Cold desert
Mountain Home, Idaho
Elmore County, Idaho · Population 16k · 3,153 ft elevation
Living in Mountain Home
Mountain Home has a cold desert climate: very hot summers (July highs around 94°F) and cold winters (January lows around 25°F).
Precipitation is very dry at about 7″ a year, and it sees only a dusting of snow (9″ a season).
Skies are sunny (68% of possible sunshine). It never gets truly muggy.
Air quality is moderate: a median AQI of 42 and virtually no unhealthy-air days.
Mountain Home is an outdoor hub: about 66% of the land within 30 miles is public (parks, national forest and the like), and the terrain rises and falls about 3,100 ft around town.
Mountain Home at a glance
- Population
- 16k
- Elevation
- 3,153 ft
- Average daily high
- 67°F54th percentile
- Average daily low
- 40°F19th percentile
- Annual precipitation
- 7″1th percentile
- Annual snowfall
- 9″44th percentile
- Sunshine hours per year
- 3,104 hrs78th percentile
- Median AQI
- 4252th percentile
- Median home value
- $271k52th percentile
- Median rent
- $1,061/mo39th percentile
- Median household income
- $58k28th percentile
- Property tax rate
- 0.68%24th percentile
- Top state income-tax rate
- 5.3%
- Sales tax (state + local)
- 6.0%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.3%
- Homes with broadband
- 92%55th percentile
- Average commute
- 22 min
- Math proficiency (8th grade)
- 39%39th percentile
- Reading proficiency (8th grade)
- 47%
- Violent crime rate
- 193 per 100k54th percentile
- Property crime rate
- 520 per 100k
- Overall natural-hazard risk
- 5212th percentile
- Outdoor access
- 9796th percentile
- Public land within 10 miles
- 69%
- Public land within 30 miles
- 66%
- Mountain relief within 30 miles
- 3,117 ft
Climate by month
| Month | High | Low | Precipitation | Snow | Sunshine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 41°F | 25°F | 1.0″ | 2.7″ | 155 hrs |
| Feb | 49°F | 27°F | 0.5″ | 1.2″ | 172 hrs |
| Mar | 59°F | 33°F | 0.7″ | 0.9″ | 212 hrs |
| Apr | 66°F | 38°F | 0.7″ | 0.3″ | 255 hrs |
| May | 74°F | 46°F | 1.2″ | — | 316 hrs |
| Jun | 83°F | 52°F | 0.6″ | — | 363 hrs |
| Jul | 94°F | 59°F | 0.1″ | — | 411 hrs |
| Aug | 92°F | 56°F | 0.1″ | — | 374 hrs |
| Sep | 82°F | 47°F | 0.3″ | — | 305 hrs |
| Oct | 67°F | 38°F | 0.6″ | 0.3″ | 241 hrs |
| Nov | 52°F | 30°F | 0.6″ | 1.2″ | 168 hrs |
| Dec | 41°F | 24°F | 0.9″ | 2.7″ | 133 hrs |
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Sources: NOAA climate normals, NASA POWER, EPA air quality, U.S. Census Bureau, FEMA, FBI, EPA walkability and EDFacts. Methodology