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Mountain Home is a small city of 16,493 people in Elmore County, Idaho. It's about 42 miles from Boise, ID and 253 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 95°F and winter highs 40°F, with about 29 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $309k and rent runs about $1k a month.
16,493people
$309kTypical home
$1,155/moRent
95° / 40°Summer / winter
29"Snow
254Sunny days
66Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small city of 16,493
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 2,321 people per sq mi
- 253 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 42 mi to Boise, ID
- Has its own stores and services
Money
- Typical home $309k (≈$1,951/mo)
- Median rent $1,155/mo
- Median household income $63k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 95°F
- Winter highs around 40°F
- Dry summers (dew point 40°F)
- 254 sunny days a year (120 totally clear)
- 111 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 66 days a year with rain or snow
- 29" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 17 days a year over 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (187 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (514 per 100k)
People
- Median age 32
- 34% of households have kids
- 13% are 65 or older
- 22% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 7% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 40 mi to BOI airport
- 40 mi to BOI (major hub)
- 159 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 79% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1989
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 3,143 ft
- 422 mi to the ocean
- 117 mi to a big lake
- 16 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 48 mi to the nearest ski area
- 15 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 16 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 8 bars within 25 mi
- 6 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 53 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 35% of Idaho districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 21 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 39 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 37 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 41 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Elmore County: R+49 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
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk