Photo: Ken Lund · CC BY-SA 2.0How is Soda Springs run?
Soda Springs’ city government spent $1.3 million on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, about $399 per resident. Water and other utilities ($470,000) and the airport ($27,000) are counted separately.
What stands out about how Soda Springs is run
Read from the city’s budget and official records.
About $399 per resident a year, or $1.09 a day
Day-to-day services only. The biggest line: sewer & trash, at 46%.
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No comparison or trend for Soda Springs yet
The fair comparison uses 2022, the last year the Census Bureau counted every government (later years are a sample), and Soda Springs’ 2022 figures are a Census estimate (it reported none of its 2022 dollars). It reported 2024 only (2022 and 2023 are estimates), so there is no trend yet either. The next full count is 2027.
How Town Hall compares budgets →full-time in March 2025, down from 30 in 2022.
The typical homeowner pays $1,429 a year
Every local property tax on the home: town, schools and county. About 0.59% of the home’s value, vs 0.49% across Idaho.
Typical yearly bill next door and statewide
The Housing page’s calculator splits a monthly payment into loan, tax and insurance at Soda Springs’ rate.
Can I afford it? →The median bill homeowners report to the Census survey (bills of $10,000+ are reported as “$10,000+”). The effective rate is that bill ÷ the median home value: a rough guide, not the official tax rate.
Tax bills are one input to Soda Springs’ Cost of living grade. Cost of living in Soda Springs →
Who’s in charge in Soda Springs
Names change after every election, so we link to the source that keeps them current.
Soda Springs’ meeting calendar isn’t in our feed yet. The city posts agendas and minutes on sodaspringsid.com ↗.
One full-time city employee for every 118 residents
On the payroll in March 2025, from the Census Bureau’s Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll. Residents: the Census population in the 2024 finance file (3,176).
By department full-time, plus part-time, March 2025
The Census reports one month’s payroll (March); yearly figures are that month × 12, an estimate. Part-timers count half in the bar lengths.
Soda Springs Joint School District 150
Soda Springs’ K–12 school district. It’s its own government, with a budget separate from the town’s.
Of the $11,953 per pupil, $7,731 goes to the classroom (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren’t in the per-pupil figure.
Idaho districts overall: 21% local, 67% state, 12% federal.
School year 2023–24. Census Bureau school finance survey.
Soda Springs’ votes are counted by county
Idaho reports official results by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Soda Springs alone, and we don’t estimate them. These are Caribou County’s results.
Donald J TrumpRepublican84.1%2,906 votes
Kamala D HarrisDemocrat12.9%445 votesOthers: 3.0% (105 votes).
Most votes in Caribou County: Donald J Trump
Idaho: Trump 66.9%, Harris 30.4%
100% of Soda Springs lies in Caribou County. Every 2024 race in Caribou County is on the county’s page.
Caribou County’s 2024 results →Official 2024 general election returns, as certified (MIT Election Data + Science Lab). Percentages are of votes for candidates; blank and spoiled ballots aren’t counted. Candidates are listed by votes, and party colors are neutral on purpose.
Portraits: Kamala D Harris: official vice-presidential portrait, Lawrence Jackson, The White House, 2021; Donald J Trump: official portrait, Shealah Craighead, The White House, 2017. All are U.S. government works in the public domain. A race shows photos only when every candidate has an official portrait; otherwise every candidate in it gets initials.
From town hall to Washington
Every level of government that speaks for Soda Springs.
- 1Your cityMayor & councilOfficials: sodaspringsid.com ↗
- 2Idaho HouseState representatives
- 3Idaho SenateState senator
- 4GovernorStatewide
- 5U.S. HouseYour representative in Congress
- 6U.S. SenateBoth represent all of Idaho
Democrat · Republican · other or independent. Tap a name for their official page.
Reach Soda Springs’ government
The official site has phone numbers, hours and forms. Neighbors add the rest to the Handbook.
Questions about Soda Springs’ government
How much does Soda Springs spend per resident?
About $399 per resident on day-to-day services in the year to September 30, 2024, as reported to the Census Bureau.
What is the property tax rate in Soda Springs?
Homeowners report a typical bill of $1,429 a year (Census ACS, 2020–24), about 0.59% of the typical home’s value, vs 0.49% across Idaho. For the official rate per $1,000 of assessed value, see sodaspringsid.com.
Who runs Soda Springs’ government?
See sodaspringsid.com for current officials. We name an official only when a public source lists a current term, and none does for Soda Springs yet.
How did Soda Springs vote in 2024?
Idaho counts votes by county and precinct, not by city, so there are no official results for Soda Springs alone. Caribou County, where 100% of Soda Springs lies, voted Trump 84.1%, Harris 12.9% for president; its page has every race.
How many people work for Soda Springs?
27 full-time and 25 part-time employees in March 2025, with a March payroll of $145,076 (about $1.7M a year if every month were the same), as reported to the Census Bureau.
Who represents Soda Springs in the state legislature?
State Senate District 35 (Mark Harris) and State House District 35 (Josh Wheeler and Mike Veile). The House district also covers 20 other towns. Listed by Open States; districts from the Census Bureau.
Ask neighbors about Soda Springs’ government
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Budget and staff: U.S. Census Bureau, Census of Governments (2022, every government) and Annual Survey of State and Local Government Finances (2023–24, a sample) and the Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll; day-to-day spending is current operations, with hospitals, utilities and airports apart. School district: Census school finance survey, 2023–24. Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 2020–24. Elections: official 2024 returns via the MIT Election Data + Science Lab; turnout uses Census citizen voting-age population (CVAP, 2020–24). Officials: Open States, names shown only with a current term (checked October 9, 2026). Districts: Census Bureau (119th Congress, 2024 state districts); legislators: Open States and congress-legislators. How Town Hall works →