Idaho Falls, ID
Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Idaho Falls ranks 49th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 76th for income. A household earns $85,767 a year while median rent runs $1,257/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 6% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is commute (46th of 300), while home prices is the soft spot (223rd). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 150th and home prices 223rd among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Idaho Falls, your take-home is worth about $61,616 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 76th of 300↑34.8%$85,767
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 143rd of 30094 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $90,843
- Per-capita income
- $37,096
- Full-time pay
- $40,656
Housing
- Median rent
- 150th of 300↑57.5%$1,257/mo
- Home value
- 223rd of 300↑92.9%$410,400
- Property tax
- $1,813/yr · 0.4%
- Sales tax
- 6.03%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 208th of 3005%
- Bachelor's+
- 139th of 30034.2%
- Avg commute
- 46th of 30021.2 min
People
- Population
- 171,773
- Population change
- +13.4%
- Median age
- 33.8 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 4.9%
- Broadband
- 93.1%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 106th of 30043
- Natural-hazard loss
- 162nd of 300$13/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 91st of 30016.8%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 10.7%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Household income
- + Commute
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Home prices
- – Job market
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — idaho falls faa ap.
What jobs pay in Idaho Falls
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $194,480
- IT managers
- $166,110
- Pharmacists
- $136,930
- Financial managers
- $128,500
- Software developers
- $123,450
- Civil engineers
- $97,710
- Lawyers
- $95,300
- Registered nurses
- $84,110
- General & operations managers
- $80,380
- Accountants & auditors
- $74,410
- Electricians
- $65,350
- Police officers
- $61,880
- Secondary school teachers
- $61,090
- Elementary school teachers
- $61,080
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $59,010
- Carpenters
- $52,140
- Plumbers
- $51,420
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $49,030
- Construction laborers
- $45,870
- Customer service reps
- $40,060
- Janitors
- $35,260
- Retail salespersons
- $32,320
- Waiters & waitresses
- $30,740
- Cashiers
- $29,720
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Idaho Falls metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Idaho are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Utah1,239
- California989
- Washington757
- New York482
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Idaho Falls metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Idaho Falls metro?
- Median gross rent across the Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area is $1,257 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Idaho Falls.
- What is the median household income in the Idaho Falls metro?
- A typical household in the Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area earns $85,767 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Idaho Falls expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area runs about 6% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Idaho Falls metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $90,843 (versus its face value of $85,767). CityLedger rates the Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Idaho Falls metro?
- The median home value across the Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area is $410,400 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Idaho Falls metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Idaho Falls, ID Metro Area is 5% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).