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Salmon is a small town of 3,203 people in Lemhi County, Idaho. It's about 118 miles from Missoula, MT and 320 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 28°F, with about 22 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $236k and rent runs about $590 a month.
3,203people
$236kTypical home
$590/moRent
86° / 28°Summer / winter
22"Snow
221Sunny days
78Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,203
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,277 people per sq mi
- 320 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 118 mi to Missoula, MT
- 78 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $236k (≈$1,485/mo)
- Median rent $590/mo
- Median household income $43k
- Property tax about 0.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 28°F
- Dry summers (dew point 39°F)
- 221 sunny days a year (75 totally clear)
- 144 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 78 days a year with rain or snow
- 22" of snow a year
- 9 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 35 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (85 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (24 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 47
- 18% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 20% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 14 min
- 8% walk or take transit to work
- 4 mi to SMN airport
- 160 mi to BOI (major hub)
- 228 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1976
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Mountain country
- Elevation 3,947 ft
- 430 mi to the ocean
- 128 mi to a big lake
- 2 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 36 mi to the nearest ski area
- 5 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 9 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 3 bars within 25 mi
- 5 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 87 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 43% of Idaho districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 120 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 51 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 6 congregations per 10k people
- 61 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lemhi County: R+55 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- High drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk