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Idaho cost of living

95.494

Idaho price level for all items, with the national average at 100, 2024

+3.5% since 2023 (92.236); +3.3% since 2019 (92.437); +1.9% since 2014 (93.691)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities (SARPP). Data period 2024. Published . Newest release as of ; next expected by December 2026.

Price level relative to the national average (nation = 100.000), by category: all items, goods, or one of three services groups.

Comparison

The latest figure, 2024, is the highest in the series, which begins in 2008.

Among 50 states and the District of Columbia, Idaho ranked 29th highest in 2024. California was highest at 110.72 and Arkansas lowest at 86.937.

Among 7 metropolitan areas with Idaho counties in 2024, Boise City, ID was highest at 98.391 and Pocatello, ID lowest at 88.906.

The largest category is RPPs: Services: Other at 99.015; next is RPPs: Goods at 96.311.

Historical data

Idaho cost of living, 2008 to 2024Idaho cost of living, 2008 to 2024. RPPs: All items: 94.953 in 2008, 95.494 in 2024.05010020102020IndexIdaho cost of living, 2008 to 2024Idaho cost of living, 2008 to 2024. RPPs: All items: 94.953 in 2008, 95.494 in 2024.050100201020152020IndexIdaho cost of living, 2008 to 2024Idaho cost of living, 2008 to 2024. RPPs: All items: 94.953 in 2008, 95.494 in 2024.050100201020152020Index

Source: BEA, Regional Price Parities (SARPP).

Data table (17 rows)
PeriodRPPs: All items (index)
200894.953
200994.843
201093.200
201194.115
201293.477
201393.681
201493.691
201594.281
201692.998
201794.518
201891.736
201992.437
202091.023
202191.563
202291.802
202392.236
202495.494

By metro area

Metropolitan statistical areas that include at least one Idaho county, as the publisher delimits them; an area that crosses the state line is shown whole.

Index

  1. Boise City, ID98.391
  2. Coeur d'Alene, ID98.293
  3. Logan, UT-ID95.927
  4. Idaho Falls, ID94.412
  5. Twin Falls, ID92.108
  6. Lewiston, ID-WA91.160
  7. Pocatello, ID88.906

Source: BEA, Regional Price Parities (SARPP).

Data table (7 rows)
Metro area2024
Boise City, ID98.391
Coeur d'Alene, ID98.293
Logan, UT-ID95.927
Idaho Falls, ID94.412
Twin Falls, ID92.108
Lewiston, ID-WA91.160
Pocatello, ID88.906

Compared with other states

Index

  1. California110.720
  2. Hawaii109.951
  3. District of Columbia109.901
  4. Washington107.013
  5. Oregon103.361
  6. Nevada99.979
  7. Utah98.864
  8. Idaho95.494
  9. Montana94.645
  10. Wyoming92.691
  11. Iowa87.762
  12. Mississippi86.953
  13. Arkansas86.937

Source: BEA, Regional Price Parities (SARPP).

Data table (52 rows)
State2024
1. California110.720
2. Hawaii109.951
3. District of Columbia109.901
4. New Jersey108.805
5. New York107.921
6. Washington107.013
7. Massachusetts105.757
8. Maryland104.959
9. New Hampshire104.165
10. Connecticut103.610
11. Florida103.414
12. Oregon103.361
13. Colorado103.052
14. Alaska102.359
15. Rhode Island102.280
16. Virginia101.104
17. Arizona100.677
United States100.000
18. Nevada99.979
19. Illinois99.958
20. Delaware99.808
21. Utah98.864
22. Minnesota98.621
23. Vermont97.958
24. Pennsylvania97.572
25. Texas97.057
26. Maine97.050
27. Georgia96.293
28. Michigan96.217
29. Idaho95.494
30. Montana94.645
31. North Carolina94.326
32. Wisconsin94.095
33. South Carolina93.749
34. Indiana93.329
35. Ohio92.774
36. Wyoming92.691
37. New Mexico92.212
38. Tennessee91.870
39. Missouri90.817
40. Kentucky90.159
41. Nebraska90.103
42. Kansas90.068
43. West Virginia89.497
44. North Dakota88.959
45. Alabama88.823
46. South Dakota88.586
47. Louisiana88.207
48. Oklahoma87.843
49. Iowa87.762
50. Mississippi86.953
51. Arkansas86.937

Price parity by component

Index

  1. RPPs: Services: Other99.015
  2. RPPs: Goods96.311
  3. RPPs: Services: Housing90.027
  4. RPPs: Services: Utilities70.444

Source: BEA, Regional Price Parities (SARPP).

Data table (4 rows)
Component2024 (index)
RPPs: Services: Other99.015
RPPs: Goods96.311
RPPs: Services: Housing90.027
RPPs: Services: Utilities70.444

Price parity by component over time

Price parity by component over timePrice parity by component over time. 4 series. RPPs: Services: Other: 100.474 in 2008, 99.015 in 2024.05010015020102020RPPs:Services:OtherRPPs: GoodsRPPs:Services:HousingRPPs:Services:UtilitiesIndexPrice parity by component over timePrice parity by component over time. 4 series. RPPs: Services: Other: 100.474 in 2008, 99.015 in 2024.050100150201020152020RPPs:Services:OtherRPPs: GoodsRPPs:Services:HousingRPPs:Services:UtilitiesIndexPrice parity by component over timePrice parity by component over time. 4 series. RPPs: Services: Other: 100.474 in 2008, 99.015 in 2024.050100150201020152020RPPs: Services:OtherRPPs: GoodsRPPs: Services:HousingRPPs: Services:UtilitiesIndex

Source: BEA, Regional Price Parities (SARPP).

Source

Organization
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Dataset
Regional Price Parities (SARPP)
Geography
Nation, states, and Idaho's seven metropolitan statistical areas (regional price parity only)
Time coverage
2008-2024
Update frequency
Annual
Published
Newest release as of
; next expected by December 2026
Original file
https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/SARPP.zip
Methodology
https://www.bea.gov/resources/methodologies/rpp
License
Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
Our copy
Regional Price Parities (SARPP)

Caveats

  • Only the all-items regional price parity is normalized to 100 for the nation; the goods and services sub-lines are not separately renormalized.
  • The Services: Housing line is a rent-based cost index (contract and imputed rents), not a home-price measure.
  • Real per capita personal income differs from the per capita personal income shown elsewhere on this site, which is nominal, current-dollar and not price-parity-adjusted.
  • A cell coded (NA) (not available) or (NM) (not meaningful) is omitted, never recorded as zero; the District of Columbia is included as a state-type geography.
  • Metro-area regional price parity is also included, for the seven metropolitan areas that include an Idaho county, matched against the Census Bureau's July 2023 metro-area delineation (OMB Bulletin No. 23-01). Lewiston, ID-WA and Logan, UT-ID cross the state line and are carried whole, as the publisher delineates them. The regional price parity for Twin Falls, ID is not available before 2015.
  • Real per capita personal income has no metro-area counterpart in BEA's regional accounts; it is Idaho- and nation-level only.
  • County-level price parities are not published at all.

Cite as Understand Idaho, “Idaho cost of living”, https://understandidaho.com/economy/cost-of-living/; cite the publisher above for the figures. See the data catalog.

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