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Country around Cascade is a rural area of about 3,329 people in Idaho County, Idaho, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 117 miles from Missoula, MT and 353 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 47 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $429k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,329people
$429kTypical home
$1,163/moRent
80° / 27°Summer / winter
47"Snow
198Sunny days
125Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 3,329 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1 people per sq mi
- 353 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 117 mi to Missoula, MT
- 117 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $429k (≈$2,708/mo)
- Median rent $1,163/mo
- Median household income $77k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 27°F
- Dry summers (dew point 41°F)
- 198 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 167 cloudy days a year
- 56 of 90 winter days are gray
- 125 days a year with rain or snow
- 47" of snow a year
- 17 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- 28 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (6 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (172 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 47
- 17% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 32% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 25 min
- 22% walk or take transit to work
- 59 mi to SMN airport
- 136 mi to BOI (major hub)
- 224 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 85% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 5,653 ft
- 374 mi to the ocean
- 169 mi to a big lake
- 18 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 58 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 6 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 3 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 117 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- 58 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 121 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 64 mi to the nearest vet
- 57 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 108 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Idaho County: R+68 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk