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Ranked from FEMA National Risk Index

Lowest Expected Disaster Loss per Household in Idaho

The counties where FEMA's expected annual loss per household is smallest. Low exposure is one of the few housing-cost advantages that never shows up in the listing price. It shows up in what an insurer actually charges, which is not the same as the insurance figure in these tables, since that is a statewide average and cannot vary by county. 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.

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Idaho ranked

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

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

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

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