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Kamiah is a small town of 1,084 people in Lewis County, Idaho. It's about 47 miles from Lewiston, ID and 313 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 90°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 12 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $223k and rent runs about $543 a month.
1,084people
$223kTypical home
$543/moRent
90° / 38°Summer / winter
12"Snow
208Sunny days
114Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,084
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 987 people per sq mi
- 313 mi to Seattle, WA
- 47 mi to Lewiston, ID
- 47 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $223k (≈$1,403/mo)
- Median rent $543/mo
- Median household income $36k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 90°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Dry summers (dew point 47°F)
- 208 sunny days a year (88 totally clear)
- 157 cloudy days a year
- 61 of 90 winter days are gray
- 114 days a year with rain or snow
- 12" of snow a year
- 5 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 11 days a year over 100°F
- 4 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (81 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (570 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 53
- 18% of households have kids
- 31% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 48 mi to LWS airport
- 120 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 184 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1961
- 77% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 1,234 ft
- 308 mi to the ocean
- 122 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 65 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 15 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 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
- 40 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 16% of Idaho districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 19 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 105 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 47 mi to the nearest vet
- 50 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 58 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lewis County: R+65 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk