Idaho
A household of four is measured against a 2026 poverty guideline of $33,000. Idaho has adopted Medicaid expansion, so the adult income screen is 138 percent of poverty. The 2024 all-items state price parity is 95.5.
- Sales tax
- 6.0%
- Wage income tax
- Yes
- Property tax
- 0.43%
Benefit pages
Each program has its own page for Idaho. The label is the illustrative household of four at $48,000.
- SNAP eligibility · unlikely
- Medicaid and CHIP eligibility · maybe
- WIC eligibility · likely
- School meals eligibility · likely
- LIHEAP eligibility · maybe
- Earned Income Tax Credit eligibility · likely
- Child Tax Credit eligibility · likely
- Marketplace subsidies eligibility · likely
- Lifeline eligibility · unlikely
- SSI eligibility · unlikely
- State programs eligibility · maybe
Counties
- Ada County · 2-bed $1,540
- Bannock County · 2-bed $1,251
- Bear Lake County · 2-bed $1,057
- Benewah County · 2-bed $1,117
- Bingham County · 2-bed $1,017
- Blaine County · 2-bed $1,673
- Boise County · 2-bed $1,540
- Bonner County · 2-bed $1,328
- Bonneville County · 2-bed $1,274
- Boundary County · 2-bed $1,026
- Canyon County · 2-bed $1,540
- Caribou County · 2-bed $1,014
- Cassia County · 2-bed $1,080
- Clearwater County · 2-bed $1,108
- Elmore County · 2-bed $1,285
- Franklin County · 2-bed $1,265
- Fremont County · 2-bed $1,014
- Gem County · 2-bed $1,071
- Gooding County · 2-bed $1,053
- Idaho County · 2-bed $1,036
- Jefferson County · 2-bed $1,274
- Jerome County · 2-bed $1,166
- Kootenai County · 2-bed $1,507
- Latah County · 2-bed $1,043
- Lemhi County · 2-bed $1,037
- Lincoln County · 2-bed $1,047
- Madison County · 2-bed $1,159
- Minidoka County · 2-bed $1,062
- Nez Perce County · 2-bed $1,234
- Oneida County · 2-bed $1,111
- Owyhee County · 2-bed $1,540
- Payette County · 2-bed $1,071
- Power County · 2-bed $1,014
- Shoshone County · 2-bed $1,202
- Teton County · 2-bed $1,343
- Twin Falls County · 2-bed $1,285
- Valley County · 2-bed $1,249
- Washington County · 2-bed $1,163
Towns
95 places in Idaho have a cost page and a benefits page.
- Boise City · benefits
- Meridian · benefits
- Nampa · benefits
- Idaho Falls · benefits
- Caldwell · benefits
- Pocatello · benefits
- Coeur d'Alene · benefits
- Twin Falls · benefits
- Post Falls · benefits
- Rexburg · benefits
- Lewiston · benefits
- Eagle · benefits
- Kuna · benefits
- Moscow · benefits
- Ammon · benefits
- Mountain Home · benefits
- Hayden · benefits
- Chubbuck · benefits
- Star · benefits
- Jerome · benefits
- Blackfoot · benefits
- Garden City · benefits
- Burley · benefits
- Rathdrum · benefits
- Middleton · benefits
- Hailey · benefits
- Sandpoint · benefits
- Payette · benefits
- Emmett · benefits
- Fruitland · benefits
- Rupert · benefits
- Weiser · benefits
- Preston · benefits
- Rigby · benefits
- Kimberly · benefits
- Shelley · benefits
- American Falls · benefits
- Buhl · benefits
- Lincoln · benefits
- McCall · benefits
- St. Anthony · benefits
- Gooding · benefits
- Heyburn · benefits
- Ketchum · benefits
- Grangeville · benefits
- Hidden Springs · benefits
- Orofino · benefits
- Mountain Home AFB · benefits
- Salmon · benefits
- Soda Springs · benefits
- Homedale · benefits
- Victor · benefits
- Iona · benefits
- Wendell · benefits
- Driggs · benefits
- Filer · benefits
- St. Maries · benefits
- Montpelier · benefits
- Bonners Ferry · benefits
- Fort Hall · benefits
- Malad City · benefits
- Bellevue · benefits
- Aberdeen · benefits
- Dalton Gardens · benefits
- Kellogg · benefits
- Sugar City · benefits
- Pinehurst · benefits
- Wilder · benefits
- Spirit Lake · benefits
- Parma · benefits
- Shoshone · benefits
- New Plymouth · benefits
- Priest River · benefits
- Osburn · benefits
- Ucon · benefits
- Paul · benefits
- Tyhee · benefits
- Ponderay · benefits
- Greenleaf · benefits
- Sun Valley · benefits
- Glenns Ferry · benefits
- Groveland · benefits
- Ashton · benefits
- Moyie Springs · benefits
- Grace · benefits
- Moreland · benefits
- Marsing · benefits
- Hagerman · benefits
- Genesee · benefits
- Hansen · benefits
- Robie Creek · benefits
- Carey · benefits
- Plummer · benefits
- Cottonwood · benefits
- Cascade · benefits
Metros in this ranking
- Boise City · Boise City, ID