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Country around Grace is a rural area of about 2,488 people in Caribou County, Idaho, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 43 miles from Pocatello, ID and 120 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 32°F, with about 65 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $215k and rent runs about $798 a month.
2,488people
$215kTypical home
$798/moRent
86° / 32°Summer / winter
65"Snow
237Sunny days
105Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 2,488 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 13 people per sq mi
- 120 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 43 mi to Pocatello, ID
- 43 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $215k (≈$1,357/mo)
- Median rent $798/mo
- Median household income $71k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 32°F
- Dry summers (dew point 41°F)
- 237 sunny days a year (98 totally clear)
- 128 cloudy days a year
- 46 of 90 winter days are gray
- 105 days a year with rain or snow
- 65" of snow a year
- 25 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 47 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (14 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (265 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 28% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 17% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 50 mi to PIH airport
- 120 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 158 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 93% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1957
- 94% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 5,305 ft
- 597 mi to the ocean
- 32 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 27 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 8 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
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 43 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 12% of Idaho districts (reading)
- 13 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 23 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 41 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 27 mi to the nearest vet
- 28 mi to the nearest dog park
- 41 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Caribou County: R+71 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
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk