Best PlacesWoodland Park, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodland Park, 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.
Woodland Park ranks 40,647th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on state finances by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Woodland Park
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.
Woodland Park's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodland Park ranks high
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Short commute18.5 minutes each way, better than 92% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 92% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 92% of towns
Where Woodland Park ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 3% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 8% of towns
- Household income$45,911 median, better than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodland Park
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodland Park home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $45,911, 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 Woodland Park's effective rate of 0.60%, 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 Woodland Park
Woodland Park 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 Woodland Park.
Who works in Woodland Park, and how
Work in Woodland Park centers on arts & entertainment and mining & oil & gas. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 8%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Woodland Park
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Woodland Park.
What the weather is like in Woodland Park, month by month
Woodland Park sees roughly 94 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 74 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs July and August.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 23° | 18° |
| April | 43° | 33° | 26° |
| July | 74° | 62° | 53° |
| October | 47° | 38° | 31° |
Flying in and out of Woodland Park
The nearest airport, Pullman/Moscow Regional, is about 77 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field, about 271 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woodland Park
Schools across Woodland Park average a C+, better than 47% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Silver Hills Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Wallace Jr/sr High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodland Park school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodland Park 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 Woodland Park against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodland Park
Is Woodland Park a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodland Park ranks 40,647th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on state finances, heat safety, and short commutes, and lowest on a weak job market and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodland Park expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $264,503. The overall cost of living runs about 14% below the national average. Set against a $45,911 median income, cost of living beats 8% of towns.
Is Woodland Park safe?
Woodland Park is safer than 43% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Woodland Park with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodland Park. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodland Park 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.
Woodland Park detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodland Park: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodland Park: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodland Park: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodland Park: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodland Park 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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