83318Burley, Idaho

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 83318.

53out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 26% of 5,298 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
Opportunity3290th of 6,210 ZIP areas measured53
Schools4104th of 4,422 ZIP areas measured17
GrowthTop 29% of 5,428 ZIP areas measured62
Housing affordabilityTop 32% of 6,685 ZIP areas measured90
Climate4609th of 6,789 ZIP areas measured64
Physical resilience5185th of 6,709 ZIP areas measured29
Access5402nd of 6,791 ZIP areas measured79
Economic stabilityTop 45% of 6,742 ZIP areas measured62
The quick read

Unemployment is 3.6% and median household income $71,282, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

In the public schools here, 37% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 20.0 students for every teacher.

Physical-risk exposure is above the national median, driven mainly by inland flooding, wildfire and earthquake.

At a glance

Population
19,459
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$71,282
Bottom 49% nationally
Density
77/sq mi
254.2 sq mi of land
Median age
33.2
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Burley
Idaho
Metro area
Burley, ID
Nearest major airport
TWF
34 mi · Joslin Fld/Magic Valley Rgnl
Median home value
$276,500
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.6% is lower than 83% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 1.0% over the past year, to 11,662 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Median household income ±$5,866$71,282Bottom 49%of 31,2952024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,002$33,970Bottom 41%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate10.7%Top 49%of 32,9702024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute18.1 minBottom 9%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher20.7%Bottom 43%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Employment11,662Bottom 4%of 6,544June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-1.9%Bottom 22%of 6,542June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-1.0%Bottom 45%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force12,093Bottom 4%of 6,544June 2026
Labor force participation65.1%Top 32%of 33,2522024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)0.5%Top 31%of 6,544June 2026
Unemployment rate3.6%Bottom 17%of 6,544June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202471k57k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $71,282 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Burley, ID, the city containing this ZIP code.

37% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 39% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 20.0 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
9
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
20.0
across all schools here
Math proficiency
37.0%
Bottom 25% in Idaho
Reading proficiency
39.5%
Bottom 8% in Idaho
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
BURLEY SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLCASSIA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT1,03120.2
BURLEY JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLCASSIA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT56018.732%37%
WHITE PINE ELEMENTARYCASSIA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT55319.136%36%
JOHN V EVANS ELEMENTARYCASSIA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT54321.746%44%
MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEMENTARYCASSIA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT47120.528%33%
DWORSHAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCASSIA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT40222.346%47%
CASSIA JR/SR HIGH SCHOOLCASSIA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT11214.0
MINI-CASSIA ONLINE LEARNING ACADEMYCASSIA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT8930%50%
CASSIA REGIONAL TECHNICAL CENTERCASSIA COUNTY JOINT DISTRICT0

55.3% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Idaho’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,004 takes 17% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 3.9 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
16.9%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.9×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,004
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$276,500
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Home price to income3.88Top 31%of 30,4042024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate67.5%Bottom 25%of 32,9102024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±2397,049Top 22%of 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$71$1,004Bottom 49%of 26,6182024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$17,591$276,500Top 37%of 30,9412024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income16.9%Bottom 44%of 26,4702024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate5.3%Bottom 24%of 33,0282024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
62/ 100
Top 29% of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

New construction is predominantly single-family: only 0% of permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes.

At 4.2 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
50
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
4.2
Top 37% nationally
Year over year
+52%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Burley, ID, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 88°F and January a low of 21°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 10.3 inches.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station BURLEY MUNI AP, 7.6 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND1.7"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation10.3"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low21°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high88°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing42°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today.

Physical risk

29 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, wildfire and earthquake.

Overall hazard risk is lower than 77% of measured US ZIP areas.

WildfireHigh
EarthquakeElevated
AvalancheModerate
Heat waveElevated
Inland floodingModerate
LandslideModerate
Cold waveElevated

Low or minimal exposure: winter weather, lightning, volcanic activity, drought, strong wind, ice storm, hail, tornado.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences — they say nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Cassia County records 3.9 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 20.3 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 11.0 per 100,000 residents in Cassia County.

Homicide
3.9
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
20.3
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
11.0
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
24.2
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Cassia County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 83318 rather than 83318 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
Offences reported to police are published by department rather than by town, and only where a department reported every month of the year. No municipal department reports for this place — many smaller communities are policed by the county — so there is no figure to show. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
Taxes
Taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Cost of living now is — the index above is the Bureau of Economic Analysis price parity for this area — but it is a price level for all consumption rather than a budget for a household, its spread is driven mostly by housing, and it excludes taxes. Housing affordability is computed separately from rent, price and income, because that answers a narrower and more actionable question. Nothing here is individualised tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house. School attendance zones, insurance pricing and the character of a neighbourhood all vary within the places measured here.

Access

2 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 34 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Joslin Fld/Magic Valley RgnlTWF34 mi8,704 ft
Pocatello RgnlPIH70 mi9,059 ft
Brigham City RgnlBMC109 mi8,900 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

83318 vs Burley

How this ZIP area compares with Burley as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

83318
Burley
Median household income
$71,282
vs
$67,468
Per capita income
$33,970
vs
$31,996
Population density
77/sq mi
vs
1,769/sq mi
Median home value
$276,500
vs
$231,300
Median gross rent
$1,004
vs
$984
Homeownership rate
67.5%
vs
61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher
20.7%
vs
15.9%
Poverty rate
10.7%
vs
15.3%
Median age
33.2
vs
31.2

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.