Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety50#7,757/15,637
Economy45#8,648/15,631
Housing77#3,486/14,977
Health44#8,676/15,609
Healthcare35#10,185/15,650
Environment47#8,146/15,453
Education10#14,152/15,649
Infrastructure22#12,188/15,650
Community36#9,946/15,651
Leisure & amenities80#3,080/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Burley, Idaho ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Cassia County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Loneliness · low31.1%
98/100Idaho 29.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Child care cost burden · low18.6%
97/100Idaho 20.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCassia County value
Average commute time · low16.2 min
96/100Idaho 21.6 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Job growth · high2.7%
92/100Idaho 1.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCassia County value
Preventable hospital stays · low1,761 /100k
92/100Idaho 1,575 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCassia County value
Violent crime rate · low92 /100k
88/100Idaho 217 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCassia County value

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high100%
1/100Idaho 73%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAACassia County value
Distance to an airport · high142 mi
3/100Idaho 49 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauCassia County value
Social associations · low4.3 /10k
3/100Idaho 7.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCassia County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high151 mi
4/100Idaho 155 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauCassia County value
Traffic deaths · high31.3 /100k
6/100Idaho 12.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataCassia County value
Suicide rate · high24.2 /100k
10/100Idaho 20.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataCassia County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
10,313 (2015-2019) → 11,958 (2020-2024)
+16%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
33.2% (2015-2019) → 47.6% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$48,265 (2015-2019) → $67,468 (2020-2024)
+40%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
23.0% (2015-2019) → 29.3% (2020-2024)
+6.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Average commute timeWorsening
12.4 min (2015-2019) → 16.2 min (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.7× (2015-2019) → 3.4× (2020-2024)
+29%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Burley, Idaho improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 8 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+40%$48,265 → $67,468

Declined4

Commute+3.9 min12.4 min → 16.2 min
Rent burden+14 points33.2% → 47.6%
Rent / income+6.3 points23.0% → 29.3%
Price / income+0.8×2.7× → 3.4×

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Burley, Idaho between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	12.4 min2015-2019	16.2 min2020-2024	+3.9 min	Declined	15%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%2015-2019	15.9%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Broadband subscriptions	86.4%2015-2019	85.2%2020-2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Child poverty rate	23.2%2015-2019	20.5%2020-2024	−2.7 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Effective property tax rate	0.75%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Little change	66%
High school diploma or higher	80.7%2015-2019	84.5%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	3.4×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	32%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3942015-2019	0.4732020-2024	+0.079	Within the margin of error	8%
Median household income	$48,2652015-2019	$67,4682020-2024	+40%	Improved	73%
Poverty rate	19.2%2015-2019	15.3%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	75%
Rent as share of income	23.0%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	+6.3 points	Declined	17%
Rent-burdened households	33.2%2015-2019	47.6%2020-2024	+14 points	Declined	15%
Unemployment rate	2.3%2015-2019	2.8%2020-2024	+0.6 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	15.5%2015-2019	15.6%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	45%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Burley, Idaho five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Burley, Idaho in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Burley, Idaho itself moved −16.4 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

11,958 residents (±194)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 70–79 men (+1.7 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

11,958 residents (±194)

Burley, Idaho
Idaho share

White57%6,828
Black0.6%†73
Hispanic or Latino34%4,122

Education

7,062 residents (±404)

Burley, Idaho
Idaho share

No high school diploma15%1,093
High school or GED28%1,990
Some college28%1,976

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

4,232 households (±262)

Burley, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $25k18%780
$25k–50k18%772
$50k–75k20%845
$75k–100k15%625
$100k–150k18%742
$150k–200k6.1%†257
$200k or more5.0%†211

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−8.2 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

4,232 households (±262)

Burley, Idaho
Idaho share

Own61%2,585
Rent39%1,647

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,590 households (±202)

Burley, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $75016%†249
$750–1,00037%†582
$1,000–1,50035%550

Home values

2,585 homes (±296)

Burley, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $150k27%695
$150k–250k30%775
$250k–400k30%766

Age of homes

4,438 homes (±249)

Burley, Idaho
Idaho share

2010 or later15%†646
2000–20092.3%†102
1980–199919%829

Size of homes

4,438 homes (±249)

Burley, Idaho
Idaho share

Studio0.5%†24
1 bedroom6.3%†280
2 bedrooms30%1,350

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

5,592 workers (±398)

Burley, Idaho
Idaho share

Drive alone81%4,528
Carpool9.2%†512
Public transit0.2%†11
Walk0.9%†53
Bike0.0%0
Work from home6.4%†356
Other2.4%†132

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−6.3 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

5,236 workers (±415)

Burley, Idaho
Idaho share

Under 15 min55%2,866
15–29 min33%1,710
30–44 min5.5%†288

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Burley, ID

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Cassia County, the county holding most of Burley's residents.

Cassia County has 773 employer establishments, 298 for every 10,000 residents (1.20× the US rate of 248; 1.01× Idaho's), with 9,709 paid employees at an average annual pay of $45,663. The Census Bureau also counts 2,014 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 773; 2,014 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 298; US 248 · Idaho 295
Paid employees: 9,709
Average annual pay: $45,663; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Cassia County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	69	26.6	1.28×More than typical	568	$37,449	65
Truck transportation	57	22	4.34×More than typical	826	$58,172	118
Restaurants and other eating places	53	20.4	1.11×About typical	825	$16,562	6
Specialty trade contractors	52	20	1.29×More than typical	379	$55,918	117
Lessors of real estate	33	12.7	1.03×About typical	52	$20,692	269
Construction of buildings	26	10	1.33×More than typical	231	$55,931	79
Limited-service restaurants	26	10	1.25×About typical	516	$16,581	—
Offices of other health practitioners	26	10	1.65×More than typical	145	$32,614	27
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	23	8.9	2.18×More than typical	95	$46,474	35
Gasoline stations	21	8.1	2.50×More than typical	204	$24,951	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	21	8.1	1.20×About typical	50	$33,660	105
Automotive repair and maintenance	20	7.7	1.53×More than typical	81	$43,963	50

Rank places for an industry Open Cassia County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 25,948 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $14.6K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Burley, Idaho: $1.22 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $14.6K; −17% vs FY2025
Per resident: $1.22; US $1,994
Sole-source: 2.2%; US 30%
Single offer: 16%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$5,68639%
Forest Service$3,54524%
Bureau of Land Management$3,36023%
Bureau of Reclamation$1,0086.9%
Department of Veterans Affairs$1,0086.9%

Top recipients

RIVERVIEW PACKING, LLC$5,68639%
GARY D. JONES CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.$2,95920%
CXT INC$2,40616%
BETTER DIRECT, LLC$1,0086.9%
R LAZY B ENTERPRISES LLC$6194.2%

Spending by fiscal year

32.2KFY2017
53.5KFY2018
40.7KFY2019
79.4KFY2020
140KFY2021
38KFY2022
50.4KFY2023
45.5KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Other support services · 5619$5,68639%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$2,95920%
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing · 3323$2,40616%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$1,0086.9%
Other miscellaneous manufacturing · 3399$6194.2%
Building equipment contractors · 2382

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Burley, Idaho, so they do not add up across cities.

Burley, Idaho's figures are part of those of Cassia County, ID and Minidoka County, ID ($9.4M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Burley is mostly in Cassia County.

See federal money in Cassia County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Burley, Idaho is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Michael K. SimpsonR-ID-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 2.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Burley, ID44

Other cities and towns in Cassia County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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