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Country around Stanley is a rural area of about 454 people in Custer County, Idaho, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 87 miles from Boise, ID and 286 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 74°F and winter highs 21°F, with about 51 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $606k and rent runs about $691 a month.
454people
$606kTypical home
$691/moRent
74° / 21°Summer / winter
51"Snow
231Sunny days
126Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 454 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 0 people per sq mi
- 286 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 87 mi to Boise, ID
- 87 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $606k (≈$3,823/mo)
- Median rent $691/mo
- Median household income $82k
- Property tax about 0.2% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 74°F
- Winter highs around 21°F
- Dry summers (dew point 36°F)
- 231 sunny days a year (92 totally clear)
- 134 cloudy days a year
- 43 of 90 winter days are gray
- 126 days a year with rain or snow
- 51" of snow a year
- 18 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 91 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (134 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (358 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 68
- 8% of households have kids
- 58% are 65 or older
- 45% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 16 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 63 mi to SUN airport
- 88 mi to BOI (major hub)
- 247 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1990
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 8,009 ft
- 417 mi to the ocean
- 133 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 50 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3 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
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 101 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 27% of Idaho districts (reading)
- 10 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 43 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 81 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 32 mi to the nearest vet
- 73 mi to the nearest dog park
- 7 congregations per 10k people
- 85 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Custer County: R+53 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Low 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.