Idaho
State, USPS ID · 44.39, -114.66
8 findings fired for Idaho this run, against a typical home value of $478,744 in August 2026 and covered employment of 867,879 in 2026 Q1.
- 76th pct · 13th of 51 US states · median $350,752
Zillow Home Value Index, state file: the middle third of the market, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- 46th pct · 28th of 51 US states · median 2.1%
Zillow's own twelve-month change on the state row.
- 27th pct · 38th of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
BLS QCEW covered employment, third month of the quarter, all ownerships.
- 15th pct · 44th of 52 US states · median $1,416
Total quarterly wages divided by average employment and by thirteen weeks; one covered job, not a household.
- 33rd pct · 35th of 52 US states · median 161,279
BLS QCEW reporting units, all ownerships.
- 98th pct · 2nd of 52 US states · median -0.2%
BLS's own published over-the-year change. The newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so this is their figure, not a subtraction of ours.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $478,744 (Aug 2026), +2.0% over one year, +6.2% over five
- 76th pct · 13th of 51 US states · median $350,752
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho | $478,744 · +2.0% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rent #
Rather than print an empty row that suggests a number could arrive, the rows are omitted and the reason is stated. The rent figures for this state's counties are on their own pages.
Jobs & wages #
867,879 jobs at 100,763 employers (2026 Q1); +1.9% jobs and +6.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 27th pct · 38th of 52 US states · median 1,934,777
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 867,879 jobs · $1,254/wk · +1.9% YoY |
| Sector | Jobs | Average weekly wage | Location quotient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 124,702 | $1,191 | 0.95 |
| Retail trade | 93,190 | $808 | 1.10 |
| Accommodation and food services | 76,920 | $471 | 0.99 |
| Manufacturing | 74,175 | $1,726 | 1.06 |
| Construction | 73,592 | $1,399 | 1.62 |
| Professional and technical services | 52,520 | $1,978 | 0.88 |
| Administrative and waste services | 45,181 | $1,140 | 0.92 |
| Wholesale trade | 36,032 | $1,860 | 1.08 |
| Transportation and warehousing | 28,922 | $1,048 | 0.79 |
| Finance and insurance | 28,087 | $2,292 | 0.79 |
| Other services | 22,757 | $895 | 0.88 |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | 22,284 | $946 | 3.55 |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 14,529 | $554 | 1.02 |
| Educational services | 12,368 | $962 | 0.66 |
| Real estate and rental | 10,450 | $1,153 | 0.79 |
| Information | 9,106 | $2,126 | 0.57 |
| Management of companies | 9,077 | $2,949 | 0.62 |
| Utilities | 3,605 | $2,070 | 1.05 |
| Mining, oil and gas | 3,413 | $2,502 | 1.10 |
| Unclassified | 935 | $1,844 | 0.51 |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Affordability #
A 30-year mortgage on the typical home at 7.28% costs about $2,621 a month in principal and interest.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $478,744 × 80% = $382,995, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,621/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $1,254 × 52 / 12 = $5,434) = 48% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $478,744 / ($1,254 × 52) = 7.3
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Trade gateways #
No medium or large harbour within 200 km and no land port of entry within 250 km
These are the gateways near the state’s centroid, within the radii named above, not every port and crossing inside the state boundary. lib/economy searches a disc around a point; there is no clip-to-boundary path.
NGA World Port Index harbours (medium and large, or any with BTS statistics) and BTS Border Crossing Entry Data ports; BTS Port Performance volumes for the latest reporting year.
National pulse #
1 national series, latest 2026-10-01
FRED series (Freddie Mac, Census, BEA, EIA, BLS, S&P) and BTS Supply Chain and Freight Indicators; each item carries its own date and source.
Largest counties #
The 12 counties of Idaho with the most covered jobs.
| County | Jobs | FIPS |
|---|---|---|
| Ada County | 295,338 | 16001 |
| Canyon County | 90,131 | 16027 |
| Kootenai County | 69,986 | 16055 |
| Bonneville County | 62,753 | 16019 |
| Twin Falls County | 42,572 | 16083 |
| Bannock County | 37,835 | 16005 |
| Nez Perce County | 21,353 | 16069 |
| Madison County | 17,522 | 16065 |
| Bingham County | 15,963 | 16011 |
| Bonner County | 15,947 | 16017 |
| Latah County | 15,155 | 16057 |
| Blaine County | 14,178 | 16013 |
Ranked by BLS QCEW third-month covered employment from the same nationwide table the screener uses. A county whose cell BLS withheld is absent from the ranking, not last in it.
Metropolitan areas #
7 metropolitan statistical areas lie wholly or partly in Idaho.
| Metropolitan area | CBSA |
|---|---|
| Boise City, ID | 14260 |
| Coeur d'Alene, ID | 17660 |
| Idaho Falls, ID | 26820 |
| Lewiston, ID-WA | 30300 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 30860 |
| Pocatello, ID | 38540 |
| Twin Falls, ID | 46300 |
From the bundled place manifest, which derives its metro table offline from the committed BLS OEWS metro index. A metro that spans a state line appears on both states' pages.
Water #
Drought, reservoirs, stream gauges and groundwater wells are reported around a point, with every row's distance printed. That is a county page's section, not a state's.
National indicator context #
None of these series is keyed to this state. They are national, gauge, single-state or port series, shown as context for the numbers above.
| Indicator | Latest | Unit | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage | 16.50 | ft | ok |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage | not published | ft | no data |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) | 5,170.00 | ft³/s | ok |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full | 71.30 | % | ok |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly | 258,700.00 | trucks | ok |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual | 10,513,167.00 | TEU | watch |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports | 6.00 | ships | ok |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate | 6,830.00 | $ per 40 ft box | watch |
| US diesel retail price | not published | $ per gallon | no data |
| WTI crude oil, spot | 96.16 | $ per barrel | watch |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate | 7.28 | % | watch |
| Housing starts, annual rate | 1,275.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Building permits, annual rate | 1,403.00 | thousands of units | ok |
| Case-Shiller US home price index | 337.31 | index, Jan 2000 = 100 | ok |
| Unemployment rate | 4.10 | % | ok |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly | -88,576.00 | $ millions | ok |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly | 646,347.00 | $ millions | ok |
lib/indicators has no geographic selection: every registry entry is a United States, gauge, Texas, port, crossing or world series. Reading these as this state's own readings would be wrong.
What changed #
Idaho: 8 findings, 8 noted
noteIdaho's average weekly wage was 6.2% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +6.2 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteIdaho's covered employment was 1.9% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +1.9 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteIdaho's typical home value rose 0.4% from $476,851 in July 2026 to $478,744 in August 2026, on Zillow ZHVI.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- +0.4% = (478744.00180386525 - 476850.72828417533) / 476850.72828417533 × 100
- 478744.00180386525 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-08
- 476850.72828417533 = Zillow ZHVI, 2026-07
noteIdaho's momentum index of 0.59 ranks 1st of 52 US states, against a median of 0.25.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- 100 on the 0-to-100 scale across 52 US states that published momentum
- momentum = Σ wᵢ · clip(changeᵢ / scaleᵢ, −1, 1) / Σ wᵢ over the terms present; weights and scales: home value 1-yr change 0.3 (±10%), rent 1-yr change 0.15 (±10%), jobs over-the-year change 0.3 (±3%), avg weekly wage over-the-year change 0.25 (±6%)
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteIdaho's covered employment of +1.9% ranks 2nd of 52 US states, against a median of -0.2%.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 98 on the 0-to-100 scale across 52 US states that published jobs.yoy.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
The full Idaho brief, with the arithmetic behind every sentence.
Every sentence in the brief is written by a rule table in lib/brief, not generated, and each one can print the arithmetic behind its number.