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Cascade is a small town of 1,118 people in Valley County, Idaho. It's about 64 miles from Boise, ID and 330 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 86 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $346k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,118people
$346kTypical home
$1,117/moRent
82° / 32°Summer / winter
86"Snow
238Sunny days
131Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,118
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 271 people per sq mi
- 330 mi to Portland, OR
- 64 mi to Boise, ID
- 54 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $346k (≈$2,183/mo)
- Median rent $1,117/mo
- Median household income $54k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Dry summers (dew point 42°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (112 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 48 of 90 winter days are gray
- 131 days a year with rain or snow
- 86" of snow a year
- 29 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 50 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (299 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (573 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 49
- 19% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 26 mi to MYL airport
- 66 mi to BOI (major hub)
- 253 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 4,899 ft
- 360 mi to the ocean
- 149 mi to a big lake
- 3 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 12 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 4 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 69 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 47% of Idaho districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 45 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 62 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 17 mi to the nearest vet
- 56 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 57 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Valley County: R+19 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.