About one in seven working residents works right in Buhl
Most working residents leave Buhl for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Twin Falls (31%), Boise City (4%) and Jerome (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
Buhl’s public schools outperform 26% of Idaho districts
The public schools Buhl’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 74% of Idaho’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
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Climate
Four seasons, hot summers
Buhl has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. A typical July afternoon reaches 91°, a January night drops to 22°, and about 24 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Buhl is a city located on the old Oregon Trail in the western half of Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. As of the 2020 census, Buhl had a population of 4,558. It is part of the Twin Falls, Idaho metropolitan area. U.S. Route 30 passes through Buhl, along the scenic Thousand Springs Scenic Byway from Twin Falls to Bliss. Known as the "Trout Capital of the World," Buhl is the location of numerous hatcheries in the immediate surrounding area, which produce a majority of the rainbow trout consumed in the United States. Clear Springs Foods, located just north of Buhl, processes over 20 million pounds of rainbow trout each year, making it the world's largest producer.
