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%

Hailey$5,000/mo

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

Ammon$2,380/mo

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

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

Health

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

9Hailey

11Ammon

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

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

Left end = #1 in Idaho. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Hailey’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

HaileyAmmon

Snow a year102″—

January low8°F —

July high80°F —

Growing season (days)77d —

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

Outdoors & history

HaileyAmmon

Trails7 mi 4 mi

Conserved land1.6%1.1%

Settled—1888

National Register places12 —

Archive photos—7

Famous people born here9 1

Community

HaileyAmmon

Library hours a week50 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.

HaileyID AmmonID

Hailey ↔ Ammon117 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

HaileyAmmon

People

Population 9,665Lowest 19,064Highest

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

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

Kids under 18 24.3%±4Lowest ID: 24.1% 30.7%±2.9Highest 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+ 12.8%±3.4Lowest ID: 17% 13.2%±2.3Highest 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+ 39%Lowest ID: 31.8% 42.9%Highest ID: 31.8%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±2.1Lowest ID: 6.3% 4.1%±1Highest 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 $90,760±$25kHighest 17% above ID $86,121±$11kLowest 11% 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 $637,800±$79kHighest 52% above ID $381,800±$15kLowest 9% below ID

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,460±$274Highest 18% above ID $1,372±$194Lowest 11% 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 $1,876Lowest 8% below ID $2,033Highest about the ID average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.2%±19.3Lowest ID: 46.9% 42.2%±10.3Highest 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 7.4%Highest ID: 10.6% 5.4%Lowest ID: 10.6%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 10.3%±3.1Lowest ID: 13.3% 10.9%±3Highest 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 30.2%Highest 9.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miHighest 4.8 miLowest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AmmonFew work in Hailey

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Highest 1.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.0 miHighest 4.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.8 miHighest 0.5 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 10Highest 8Lowest

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

Schools

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

School district SYRINGA MOUNTAIN SCHOOL INC. · BLAINE COUNTY DISTRICTBONNEVILLE JOINT DISTRICT

High school in town Wood River High SchoolHillcrest High School

Students per teacherat that high school 14.4Lowest 24.2Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Hailey vs Ammon

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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