Cold semi-arid
Fruitland, Idaho
Payette County, Idaho · Population 6.4k · 2,221 ft elevation
Living in Fruitland
Fruitland has a cold semi-arid climate: very hot summers (July highs around 93°F) and cold winters (January lows around 22°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 10″ a year, and it gets light snow (15″ a season).
Skies are sunny (64% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is good: a median AQI of 36 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
There is plenty to explore outdoors around Fruitland: about 31% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 1,600 ft around town.
Fruitland at a glance
- Population
- 6.4k
- Elevation
- 2,221 ft
- Average daily high
- 64°F39th percentile
- Average daily low
- 39°F15th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 10″3th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 15″52th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 2,950 hrs62th percentile
- Median AQI
- 3616th percentile
- Median home value
- $286k55th percentile
- Median rent
- $950/mo29th percentile
- Median household income
- $63k34th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.45%6th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.8%
- Homes with broadband
- 87%27th percentile
- Walkability index
- 14.996th percentile
- Average commute
- 19 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 27%19th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 57%
- Violent crime rate
- 68 per 100k21th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 354 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 172th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 8988th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 7%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 31%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 1,640 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 36°F | 22°F | 1.3″ | 6.1″ | 128 hrs |
| Feb | 43°F | 26°F | 0.8″ | 2.3″ | 150 hrs |
| Mar | 55°F | 32°F | 1.0″ | 0.5″ | 190 hrs |
| Apr | 63°F | 38°F | 0.9″ | — | 251 hrs |
| May | 73°F | 46°F | 1.4″ | — | 311 hrs |
| Jun | 82°F | 54°F | 0.7″ | — | 346 hrs |
| Jul | 93°F | 60°F | 0.3″ | — | 414 hrs |
| Aug | 91°F | 57°F | 0.1″ | — | 375 hrs |
| Sep | 81°F | 47°F | 0.3″ | — | 299 hrs |
| Oct | 64°F | 36°F | 0.8″ | — | 229 hrs |
| Nov | 47°F | 27°F | 0.9″ | 1.1″ | 149 hrs |
| Dec | 36°F | 22°F | 1.6″ | 5.4″ | 108 hrs |
Near Fruitland
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- Middleton, ID · 10k
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- Eagle, ID · 31k
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology