Best PlacesYellow Pine, ID Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Yellow Pine, 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.
Yellow Pine ranks 16,616th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and cell coverage ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Yellow Pine
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.
Yellow Pine's strengths and weaknesses
Where Yellow Pine ranks high
- Short commute5.4 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 99% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than 98% of towns
- QuietBetter than 97% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than 97% of towns
Where Yellow Pine ranks low
- Cell coverageBetter than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than only 4% of towns
Who lives in Yellow Pine
Yellow Pine's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Yellow Pine.
Who works in Yellow Pine, and how
Work in Yellow Pine centers on hospitality & food and admin & support services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 37%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 56%
Life in Yellow Pine
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Yellow Pine.
What the weather is like in Yellow Pine, month by month
Yellow Pine sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 32, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 32° | 22° | 12° |
| April | 52° | 38° | 26° |
| July | 85° | 68° | 48° |
| October | 58° | 42° | 29° |
Flying in and out of Yellow Pine
Boise Air Trml/Gowen Field sits about 105 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 Yellow Pine
Schools across Yellow Pine average an A, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Elk City SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Barbara R Morgan ElementaryA · 67% proficient
- Donnelly ElementaryA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Payette Lakes Middle SchoolA · 67% proficient
Top high schools
- Mccall-donnelly High SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Cascade Jr/sr High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Grangeville High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Yellow Pine school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Yellow Pine 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 Yellow Pine against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Yellow Pine
Is Yellow Pine a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Yellow Pine ranks 16,616th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, a strong job market, and state finances, and lowest on cell coverage and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Yellow Pine safe?
Yes, Yellow Pine is safer than 76% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $244 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Yellow Pine?
July highs average about 85 degrees, and January highs near 32 with lows near 12. That works out to about 74 pleasant days a year, more than 36% of towns.
Compare Yellow Pine with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Yellow Pine. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Yellow Pine 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.
Yellow Pine detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Yellow Pine: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Yellow Pine: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Yellow Pine: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Yellow Pine: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Yellow Pine 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.
- 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.
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