A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Ammon$2,380/mo

Typical home $418K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.53% · or rent about $1,372/mo · Housing →

Hailey$5,000/mo

Typical home $912K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.29% · or rent about $1,460/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,620 a month, about $31,500 a year, between Hailey and Ammon.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Ammon places higher on 11 of 21 ID lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Idaho ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

BAmmonBetter than 64% of districts in the state B−HaileyBetter than 51% of districts in the state

Health

AAmmonHealthier than 89% of U.S. towns AHaileyHealthier than 92% of U.S. towns

11Ammon

9Hailey

Lists won, of 21 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Lowest depressionHealth · 63 towns #53#1 Most trailsOutdoors · 45 towns #37#9 Most walkableOutdoors · 63 towns #45#13 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 63 towns #7#35 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 63 towns #2#24 Best schoolsSchools · 63 towns #20#41 Most affordableCost of living · 62 towns #41#58 Most new homesHousing · 54 towns #12#25

Left end = #1 in Idaho. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Ammon’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

AmmonHailey

Snow a year—102″

January low—8°F

July high—80°F

Growing season (days)—77d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)64th 52nd

Outdoors & history

AmmonHailey

Trails4 mi 7 mi

Conserved land1.1%1.6%

Settled1888 —

National Register places—12

Archive photos7 —

Famous people born here1 9

Community

AmmonHailey

Library hours a week—50 hrs

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

117 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

AmmonID HaileyID

Ammon ↔ Hailey117 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Idaho average

AmmonHailey

People

Population 19,064Highest 9,665Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +28.1%Highest ID: +17.3% +15.1%Lowest ID: +17.3%

Median age 32.9±1.9Lowest 12% below ID 41.3±5.3Highest 11% above ID

Kids under 18 30.7%±2.9Highest ID: 24.1% 24.3%±4Lowest ID: 24.1%

Ammon and Hailey are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 13.2%±2.3Highest ID: 17% 12.8%±3.4Lowest ID: 17%

Ammon and Hailey are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 42.9%Highest ID: 31.8% 39%Lowest ID: 31.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4.1%±1Highest ID: 6.3% 2.9%±2.1Lowest ID: 6.3%

Ammon and Hailey are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $86,121±$11kLowest 11% above ID $90,760±$25kHighest 17% above ID

Hailey and Ammon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $381,800±$15kLowest 9% below ID $637,800±$79kHighest 52% above ID

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,372±$194Lowest 11% above ID $1,460±$274Highest 18% above ID

Hailey and Ammon are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,033Highest about the ID average $1,876Lowest 8% below ID

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.2%±10.3Highest ID: 46.9% 36.2%±19.3Lowest ID: 46.9%

Ammon and Hailey are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 5.4%Lowest ID: 10.6% 7.4%Highest ID: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 69.1%Lowest ID: 72.1% 71%Highest ID: 72.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 2004Highest 13 yrs newer than ID 1994Lowest 3 yrs newer than ID

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 22 minHighest about the ID average 19 minLowest 13% below ID

Work from home 10.9%±3Highest ID: 13.3% 10.3%±3.1Lowest ID: 13.3%

Ammon and Hailey are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 9.9%Lowest 30.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 4.8 miLowest 11.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.77Lowest 0.93Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Idaho Falls (50%)Ketchum (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HaileyFew work in Ammon

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.1%Lowest 1.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 4.2 miLowest 7.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 1.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Lowest 10Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 67.1Lowest 108Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #20 of 63 in ID #41 of 63 in ID

School district BONNEVILLE JOINT DISTRICTSYRINGA MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC. · BLAINE COUNTY DISTRICT

High school in town Hillcrest High SchoolWood River High School

Students per teacherat that high school 24.2Highest 14.4Lowest

Idaho average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Ammon vs Hailey

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $2,620 more a month in Hailey

Ammon places higher on 11 of 21 ID lists

What daily life feels like in each

117 miles apart

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