Mountain Home Afb, ID

The affordability dashboard for Mountain Home Afb, ID aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 3,238 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B (70/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $74,196, median home value of —, median rent of $1,903 per month, and 35.3% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $1,192 per month (studio $902, 1BR $908, 3BR $1,658, 4BR $2,000). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $6,260 per year, consuming 8% of the local median household income.

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Strengths visible in the raw data for Mountain Home Afb, ID include rent, childcare. Unemployment currently reads 1.4% and poverty 2.2% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.