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Aberdeen is a small town of 2,564 people in Bingham County, Idaho. It's about 20 miles from Pocatello, ID and 157 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 26 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $175k and rent runs about $650 a month.
2,564people
$175kTypical home
$650/moRent
87° / 32°Summer / winter
26"Snow
244Sunny days
72Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,564
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 2,489 people per sq mi
- 157 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 20 mi to Pocatello, ID
- 19 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $175k (≈$1,100/mo)
- Median rent $650/mo
- Median household income $83k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Dry summers (dew point 39°F)
- 244 sunny days a year (104 totally clear)
- 121 cloudy days a year
- 47 of 90 winter days are gray
- 72 days a year with rain or snow
- 26" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 39 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (213 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (465 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 28
- 56% of households have kids
- 11% are 65 or older
- 11% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 12 mi to PIH airport
- 155 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 197 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1963
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 4,403 ft
- 553 mi to the ocean
- 3 mi to a big lake
- 26 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 36 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 54 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 18 bars within 25 mi
- 24 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 20 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 18% of Idaho districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 23 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 24 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 19 mi to the nearest vet
- 54 mi to the nearest dog park
- 1 congregations per 10k people
- 22 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bingham County: R+60 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk