St. Charles, ID housing market
The typical St. Charles home is worth about $557,000, up 9.5% in a year, 16% above the Idaho typical home.
Home values, sales, trends and how St. Charles compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
St. Charles at a glance
Typical home value, 2016–2026
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| January | St. Charles | Idaho |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $224,000 | $217,000 |
| 2018 | $237,000 | $237,000 |
| 2019 | $274,000 | $269,000 |
| 2020 | $288,000 | $299,000 |
| 2021 | $341,000 | $364,000 |
| 2022 | $473,000 | $471,000 |
| 2023 | $494,000 | $464,000 |
| 2024 | $501,000 | $460,000 |
| 2025 | $514,000 | $472,000 |
| 2026 | $538,000 | $478,000 |
| August 2026 | $557,000 | $479,000 |
4 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 4 new homes in St. Charles in 2025, all single-family houses, worth about $3.3 million to build. Over the past 10 years, St. Charles has permitted 36 homes in all.
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| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 4 | 4 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| 2025 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| 2024 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $3.3 million |
| 2023 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $1.7 million |
| 2022 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $5 million |
| 2021 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $5 million |
| 2020 | 5 | 5 | 0 | $1.8 million |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $584,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $100,000 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4 | 0 | $654,000 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $269,000 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $420,000 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $420,000 |
| 2010 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $420,000 |
| 2009 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $420,000 |
| 2008 | 2 | 2 | 0 | $325,000 |
| 2007 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $130,000 |
| 2001 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
St. Charles's permit office didn't report to the Census in 2025, so the 2025 figures are Census estimates.
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, through August 2026.
A two-bedroom rents for about $970
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in St. Charles is $970 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs.
Studio $770 · 4 bedrooms $1,640
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (83272; Bear Lake County, ID), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research, August 2026. 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.