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Sugar City is a small town of 2,122 people in Madison County, Idaho. It's about 30 miles from Idaho Falls, ID and 214 miles from Salt Lake City, UT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 51 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $350k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,122people
$350kTypical home
$1,330/moRent
83° / 29°Summer / winter
51"Snow
223Sunny days
92Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,122
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 836 people per sq mi
- 214 mi to Salt Lake City, UT
- 30 mi to Idaho Falls, ID
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $350k (≈$2,207/mo)
- Median rent $1,330/mo
- Median household income $67k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 29°F
- Dry summers (dew point 43°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (92 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 53 of 90 winter days are gray
- 92 days a year with rain or snow
- 51" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 47 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (57 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (374 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 29
- 34% of households have kids
- 14% are 65 or older
- 44% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 21% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 30 mi to IDA airport
- 214 mi to SLC (major hub)
- 252 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 69% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1997
- 93% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 4,902 ft
- 564 mi to the ocean
- 46 mi to a big lake
- 38 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 17 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 4 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 42 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 10 bars within 25 mi
- 26 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 29 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 46% of Idaho districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 34 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Madison County: R+64 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate wildfire risk
- High earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk