What salary do you need to live in Lewiston, ID?

Lewiston housing costs at a glance

Median gross rent, meaning contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities, runs $707, $1,038 and $1,220 a month for one, two and three bedrooms across Lewiston, ID-WA. The largest of those is 73% more than the smallest.

Buying is the other half of the housing picture: owners put the median home in Lewiston, ID-WA at $331,900. With median household income at $72,475, a typical home costs 4.6× a typical income, close to the middle of the range across US metros.

BEA's Regional Price Parity for the metro is 91.2, where 100 is the US average. In plain terms, the full basket of goods, services and housing costs 8.8% less than average, so $100,000 here buys roughly what $109,697 would at average US prices.

How much you need to earn in Lewiston

For two bedrooms, $132,000 is where Lewiston turns Comfortable. Below that, $66,000 marks the start of Okay and $33,000 the start of Tight; under $33,000 the score reads Stretched. Rent at the Comfortable line is 9% of gross pay.

Reaching Royal takes $309,000 — 2.3× the Comfortable line — because the last points come slowly once rent is already a small share.

How they were found: the same scoring function the calculator runs was evaluated at rising incomes until each cutoff was crossed, and the crossing rounded up to a whole $1,000.

Four salaries, three home sizes in Lewiston

On $75,000, a one-bedroom scores 55 and a three-bedroom 46, both Okay; the extra bedrooms cost points but not a grade.

The two-bedroom column turns Comfortable at the $150,000 row. One row up, $100,000 scores 57.

Where Lewiston falls nationally

On price level Lewiston is 264th of 387 (1 = most expensive); on two-bedroom rent it is 259th, and on median home value 121st. The two rankings agree, both falling in the middle half.

Next to Lewiston on the national rent ranking: Sioux City, IA-NE-SD ($1,039) and Sioux Falls, SD-MN ($1,038).

Lewiston vs. the rest of Idaho

How Lewiston stacks up against its state: $1,038 for a two-bedroom against Idaho's $1,163, $331,900 for the median home against $418,600, and a price level of 91.2 against 95.5. Parts of the metro lie in Washington, but Lewiston is in Idaho, so that is the state used here.

On statewide medians, a two-bedroom budget reaches Comfortable at $173,000 — above Lewiston's $132,000 line.

If Lewiston is on your list, Twin Falls, ID, Idaho Falls, ID, and Pocatello, ID are the most similar Idaho metros by two-bedroom rent and price level; the table shows where each turns Comfortable.

Where the typical Lewiston household lands

A household at the Lewiston median income of $72,475 would see a two-bedroom score of 48 — Okay — with rent at 17% of income. Reaching Comfortable would take $59,525 more than the median household earns. Statewide, the Idaho median household ($77,800) grades Tight on the state's own medians. A household figure may pool several earners, unlike a single salary.

Treat every number here as a pre-tax, public-data estimate rather than financial advice.