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Counties in Idaho ranked

6.6%of income goes to home energy in Clark County, the highest of 44 Idaho counties

Ada County is lowest at 1.5%, a gap of 4.5 times. The median Idaho county sits at 3.1%, against 3.3% for the median U.S. county. Source for Idaho: DOE LEAD 2022.

Idaho county map

Idaho counties, shaded by quintile of the selected measureLatah County: 2.8%Idaho County: 4.3%Boundary County: 4.2%Lincoln County: 3.4%Madison County: 2.1%Custer County: 4.2%Valley County: 3.4%Jefferson County: 3.1%Lemhi County: 4.8%Clearwater County: 4.4%Adams County: 4.1%Oneida County: 5.1%Clark County: 6.6%Shoshone County: 3.2%Elmore County: 2.6%Boise County: 3.8%Minidoka County: 3.1%Benewah County: 5.0%Cassia County: 3.0%Washington County: 3.1%Butte County: 6.2%Blaine County: 1.9%Owyhee County: 4.1%Canyon County: 2.4%Jerome County: 3.0%Nez Perce County: 2.4%Bonneville County: 1.8%Franklin County: 4.0%Bonner County: 3.6%Gem County: 3.2%Twin Falls County: 2.3%Fremont County: 4.2%Camas County: 4.2%Gooding County: 3.1%Bannock County: 2.3%Kootenai County: 2.1%Power County: 3.1%Teton County: 3.0%Ada County: 1.5%Bear Lake County: 3.4%Lewis County: 4.7%Payette County: 2.9%Bingham County: 2.9%Caribou County: 3.1%
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Idaho counties, darker = higher. Click one for its page.

Highest energy burden in Idaho

Clark County leads Idaho on burden at 6.6% of income and Butte County follows at 6.2%. For lower-income homes the top is Oneida County: 20.3% of income, against 9.3% in the median Idaho county.

home energy burden, % of income, top 10 Idaho counties

  • Clark County6.6
  • Butte County6.2
  • Oneida County5.1
  • Benewah County5.0
  • Lemhi County4.8
  • Lewis County4.7
  • Clearwater County4.4
  • Idaho County4.3
  • Camas County4.2
  • Boundary County4.2
  • Idaho median county3.1
Idaho counties with the lowest home energy burden
Lowest burden in IdahoShare of income (ID)Residents (ID)
Ada County1.5%508,052
Bonneville County1.8%127,056
Blaine County1.9%24,579
Madison County2.1%53,578
Kootenai County2.1%177,736

Storm reports and FEMA risk in Idaho

NOAA logged 644 damaging-wind, tornado, tropical, ice, winter and heat reports in Fremont County from 2015 to 2025, 4,700 for every 100,000 residents: the most in Idaho. FEMA scores Ada County highest at 87.8 (relatively moderate). In Idaho these are weather reports and an index, not outage counts.

Idaho top 5: Storm reports per 100,000 residents
Top 5 in Idahoreports 2015-2025 (ID)Residents (ID)Rank (ID)
Fremont County4,70013,7011st
Benewah County3,2799,9132nd
Boundary County3,24512,6953rd
Power County3,0438,0184th
Caribou County2,8807,1185th
Idaho top 5: FEMA risk score
Top 5 in Idahoscore 0-100 (ID)Residents (ID)Rank (ID)
Ada County87.8508,0521st
Bonneville County82.4127,0562nd
Kootenai County79.0177,7363rd
Idaho County78.417,1204th
Bonner County77.349,4565th

Flood claims and flood insurance in Idaho

Blaine County has the most NFIP flood claims per 1,000 homes in Idaho: 14.3 from 2015 to 2025, against 0.4 in the median Idaho county. Blaine County has the highest share of homes with flood insurance (2.8%, median county 0.3%). Claims are a record of insured losses, not outage counts.

Idaho top 5: Flood claims per 1,000 homes
Top 5 in Idahoclaims 2015-2025 (ID)Residents (ID)Rank (ID)
Blaine County14.324,5791st
Latah County1.940,3152nd
Washington County1.610,8663rd
Lemhi County1.58,1664th
Elmore County0.629,0465th
Idaho top 5: Flood insurance penetration
Top 5 in Idaho% of homes insured (ID)Residents (ID)Rank (ID)
Blaine County2.8%24,5791st
Shoshone County1.6%13,5802nd
Washington County1.1%10,8663rd
Teton County1.0%12,1014th
Ada County0.9%508,0525th

FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP, as of 8 Sep 2026. Flood claims by county.

Outliers: Idaho counties far from the state median

10 county-measure pairs sit 3 or more scaled median-absolute-deviation units from the Idaho median. Most extreme: Blaine County, flood claims per 1,000 homes 14.3 against a median of 0.4.

Idaho outliers by deviation from the state median
CountyMeasureValueIdaho medianDeviations
Blaine CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes14.30.4+39.0
Blaine CountyFlood insurance penetration2.8%0.3%+10.8
Fremont CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents4,700671+8.6
Benewah CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents3,279671+5.6
Boundary CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents3,245671+5.5
Shoshone CountyFlood insurance penetration1.6%0.3%+5.4
Power CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents3,043671+5.1
Caribou CountyStorm reports per 100,000 residents2,880671+4.7
Oneida CountyBurden, lower-income homes20.3%9.3%+4.3
Latah CountyFlood claims per 1,000 homes1.90.4+4.2

Old homes, electric heat and utilities in Idaho

Shoshone County has the oldest stock: 77% of homes date from before 1980. Electric heat is most common in Minidoka County at 72% of homes, and Bonner County lists 4 utilities, the most in Idaho.

Idaho top 5: Homes built before 1980
Top 5 in Idaho% of homes (ID)Residents (ID)Rank (ID)
Shoshone County77%13,5801st
Lewis County76%3,6492nd
Butte County72%2,6543rd
Power County68%8,0184th
Caribou County66%7,1185th
Idaho top 5: Homes heated by electricity
Top 5 in Idaho% of homes (ID)Residents (ID)Rank (ID)
Minidoka County72%21,9221st
Custer County67%4,4112nd
Gooding County64%15,7403rd
Owyhee County64%12,2844th
Cassia County62%25,1655th

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All 44 Idaho counties, sortable

44 Idaho counties, all measures
Ada County508,0521.5%6.5%1487.829%28%10.30.9%73
Adams County4,5994.1%14.7%under 5,000 residents39.644%37%1no data0.3%60
Bannock County88,4572.3%7.3%20166.959%32%20.20.3%178
Bear Lake County6,5523.4%12.1%2,2446.662%17%1no data0.0%147
Benewah County9,9135.0%14.8%3,27919.955%40%3no data0.9%325
Bingham County48,9932.9%9.0%63760.155%40%2no data0.5%312
Blaine County24,5791.9%6.1%96065.436%42%214.32.8%236
Boise County8,0453.8%11.4%67148.931%41%1no data0.4%54
Bonner County49,4563.6%13.8%83777.337%34%40.40.5%414
Bonneville County127,0561.8%6.2%26282.446%38%30.10.2%333
Boundary County12,6954.2%15.4%3,24526.137%28%1no data0.2%412
Butte County2,6546.2%14.6%under 5,000 residents4.472%44%1no data0.4%308
Camas County1,1554.2%8.9%under 5,000 residents6.041%42%1no data0.5%69
Canyon County242,4052.4%7.5%2171.732%33%10.10.5%51
Caribou County7,1183.1%9.6%2,8807.266%16%2no data0.1%205
Cassia County25,1653.0%7.8%75543.659%62%3no data0.2%190
Clark County7766.6%12.9%under 5,000 residents0.854%19%2no datano data130
Clearwater County8,9214.4%12.2%1,00946.960%39%1no data0.2%90
Custer County4,4114.2%10.5%under 5,000 residents52.438%67%1no data0.4%225
Elmore County29,0462.6%8.0%45452.044%33%10.60.8%132
Franklin County14,7154.0%15.3%6127.658%16%1no data0.1%90
Fremont County13,7014.2%10.2%4,70038.352%31%20.60.2%644
Gem County19,8543.2%9.3%41334.449%46%1no data0.3%82
Gooding County15,7403.1%8.0%19125.461%64%1no data0.6%30
Idaho County17,1204.3%11.0%70178.452%40%3no data0.1%120
Jefferson County32,2343.1%9.7%78240.142%25%2no data0.3%252
Jerome County24,7883.0%7.7%14921.546%49%1no datano data37
Kootenai County177,7362.1%7.7%45679.030%37%40.20.3%811
Latah County40,3152.8%8.8%81433.354%51%11.90.9%328
Lemhi County8,1664.8%14.7%57641.452%45%21.50.6%47
Lewis County3,6494.7%11.3%under 5,000 residents3.176%43%1no data0.9%40
Lincoln County5,2763.4%8.9%7209.145%48%1no data0.2%38
Madison County53,5782.1%3.4%35658.626%34%2no data0.2%191
Minidoka County21,9223.1%9.3%43820.559%72%2no data0.1%96
Nez Perce County42,4772.4%8.5%19133.064%39%1no data0.2%81
Oneida County4,6815.1%20.3%under 5,000 residents1.462%24%3no datano data112
Owyhee County12,2844.1%10.8%87944.147%64%2no data0.1%108
Payette County26,1902.9%8.4%17617.154%43%1no data0.2%46
Power County8,0183.1%8.4%3,04316.968%40%3no datano data244
Shoshone County13,5803.2%8.9%1,84862.877%31%1no data1.6%251
Teton County12,1013.0%12.3%1,52929.518%41%2no data1.0%185
Twin Falls County92,1212.3%6.5%6546.951%36%10.10.2%60
Valley County12,1363.4%13.2%37955.631%42%1no data0.2%46
Washington County10,8663.1%8.2%93930.359%46%11.61.1%102

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Idaho: click a header to sort. Per-capita storm rates start at 5,000 residents.

Sources

Idaho sources with periods and retrieval dates
SourcePeriodRetrieved
DOE LEAD (ID)20222 Oct 2026
FEMA NRI (ID)Dec 20252 Oct 2026
NOAA Storm Events (ID)2015 to 20252 Oct 2026
Census ACS (ID)2019 to 20232 Oct 2026
EIA-861 (ID)20241 Oct 2026

Idaho LEAD figures are group estimates, not bills. Methodology.

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Questions

Which Idaho county has the highest home energy burden?

Clark County: 6.6% of income, against 3.1% for the median Idaho county (DOE LEAD 2022).

Which Idaho county has the lowest energy burden?

Ada County at 1.5% of income.

How does Idaho compare with the whole country?

The median Idaho county has a burden of 3.1% and the median U.S. county 3.3%, across 44 Idaho counties and 3,053 U.S. counties with data.

Where do storms cause the most trouble in Idaho?

Fremont County has the most NOAA storm reports per 100,000 residents: 4,700 between 2015 and 2025.

Which Idaho county has the highest FEMA risk score?

Ada County: 87.8, rated relatively moderate by FEMA (Dec 2025).

Where are the oldest homes in Idaho?

Shoshone County: 77% of homes were built before 1980; the median Idaho county is at 52% (Census ACS 2023).

Which Idaho county relies most on electric heat?

Minidoka County: 72% of homes heat with electricity, against 40% in the median county.

Which Idaho county has the most flood claims per home?

Blaine County: 14.3 NFIP claims per 1,000 homes from 2015 to 2025; the median Idaho county has 0.4 (FEMA OpenFEMA).

Are storm reports the same as power outages in Idaho?

No: in Idaho they are weather reports, not outage counts.

Where can Idaho households get help with bills?

See the Idaho help page. Highest burden: Clark County.

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6.6% of income goes to home energy in Clark County, the highest of 44 Idaho counties