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Fairfield is a tiny town of 499 people in Camas County, Idaho. It's about 57 miles from Twin Falls, ID and 231 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 27°F, with about 64 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $250k and rent runs about $1k a month.
499people
$250kTypical home
$1,125/moRent
84° / 27°Summer / winter
64"Snow
264Sunny days
82Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 499
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 570 people per sq mi
- 231 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 57 mi to Twin Falls, ID
- 46 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $250k (≈$1,577/mo)
- Median rent $1,125/mo
- Median household income $71k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 0.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 27°F
- Dry summers (dew point 38°F)
- 264 sunny days a year (111 totally clear)
- 101 cloudy days a year
- 33 of 90 winter days are gray
- 82 days a year with rain or snow
- 64" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 58 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (0 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (0 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 36
- 24% of households have kids
- 16% are 65 or older
- 34% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 46 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to SUN airport
- 73 mi to BOI (major hub)
- 180 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 5,063 ft
- 455 mi to the ocean
- 82 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 10 mi to the nearest ski area
- 10 mi to the nearest campground
- No golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no 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
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 54 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 36% of Idaho districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 29 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 67 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 35 mi to the nearest vet
- 30 mi to the nearest dog park
- 73 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Camas County: R+54 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Moderate earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk