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Country around Carey is a rural area of about 1,600 people in Blaine County, Idaho, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 65 miles from Twin Falls, ID and 207 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 53 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $490k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,600people
$490kTypical home
$1,063/moRent
82° / 27°Summer / winter
53"Snow
260Sunny days
75Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,600 people spread over the area
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 4 people per sq mi
- 207 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 65 mi to Twin Falls, ID
- 57 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $490k (≈$3,092/mo)
- Median rent $1,063/mo
- Median household income $58k
- Property tax about 0.3% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 27°F
- Dry summers (dew point 36°F)
- 260 sunny days a year (98 totally clear)
- 105 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 75 days a year with rain or snow
- 53" of snow a year
- 18 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 48 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (212 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (465 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 28
- 50% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 30 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 22 mi to SUN airport
- 118 mi to BOI (major hub)
- 201 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1956
- 96% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 6,050 ft
- 492 mi to the ocean
- 54 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 30 mi to the nearest ski area
- 11 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 22 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 7 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 64 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 27% of Idaho districts (reading)
- 20 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 26 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 76 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 41 mi to the nearest vet
- 55 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 60 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Blaine County: D+32 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
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- 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.