
- Sugar-salem High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wilford school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wilford 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 Wilford against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Wilford
Is Wilford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wilford ranks 9,089th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, cheap car insurance, and heat safety, and lowest on tree cover 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 Wilford expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $351,804. The overall cost of living runs about 15% below the national average. Set against a $73,822 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Wilford safe?
Yes, Wilford is safer than 95% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $176 per resident a year.
Compare Wilford with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wilford. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wilford 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.
Wilford detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wilford: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wilford: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wilford: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wilford: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wilford 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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