Canyon County, Idaho

Canyon County has a population of 250,790 and has grown 19.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $390,000, about 5.1 times the county's median household income of $76,488.

Home price
$390,000
Income
$76,488
Population
250,790
Unemployment
3.7%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$390,000county
Median gross rent$1,347county
Median year homes here were built1999county
Share of homes built before 198030.6%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile6.9%county
Share of homes that are vacant3.4%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,673county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,655county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,381county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,318county
Home insurance / yr$2,240(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living99.9(statewide)
Median household income$76,488county
Family health premium / yr$24,531(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,630(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.352(statewide)
Poverty rate10.5%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home13.0%county
Unemployment rate3.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.4%county
Share of workers employed by government12.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry20.6%county
Economic output per resident$46,803county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.52%county
Top state income tax5.30%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.30%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.03%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time25.3 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service20 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2475370county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.1 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here3county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station191 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.4%county
Traffic deaths20.3county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-7.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher23.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher87.7%county
Public schools in the county76county
Public school enrollment42299county
Students per full-time teacher18.6county
Free lunch eligible50.7%county
Elementary schools33county
Middle schools11county
High schools15county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above2county
Share of local colleges that are public33.3%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians31county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county3county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter10.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance12.3%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.0%county
Frequent mental distress16.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population250,790county
Land area in square miles587county
People per square mile of land427.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores23county
Convenience stores6county
Share living far from a food store27.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract8.4%county
Population change since 2020+19.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age34.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1826.7%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.5%county
Share of households that are one person19.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States8.7%county
Second languages19.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls43.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents105county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents21county
Households that moved in8,732county
Households that moved away6,878county
Average income of arriving households$65,900county
Average income of departing households$56,818county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes44county
Housing units authorised in the latest year3,929county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings22.5%county
Violent crime rate231(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature54.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation10.3 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.61 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F59 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing104 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days180 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 23county
Average first fall frostOct 20county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$108county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh11.8¢county
Household electricity use916 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$9.86(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity33.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas59.4%county
Homes heated by propane3.3%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.0%county
Homes heated by wood2.0%county
Households with broadband93.4%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk80.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk20.9county
Landslide risk31.7county
Hail risk46.7county
Earthquake risk78.8county
Tornado risk20.8county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk89.5county
Winter weather risk97.0county
Strong wind risk68.4county
Wildfire risk92.5county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Canyon County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Idaho figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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