Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Twin Falls's standout: natural-hazard risk is low. Overall it grades C−, 50th among Idaho's 58 graded towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $370K for a typical one and 5.4 times the Twin Falls metro’s $69K median household income. 56% of working residents work locally in Twin Falls, where Idaho’s towns sit at 20% and U.S. towns at 8%. Only 3 of Idaho’s 46 towns score lower on safety. Twin Falls has 17 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them James Alvis House and Burton Morse House.
Where Twin Falls beats most towns.
Twin Falls City Park Historic District| College | Students |
|---|---|
| College of Southern Idaho | 7,172 |
Census counts: 5,258 in 1910, 51,807 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 3 maps from 1964 on.
17 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Idaho), ordered by how far Twin Falls is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Twin Falls, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in Twin Falls.
Twin Falls carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Idaho (mostly inland flooding), is healthier than towns with similar incomes and is safe by national standards but not by Idaho’s.
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 98% of Idaho towns, with expected losses of about $96 per resident a year; that rating is what its A+ for hazard risk is built on.
Twin Falls’ FEMA risk score is 2 of 100. Since 1979, 11 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Twin Falls.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Twin Falls District. Three of its 25 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vera C O'Leary Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 758 | B |
| Canyon Ridge High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,445 | C+ |
| Pillar Falls ElementaryTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 582 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ID on state tests and graduation
At 27.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 92% of Idaho’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 1,072 to 777 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
The violent crime rate in Twin Falls is 3.6 per 1,000 residents.
| Twin Falls | Idaho towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 3.6 per 1,000 residents | 2 | 1.6 |
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 10.2 per 1,000 residents | 6.3 | 9.9 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Twin Falls home is worth about $370,000, up 3.2% in a year, 22% below the Idaho typical home. 64% of households own their home in Twin Falls.
| Twin Falls | Idaho towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 64% | 70% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,082 a month | $1,125 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
The Twin Falls 6 E weather station, 6 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 150 days: shorter than most of the country, but longer than 77% of Idaho places with climate records.
Twin Falls has chilly winters and warm summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 90°, January nights drop to 22° and about 24 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Jobs based in Twin Falls grew to 29,246 in 2023, 4,689 more than in 2013. 7% of Twin Falls workers work from home. The top destinations are Jerome (4%), Boise City (4%) and Burley (2%).
| Twin Falls | Idaho towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 16 minutes | 20 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7% | 10% | 11% |
| Median household income | $61,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Idaho average. Twin Falls has grown 8.4% since 2020, to 56,216 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across Idaho.
| Twin Falls | Idaho towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 35.1 years | 35.1 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 25% | 25% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 25% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 16% | 18% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1 point. Across Idaho, 49.7% of residents are women. Median age: women 35.6, men 34.7.
| Twin Falls | ID | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 13.4% | 12.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.6% | 11.6% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.8% | 9.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.6% | 13.1% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.4% | 11.3% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.7% | 11.7% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.1% | 10.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.5% | 6.6% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.5% | 8.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 30% | 26.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.2% | 24.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.9% | 9.7% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 16.4% | 21.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8% | 10.5% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
7.9 miles of trail in 25 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Sunway Soccer Complex, at 38 acres.
| Twin Falls | Idaho towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.8 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sunway Soccer Complex | — | 38 |
| 2. Harmon Park | — | 27 |
| 3. Oregon Trail Youth Complex | — | 16 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Against the 9,228 U.S. towns with household incomes like Twin Falls’s, it is healthier than 80%, so its B− isn’t only a matter of income.
Twin Falls beats the Idaho average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 9.
| Twin Falls | Idaho towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 73% | 79% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 11% | 8.1% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 23% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Twin Falls | ID |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with high cholesterol | 29.3% | 33.2% |
| More adults who get no exercise | 28% | 22.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Twin Falls. Close and well known come first.
4 mi WaterfallShoshone Falls
3 mi Canyon & gorgeSnake River Canyon
13 mi National Historic SiteMinidoka National Historic Site44K visitors a year
27 mi National MonumentHagerman Fossil Beds National Monument37K visitors a year28 mi Ski areaMagic Mountain Resort35 runs · 619 ft verticalShoshone Falls: Jloft, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Snake River Canyon: chadh, CC BY 2.0 · Minidoka National Historic Site: Tamanoeconomico, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain
1 within 15 miles of the center of Twin Falls
About 5 of every 100 Twin Falls residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Idaho.
44,125 counted in 2010 and 51,807 in 2020; an estimated 56,216 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 8.4% since 2020, after 17.4% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
17 places in Twin Falls on the National Register of Historic Places.
25 notable people were born in Twin Falls.
City in Idaho, United States
Twin Falls is the county seat of and the largest city in Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States. The population was 51,807 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 55,589 in 2024. In the Magic Valley region, Twin Falls is the largest city in a 100-mile (160 km) radius, and is the regional commercial center for south-central Idaho and northeastern Nevada. It is the principal city of the Twin Falls metropolitan statistical area, which officially includes the entirety of Twin Falls and Jerome Counties. The border town resort community of Jackpot, Nevada, 50 mi (80 km) south at the state line, is unofficially considered part of the greater Twin Falls area. Located on a broad plain at the south…
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Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Twin Falls grades C− overall, better than 24% of U.S. towns and #50 of 58 in Idaho. It grades B− for health, C for safety and C for schools.
Idaho has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Twin Falls sits nearer the middle.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
25 notable people were born here, including Mark Felt and Grant Sawyer.
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