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Cost of living in Mountain Home, Idaho

Simple answer

Typical rent is $1,155 a month.

Mountain Home is a city in Idaho. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $63,125 a year.

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People
16,493
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$1,155
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$63,125
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$309,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,285
Elmore County, ID

Mountain Home, Idaho has about 16,493 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $309,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Elmore County is $1,285 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Mountain Home. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

Idaho's prices sit at 95.5 when the U.S. average is 100. This place is not in a metro area with its own index, so this is the state number from BEA for 2024.

Idaho taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 6.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Mountain Home's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical Idaho home paid 13.73¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Mountain Home's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for Idaho in the table we use.

Among 91 places we list in Idaho with a rent figure, 28 have higher typical rent than Mountain Home.

Nearby places

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USDA has a live map of stores that take SNAP. We did not copy that store list here. The downloadable file is a history file for 2005 through 2025, so the live map is the one to use.

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Locator page updated 2026-09-11. Last checked 2026-10-16.

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Bigger places in Idaho

Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.