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Housing in Midvale

A typical Midvale home is worth roughly $231,000

No new homes were permitted in 2019.

Typical home value
$231K
ID $479K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$1,170
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$719
ID $2,038

What kind of housing town is Midvale?

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★ What stands out · Affordability

What it takes to buy in Midvale

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You could afford about
$322,000
Typical Midvale home $231K

That covers a typical Midvale home, with $92K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,300
Loan $1,140Tax $90Insurance $70

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,170 a month here, $130 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, the Idaho typical property tax (0.49% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

The homes

91% of Midvale households own their home

Half of Midvale’s homes were built before 1973.

Owners and renters
Own 91%Rent 9%

Idaho: 72% own.

1973
typical home built · ID 1991
$719
median property tax bill · ID $2,038
6%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes

U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 · figures for a place this size carry wide margins of error.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $1,170

Renters already here pay a median of $775, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$890
1 bedroom$890
2 bedrooms$1,170
3 bedrooms$1,550
4 bedrooms$1,970
9%
of households rent · ID 28%
6
renter households
$775
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Washington County, ID): the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent and renters: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

New construction

No new homes permitted in 2019

No permits for new homes were issued in Midvale in 2019. The last year with any was 2003 (2 new homes).

Single-family
012 2000200520102015
0
new homes permitted in 2019
0
homes in the past 10 years
Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
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2003220$74,000
2002220$74,000
2001220$74,000
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Midvale's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2019, so the 2019 figures are Census estimates.

Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey.

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Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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