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Housing in Richfield

A typical Richfield home is worth roughly $217,000

No new homes were permitted in 2025.

Typical home value
$217K
ID $479K
Estimate
2-bedroom rent
$970
a month, utilities in · HUD
Median tax bill
$972
ID $2,038

What kind of housing town is Richfield?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Affordability

A typical home costs 3.2 years of income

Less than across Idaho (6.2 years). Try your own numbers below.

You could afford about
$282,000
Typical Richfield home $217K

That covers a typical Richfield home, with $66K to spare.

The typical home, each month
$1,220
Loan $1,070Tax $80Insurance $60

A two-bedroom rents for about $970 a month here, $250 less than owning.

An estimate, not a loan offer: payments of up to 28% of income, a 30-year fixed loan, Richfield’s typical property tax (0.45% of value a year, from the Census) and insurance of about 0.35%. Mortgage insurance, HOA fees and other debts aren’t included.

Renting

A two-bedroom rents for about $970

Renters already here pay a median of $761, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put.

Fair Market Rent a month, utilities included

Studio$850
1 bedroom$890
2 bedrooms$970
3 bedrooms$1,350
4 bedrooms$1,640
23%
of households rent · ID 28%
33
renter households
$761
median rent paid today · Census

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (Lincoln 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 2025

No permits for new homes were issued in Richfield in 2025. The last year with any was 2022 (8 new homes).

Single-family
02468 200020052010201520202025
0
new homes permitted in 2025
0
2026 so far (Jan–Aug)
13
homes in the past 10 years
Homes vs. people, 2010–2020
Residents−51
New homes+4

Between the 2010 and 2020 censuses, Richfield's population fell by 51 even though 4 new homes were permitted. Homes are holding fewer people: households are getting smaller, or more homes are used part of the year. Across Idaho: 2.7 new residents per new home.

Every year as a table
YearNew homesSingle-family2+ per buildingValue
2026 (Jan–Aug)000—
2025000—
2024000—
2023000—
2022880$2.7 million
2021220$220,000
2020110$125,000
2019000—
2018110$125,000
2017110$300,000
2016000—
2015110$120,000
2014000—
2013000—
2012110$92,000
2011000—
2010000—
2009000—
2008000—
2007000—
2006110$45,000
2005000—
2004000—
2003000—
2002000—
2001110$90,000
2000000—

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

The homes

1 of Richfield’s houses are on the National Register

Half of Richfield’s homes were built before 1975.

History →
Owners and renters
Own 77%Rent 23%

Idaho: 72% own.

1975
typical home built · ID 1991
$972
median property tax bill · ID $2,038
0.45%
of a home’s value, a year in tax · ID 0.49%
2%
of homes are seasonal or vacation homes
Historic houses in Richfield

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

On the market in Richfield

Listed in the past 60 days. Each opens on the listing site.

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What Richfield buyers, sellers and renters are saying.

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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. Historic houses: National Register of Historic Places. Listings link to their publishers. The calculator is an estimate, not a loan offer.

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