Area data
Pocatello, ID — ZIP 83209
Population: 937 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 629.4 (-1.0% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Average)
- 95.5 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 11.8¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $7.70/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- winterWeather, coldWave, heatWave, lightning, wildfire
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 27.0 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 39
- Days with Good air quality
- 286
Amenities
- Nearest airport
- Simko Field (11 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Pocatello Regional Airport (PIH) (24 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 4
- Avg hospital rating
- 3.0 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 2
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.3 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,991
- Households with broadband internet
- 4.2%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 29,264
- Average weekly wage
- $855
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 196
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