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New Plymouth is a small town of 1,794 people in Payette County, Idaho. It's about 39 miles from Boise, ID and 306 miles from Portland, OR, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 93°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 12 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $278k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,794people
$278kTypical home
$1,062/moRent
93° / 38°Summer / winter
12"Snow
244Sunny days
75Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,794
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 2,608 people per sq mi
- 306 mi to Portland, OR
- 39 mi to Boise, ID
- 9 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $278k (≈$1,750/mo)
- Median rent $1,062/mo
- Median household income $65k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 93°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Dry summers (dew point 43°F)
- 244 sunny days a year (118 totally clear)
- 121 cloudy days a year
- 49 of 90 winter days are gray
- 75 days a year with rain or snow
- 12" of snow a year
- 6 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 11 days a year over 100°F
- 8 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (220 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (508 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 33
- 43% of households have kids
- 18% are 65 or older
- 26% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 41 mi to BOI airport
- 41 mi to BOI (major hub)
- 213 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 80% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 2,257 ft
- 346 mi to the ocean
- 99 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 38 mi to the nearest ski area
- 14 mi to the nearest campground
- 8 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 78 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 17 bars within 25 mi
- 38 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 8 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 30 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 22% of Idaho districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 16 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 23 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 7 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 9 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Payette County: R+63 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- High wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk