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Malad City is a small town of 2,601 people in Oneida County, Idaho. It's about 37 miles from Logan, UT and 99 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 91°F and winter highs 33°F, with about 37 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $249k and rent runs about $894 a month.
2,601people
$249kTypical home
$894/moRent
91° / 33°Summer / winter
37"Snow
244Sunny days
72Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,601
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,540 people per sq mi
- 99 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 37 mi to Logan, UT
- 33 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $249k (≈$1,573/mo)
- Median rent $894/mo
- Median household income $77k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 91°F
- Winter highs around 33°F
- Dry summers (dew point 41°F)
- 244 sunny days a year (104 totally clear)
- 121 cloudy days a year
- 47 of 90 winter days are gray
- 72 days a year with rain or snow
- 37" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 32 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (252 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (566 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 34
- 43% of households have kids
- 19% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 53 mi to PIH airport
- 98 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 139 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 94% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1951
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,547 ft
- 565 mi to the ocean
- 44 mi to a big lake
- 27 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 31 mi to the nearest ski area
- 8 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course 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
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 48 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 37% of Idaho districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 37 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 29 mi to the nearest vet
- 36 mi to the nearest dog park
- 33 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Oneida County: R+76 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
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk