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Idaho Falls, ID

Modelled metro

Cost of living in Idaho Falls: $2,060 leftover

Cost of living in Idaho Falls, as leftover, is $2,060 a month for one adult, renting a 1-bedroom on local pay — take-home after tax minus rent of $984 and the rest of the modelled month. A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 0.97). Idaho charges a 5.70% flat income tax. Idaho Falls is a modelled metro: rent, wages and prices come from Zillow, Census and BEA, not a hand-written city essay.

Compare vs ChicagoHow the math works

These figures start from one adult in a one-bedroom, on local pay of about $98,500. Change the job, the pay, or how many bedrooms you need, and leftover changes. This is a monthly budget, not a cost-of-living index.

The month, in dollars

Take-home is $5,009 after tax. These lines are the modelled bills, then what is left. The monthly costs page is the same household inside the city hub.

Monthly costs and leftover in Idaho Falls
Rent$984
Groceries$387
Transport$563
Healthcare$435
Utilities$242
Childcare$0
Everything else$338
Total costs$2,949
Leftover$2,060

Sales tax is about 6.0%. Property tax is modelled at 0.55% of a $325,000 median home. Non-housing lines scale a national baseline by this metro's cost index (0.97).

Asking rent by bedroom

Turnover asking rent in Idaho Falls, not the Census median of occupied stock. Rent versus buying.

  • Studio

    $844

  • 1 bedroom

    $984

  • 2 bedrooms

    $1,172

  • 3 bedrooms

    $1,535

  • 4 bedrooms

    $1,817

Leftover in other metros nearby

Same household. Each leftover is take-home after that metro's tax minus its rent.

Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. Change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms and the ranking is a different city. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.

Cost of living in Idaho Falls

What is the cost of living in Idaho Falls?

On the default one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover in Idaho Falls, ID is about $2,060 a month after tax and rent. Asking rent is about $984 for a one-bedroom and $1,172 for a two-bedroom. That is a budget, not a cost-of-living index.

How does Idaho Falls compare with a cost-of-living index?

A price index would say non-housing costs sit near the US average (index 0.97). Leftover still depends on your tax bill and bedroom count, which an index does not. Idaho Falls is a modelled metro: rent, wages and prices come from Zillow, Census and BEA, not a hand-written city essay.

Where is take-home pay in Idaho Falls calculated?

The take-home page for Idaho Falls splits federal, payroll, state and local wage tax, then subtracts rent. The city paycheck page is the same leftover math with the map.

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