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%

Bliss$2,760/mo

Typical home $507K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.24% · Housing →

Stites$800/mo

Typical home $145K (Census) · tax rate 0.31% · or rent about $731/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,960 a month, about $23,600 a year, between Bliss and Stites.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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

C−BlissBetter than 16% of districts in the state –StitesNot graded

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

BlissStites

Snow a year—11″

January low—26°F

July high—90°F

Growing season (days)—163d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)60th 89th

Outdoors & history

BlissStites

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land33.4%—

Archive photos3 5

Community

BlissStites

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

225 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BlissID StitesID

Bliss ↔ Stites225 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

BlissStites

People

Population 229Highest 165Lowest

Median age 48.4±12.1Highest 30% above ID 45.5±22Lowest 22% above ID

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

Kids under 18 21.4%±16.5Lowest ID: 24.1% 22.4%±11.1Highest ID: 24.1%

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

Age 65+ 21.4%±15.8Lowest ID: 17% 32.7%±10.7Highest ID: 17%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.7%Highest ID: 31.8% 6.3%Lowest ID: 31.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±7.4Lowest ID: 6.3% 1.8%±2.1Highest ID: 6.3%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $65,500±$31kHighest 16% below ID $28,438±$20kLowest 63% below ID

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $118,800±$89kLowest 72% below ID $145,000±$45kHighest 65% below ID

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $731±$61 41% below ID

Property taxmedian, yearly $288Lowest 86% below ID $455Highest 78% below ID

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 30%±93.8Lowest ID: 46.9% 77.8%±100Highest ID: 46.9%

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

Below poverty line 10.5%Lowest ID: 10.6% 32.1%Highest ID: 10.6%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.1%Lowest ID: 72.1% 87.3%Highest ID: 72.1%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 18 yrs older than ID 1970Lowest 21 yrs older than ID

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minHighest 58% above ID 22 minLowest 4% above ID

Work from home 0%±12.8Lowest ID: 13.3% 2.3%±4.4Highest ID: 13.3%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.9%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.8 miHighest 17.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.13Highest 0.40Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Gooding (19%)Cottonwood (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in StitesFew work in Bliss

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 33.4%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.9 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 45.0Lowest 158Highest

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Bliss vs Stites

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,960 more a month in Bliss

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