What salary do you need to live in Twin Falls, ID?

Twin Falls housing costs at a glance

Renters in Twin Falls pay a median $1,026 a month for two bedrooms. Size matters: one bedroom is $722, three bedrooms $1,247, so going from the smallest to the largest of the three adds $6,300 a year.

Buying is the other half of the housing picture: owners put the median home in Twin Falls, ID at $325,500. That works out to 4.7× the local median household income of $68,810, a mid-range ratio.

Price levels matter beyond rent. The Bureau of Economic Analysis measures Twin Falls's overall prices at 92.1 on a scale where the nation is 100, which makes a $100,000 salary feel like about $108,568 would elsewhere.

Twin Falls: the pre-tax income for each grade

For two bedrooms, $133,000 is where Twin Falls 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.

The Royal grade is within reach at $318,000 a year, where both rent and the median home price look small next to income.

These lines come straight from the calculator's formula: the income is raised until the two-bedroom score crosses each cutoff, then rounded up to the next $1,000.

Scores at $50K, $75K, $100K and $150K in Twin Falls

Choosing a bigger place in Twin Falls at $75,000 trims the score from 54 to 46 without leaving Okay.

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

Twin Falls compared with every US metro

Ranked against all 387 metros, Twin Falls sits 240th on overall price level and 268th on the two-bedroom rent median, counting from the most expensive. Its median home value ranks 125th.

For a sense of scale, the metros just above and below it on two-bedroom rent are Montgomery, AL ($1,029) and Wausau, WI ($1,025).

Comparing Twin Falls with Idaho

How Twin Falls stacks up against its state: $1,026 for a two-bedroom against Idaho's $1,163, $325,500 for the median home against $418,600, and a price level of 92.1 against 95.5.

Scored the same way, the statewide figures turn Comfortable at $173,000, so Twin Falls needs $40,000 less than Idaho overall.

The nearest matches in Idaho, judged on rent and price parity together, are Lewiston, ID-WA, Idaho Falls, ID, and Pocatello, ID.

The median Twin Falls household

What about a typical local household? Census puts median household income here at $68,810, which grades Okay (46) for a two-bedroom at the median rent. Reaching Comfortable would take $64,190 more than the median household earns. For Idaho as a whole, the median household income of $77,800 scores 42 against statewide rents. Keep in mind a household median often combines two incomes.

These are pre-tax estimates from public statistics, not financial advice.