Scores by category

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

Safety50#7,839/15,637
Economy44#8,767/15,631
Housing83#2,510/14,977
Health82#2,758/15,609
Healthcare40#9,333/15,650
Environment66#5,177/15,453
Education92#1,315/15,649
Infrastructure84#2,486/15,650
Community92#1,183/15,651
Leisure & amenities99#183/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where McCall, Idaho ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Valley 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

Arts, entertainment and recreation · high23.4 /10k
100/100Idaho 7.2 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsValley County value
Restaurants and bars · high30.4 /10k
100/100Idaho 9.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsValley County value
Loneliness · low28.1%
100/100Idaho 29.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Life expectancy · high84.3 yrs
99/100Idaho 78.3 yrsUnited States 77.6 yrs2021-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteValley County value
Grocery stores · high4.7 /10k
99/100Idaho 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsValley County value
Reading scores · high3.55
99/100Idaho 3.09United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteValley County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an emergency room · high31.2 mi
1/100Idaho 8.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesValley County value
Home price to income ratio · high11.2×
1/100Idaho 5.4×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Suicide rate · high32.4 /100k
2/100Idaho 20.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataValley County value
Natural hazard risk · high97.5
3/100Idaho 30.62025Federal Emergency Management AgencyValley County value
Firearm deaths · high28.6 /100k
3/100Idaho 15.9 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateProvisional dataValley County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high178 mi
3/100Idaho 155 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauValley County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
3,347 (2015-2019) → 3,946 (2020-2024)
+18%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
67.2% (2015-2019) → 18.3% (2020-2024)
−49 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
43.8% (2015-2019) → 26.5% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
24.9% (2015-2019) → 7.9% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
6.7× (2015-2019) → 11.2× (2020-2024)
+68%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
New homes permittedWorsening
42.6 /1k (2021) → 19.5 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k

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, McCall, Idaho improved on 0 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of McCall, Idaho between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	11.2 min2015-2019	10.5 min2020-2024	−0.8 min	Within the margin of error	57%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%2015-2019	42.8%2020-2024	+6.5 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Broadband subscriptions	86.2%2015-2019	95.9%2020-2024	+9.7 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Effective property tax rate	0.61%2015-2019	0.41%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	57%
High school diploma or higher	93.1%2015-2019	93.1%2020-2024	+0 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Home price to income ratio	6.7×2015-2019	11.2×2020-2024	+4.5×	Within the margin of error	0%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.5112015-2019	0.4862020-2024	−0.025	Within the margin of error	71%
Median household income	$50,7112015-2019	$60,2532020-2024	+19%	Within the margin of error	31%
Poverty rate	12.7%2015-2019	16.0%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Rent as share of income	43.8%2015-2019	26.5%2020-2024	−17 points	Within the margin of error	98%

“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 McCall, Idaho five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of McCall, 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, McCall, Idaho itself moved +8.6 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

3,946 residents (±11)

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 (+8.7 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

3,946 residents (±11)

McCall, Idaho
Idaho share

White93%3,659
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino3.1%†121

Education

2,944 residents (±232)

McCall, Idaho
Idaho share

No high school diploma6.9%†202
High school or GED15%†452
Some college29%†

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

1,675 households (±182)

McCall, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $25k20%†343
$25k–50k19%†323
$50k–75k28%†476
$75k–100k5.6%†94
$100k–150k13%†219
$150k–200k2.0%†34
$200k or more11%†186

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (+20.3 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 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

1,675 households (±182)

McCall, Idaho
Idaho share

Own71%1,183
Rent29%†492

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

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

Table view

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

Rent paid

471 households (±212)

McCall, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $75012%†58
$750–1,00014%†65
$1,000–1,50061%†289

Home values

1,183 homes (±250)

McCall, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $150k8.3%†98
$150k–250k0.0%0
$250k–400k2.1%†25

Age of homes

4,562 homes (±230)

McCall, Idaho
Idaho share

2010 or later13%†580
2000–200922%†1,013
1980–199933%1,514

Size of homes

4,562 homes (±230)

McCall, Idaho
Idaho share

Studio1.0%†47
1 bedroom7.6%†348
2 bedrooms30%1,373

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

1,445 workers (±435)

McCall, Idaho
Idaho share

Drive alone45%†652
Carpool6.9%†100
Public transit0.0%0
Walk6.6%†95
Bike9.5%†137
Work from home32%†461
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−35.0 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

984 workers (±353)

McCall, Idaho
Idaho share

Under 15 min86%†842
15–29 min6.7%†66
30–44 min0.0%0

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

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 Valley County, the county holding most of McCall's residents.

Valley County has 747 employer establishments, 590 for every 10,000 residents (2.38× the US rate of 248; 2.00× Idaho's), with 5,155 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,532. The Census Bureau also counts 1,591 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 747; 1,591 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 590; US 248 · Idaho 295
Paid employees: 5,155
Average annual pay: $47,532; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	102	80.6	5.21×More than typical	492	$63,984	154
Construction of buildings	74	58.5	7.73×More than typical	238	$51,454	91
Lessors of real estate	63	49.8	4.04×More than typical	142	$40,810	287
Restaurants and other eating places	50	39.5	2.15×More than typical	542	$24,655	3
Real estate agents and brokers	43	34	6.98×More than typical	44	$44,909	76
Other specialty trade contractors	37	29.2	11.6×More than typical	251	$69,570	77
Ambulatory health care services	30	23.7	1.14×About typical	167	$64,287	61
Services to buildings and dwellings	28	22.1	3.28×More than typical	56	$58,714	138
Full-service restaurants	26	20.5	2.67×More than typical	315	$26,051	—
Building finishing contractors	25	19.8	5.20×More than typical	84	$49,500	31
Building equipment contractors	22	17.4	2.89×More than typical	94	$59,032	20
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	21	16.6	6.24×More than typical	414	$18,812	11

Rank places for an industry Open Valley County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 12,658 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 $450.9K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in McCall, Idaho: $114 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $450.9K; +2.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $114; US $1,995
Sole-source: 6.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 5.6%; 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

Forest Service$424.1K94%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$21.5K4.8%
Offices, Boards and Divisions$4,8351.1%
Departmental Offices$2870.1%
Under Secretary for Farm and Foreign Agricultural Services$1430.0%

Top recipients

ROTAK LLC$216.9K48%
VERITAS FACILITY SERVICES AND CONSTRUCTION, INC$71K16%
DH DIRT WORKS LLC$59.6K13%
RIVHAB, PLLC$19.7K4.4%
LEVI PAKUER$13.1K2.9%

Spending by fiscal year

74.8KFY2017
324.7KFY2018
247.3KFY2019
137.6KFY2020
20KFY2021
525.3KFY2022
522.3KFY2023
714.6K

Top industries (NAICS)

Nonscheduled air transportation · 4812$223.8K50%
Nonresidential building construction · 2362$92.6K21%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$85.4K19%
Support activities for forestry · 1153$21.6K4.8%
Other heavy and civil engineering construction · 2379$17.6K3.9%
Legal services · 5411$4,835

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 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 McCall, Idaho, so they do not add up across cities.

McCall, Idaho's figures are part of those of Valley County, ID ($24M in FY2026), never added to them: 1.9% of that total.

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

See federal money in Valley 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.

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

House

Russ FulcherR-ID-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.6%

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.

Valley County86100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Valley 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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