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Fort Hall is a small town of 2,654 people in Bannock County, Idaho. It's about 10 miles from Pocatello, ID and 157 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 32 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $203k and rent runs about $672 a month.
2,654people
$203kTypical home
$672/moRent
87° / 33°Summer / winter
32"Snow
239Sunny days
89Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,654
- Part of a metro area
- About 76 people per sq mi
- 157 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 10 mi to Pocatello, ID
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $203k (≈$1,282/mo)
- Median rent $672/mo
- Median household income $45k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 12.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Dry summers (dew point 40°F)
- 239 sunny days a year (92 totally clear)
- 126 cloudy days a year
- 51 of 90 winter days are gray
- 89 days a year with rain or snow
- 32" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 32 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (269 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (1,263 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 35
- 33% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 18% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 17 min
- 0% walk or take transit to work
- 10 mi to PIH airport
- 156 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 197 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1978
- 78% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 4,436 ft
- 566 mi to the ocean
- 6 mi to a big lake
- 16 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 22 mi to the nearest ski area
- 17 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 63 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 18 bars within 25 mi
- 28 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 10 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 31% of Idaho districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 7 mi to the nearest vet
- 66 mi to the nearest dog park
- 3 congregations per 10k people
- 11 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Bannock County: R+25 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk