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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Highest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Idaho

FEMA publishes an expected annual loss for every county, but the raw figure tracks how much there is to lose, so a national list of it is really a list of large metros. Dividing by occupied housing units gives the number an individual owner can use. Expected annual loss is FEMA's National Risk Index figure for the county, divided by the number of occupied housing units the Census reports there. It is an actuarial average, not a forecast for any one year.

Where does yours land? Every county in America is somewhere on this scale, including the one you live in.

Idaho ranked

#County Disaster loss per householdFEMA risk ratingMedian home
1 Camas County $9,161Very Low$248,900
2 Adams County $5,775Very Low$327,300
3 Clark County $5,726Very Low$203,000
4 Custer County $5,490Relatively Low$295,600
5 Valley County $5,175Relatively Low$599,500
6 Idaho County $4,757Relatively Low$284,600
7 Boise County $4,552Relatively Low$424,100
8 Fremont County $3,576Very Low$281,800
9 Shoshone County $3,528Relatively Low$222,700
10 Lemhi County $3,400Very Low$282,100
11 Blaine County $2,873Relatively Low$663,800
12 Clearwater County $2,867Relatively Low$240,800
13 Butte County $2,663Very Low$195,800
14 Teton County $2,656Very Low$595,900
15 Power County $2,604Very Low$191,200
16 Lincoln County $2,196Very Low$206,700
17 Bear Lake County $2,137Very Low$234,200
18 Caribou County $2,006Very Low$220,200
19 Elmore County $2,004Relatively Low$278,300
20 Owyhee County $2,000Relatively Low$281,600
21 Cassia County $1,895Relatively Low$257,300
22 Washington County $1,823Very Low$250,300
23 Bonner County $1,805Relatively Low$433,400
24 Madison County $1,758Relatively Low$365,000
25 Jefferson County $1,738Very Low$335,000
26 Benewah County $1,621Very Low$255,800
27 Gooding County $1,524Very Low$231,800
28 Gem County $1,506Very Low$367,300
29 Bonneville County $1,492Relatively Moderate$327,000
30 Bingham County $1,443Relatively Low$258,000
31 Boundary County $1,411Very Low$344,100
32 Lewis County $1,326Very Low$202,400
33 Franklin County $1,112Very Low$304,000
34 Oneida County $1,099Very Low$228,100
35 Minidoka County $972Very Low$235,300
36 Bannock County $940Relatively Low$267,200
37 Nez Perce County $873Very Low$291,300
38 Payette County $843Very Low$310,700
39 Latah County $825Very Low$342,500
40 Jerome County $702Very Low$254,000
41 Kootenai County $657Relatively Low$467,400
42 Ada County $588Relatively Moderate$476,000
43 Twin Falls County $488Relatively Low$292,700
44 Canyon County $436Relatively Low$350,300

Every figure is modelled on the county's own median home with 20% down at 7.03%. Property tax and electricity are county and state specific; homeowners insurance uses the NAIC average premium for that state, which ranges from 0.16% of home value in Hawaii to 1.16% in Oklahoma. Maintenance and water are national estimates. Full methodology.

Nationwide

Highest Expected Disaster Loss per Household across all 3,133 US counties · Every county in Idaho

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