The 10 Richest Cities In Idaho For 2024


The richest cities in Idaho are Eagle and Ketchum for 2024 based on Saturday Night Science.

Eagle, Ketchum, Star: These cities aren’t just some of the best places to live in Idaho. They are also home to some of the richest people in the Gem State.

Eagle in particular houses the richest residents in the state thanks, in part, to a median household income of $114,271 and a ridiculously low poverty rate of 5.493390917419187%.

If you’re thinking of moving to one of these towns, you’ll probably need to start saving. The richest places in Idaho share common characteristics such as having a genius level populous, sky high home prices, and a Pleasantville level of married couples.

How did we come up with these mega wealthy cities? We analyzed Census data from the 2018-2022 American Community Survey for the 47 places in Idaho with more than 3,000 people.


Table Of Contents: Top Ten | Methodology | Summary | Table


The 10 Richest Places In Idaho For 2024

  1. Eagle
  2. Ketchum
  3. Star
  4. Hailey
  5. Meridian
  6. Rathdrum
  7. Hayden
  8. Kuna
  9. Boise City
  10. Post Falls

Richest Cities In Idaho Map

For more on how we calculated the top ten, read on or skip to the end for the full list of the richest cities in Idaho.

Rich people not your cup of tea? Feel free to check out some more reading about Idaho:

The 10 Richest Cities In Idaho For 2024

1. Eagle

Eagle, ID

Source: Wikipedia User GaryERichardson | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 30,635
Median Income: $114,271
Median Home Values: $798,612
More on Eagle: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

2. Ketchum

Ketchum, ID

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 3,490
Median Income: $87,478
Median Home Values: $1,324,859
More on Ketchum: Data | Crime | Real Estate

3. Star

Star, ID

Source: Wikipedia User Tamanoeconomico | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 11,971
Median Income: $88,625
Median Home Values: $556,806
More on Star: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

4. Hailey

Hailey, ID

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

8
/10

Population: 9,238
Median Income: $77,035
Median Home Values: $776,233
More on Hailey: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

5. Meridian

Meridian, ID

Source: Public domain
Overall SnackAbility

9
/10

Population: 119,872
Median Income: $93,296
Median Home Values: $510,137
More on Meridian: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

6. Rathdrum

Rathdrum, ID

Source: Wikipedia User Michael Rivera | CC BY-SA 4.0
Overall SnackAbility

5
/10

Population: 9,556
Median Income: $80,934
Median Home Values: $525,955
More on Rathdrum: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

7. Hayden

Hayden, ID

Source: Wikipedia User Nancy Reilly Young | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 15,703
Median Income: $72,227
Median Home Values: $573,102
More on Hayden: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

8. Kuna

Kuna, ID

Source: Wikipedia User Jeremy Reeder | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

6
/10

Population: 24,845
Median Income: $83,960
Median Home Values: $423,480
More on Kuna: Data | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

9. Boise City

Boise City, ID

Source: Wikipedia User Kencf0618 | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7.5
/10

Population: 234,192
Median Income: $76,402
Median Home Values: $468,085
More on Boise City: Data | Real Estate

10. Post Falls

Post Falls, ID

Source: Wikipedia User Nancy Reilly Young | CC BY-SA 3.0
Overall SnackAbility

7
/10

Population: 40,002
Median Income: $71,042
Median Home Values: $489,488
More on Post Falls: Data | Crime | Cost Of Living | Real Estate

Methodology: How We Determined The Richest Places In Idaho For 2024

Map Of The Richest Places To Live In Idaho
The first thing that comes to most people’s minds when they think about determining the richest places is simply identifying personal incomes. After all, rich people have really high salaries.

However, we don’t believe that one statistic wholly encompasses what it means to be one of the “richest places.” So we looked at this set of criteria from the newly released 2018-2022 American Community Survey and applied Saturday Night Science:

  • Median Home Values
  • Median Household Income

Median household income is the most digestible way to understand how rich a place is. And home values are a measure of wealth. The two combine to define a “Rich City.”

After we collected the data for all 47 places with more than 3,000 people in Idaho, we ranked each place from 1 to 47 for each of the criteria, with 1 being the richest.

We then averaged all the rankings for a place into a “Rich Score,” with the place having the lowest overall Rich Score, Eagle, crowned the “Richest City In Idaho For 2024.”

The data has been updated for 2024. This is our tenth time ranking the wealthiest cities in Idaho.

You can skip to the end to see the rankings for all 47 places.

Summary: The Wealthiest Places In Idaho For 2024

Like we said earlier, when we set out to identify the richest places in Idaho, we weren’t sure what we’d encounter, but it ended up being some of the best places to live in Idaho.

The richest cities in Idaho are Eagle, Ketchum, Star, Hailey, Meridian, Rathdrum, Hayden, Kuna, Boise City, and Post Falls.

When you look at the data, the cities and places mentioned above meet the criteria for being at the very top of the income ladder for everyone that lives there.

If you’re curious enough, here are the poorest cities in Idaho, according to data:

Poorest: St. Anthony
2nd Poorest: Soda Springs
3rd Poorest: Gooding

For more Idaho reading, check out:

Detailed List Of The Richest Cities In Idaho

Rank City RichScore Median Income Average Home Price
1 Eagle 1.5 $114,271 $798,612
2 Ketchum 2.5 $87,478 $1,324,859
3 Star 5.0 $88,625 $556,806
4 Hailey 5.0 $77,035 $776,233
5 Meridian 6.0 $93,296 $510,137
6 Rathdrum 7.5 $80,934 $525,955
7 Hayden 8.5 $72,227 $573,102
8 Kuna 11.5 $83,960 $423,480
9 Boise City 11.5 $76,402 $468,085
10 Post Falls 12.0 $71,042 $489,488
11 Rigby 12.5 $73,807 $450,677
12 Coeur D’alene 13.0 $65,786 $548,397
13 Middleton 14.0 $68,947 $468,505
14 Sandpoint 15.0 $60,208 $593,858
15 Kimberly 15.5 $72,063 $415,885
16 Ammon 16.0 $76,471 $391,748
17 Mccall 17.0 $57,788 $748,440
18 Garden City 17.5 $61,548 $485,171
19 Nampa 18.0 $67,346 $396,042
20 Chubbuck 21.0 $69,992 $364,541
21 Idaho Falls 21.5 $66,463 $366,971
22 Fruitland 21.5 $64,167 $393,238
23 Caldwell 22.0 $65,259 $379,133
24 Emmett 25.0 $54,575 $428,806
25 Moscow 25.0 $53,679 $432,402
26 Lewiston 25.5 $63,109 $356,242
27 Jerome 26.5 $59,656 $366,237
28 Twin Falls 29.0 $58,024 $348,378
29 Preston 29.0 $51,914 $395,648
30 Shelley 30.0 $64,783 $305,862
31 Blackfoot 31.5 $57,951 $331,966
32 Burley 32.0 $58,889 $315,637
33 Rexburg 32.5 $46,286 $393,055
34 Heyburn 33.0 $61,443 $303,355
35 Mountain Home 34.0 $53,108 $339,060
36 Pocatello 34.5 $56,115 $313,922
37 Payette 35.0 $51,477 $340,535
38 Buhl 36.5 $51,307 $337,649
39 Orofino 38.5 $51,518 $310,979
40 Salmon 39.0 $45,130 $330,301
41 American Falls 39.0 $55,465 $285,048
42 Rupert 39.5 $53,348 $295,733
43 Grangeville 41.0 $47,572 $303,965
44 Weiser 41.5 $41,491 $319,644
45 Gooding 44.5 $42,470 $296,813
46 Soda Springs 45.0 $44,301 $286,713
47 St. Anthony 45.5 $44,313 $260,087
About Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar has been in the real estate business for almost ten years now. He originally worked for Movoto Real Estate as the director of marketing before founding HomeSnacks.

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