City · Boundary County, Idaho

Moyie Springs, Idaho

Moyie Springs is a city in Boundary County, Idaho. It has 1,378 residents. Moyie Springs, Idaho has a quality-of-life score of 53 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #7,411 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Idaho it ranks #54 of 101 cities and towns. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), drug overdose deaths (low) and median Air Quality Index (low). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), comfortable days (low) and suicide rate (high).

53Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #7,411 of 15,651 cities and towns
Idaho: #54 of 101 in ID
Population: 1,378 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 889.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1655270

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

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

Safety67#5,187/15,637
Economy41#9,149/15,631
Housing78#3,365/14,977
Health54#7,245/15,609
Healthcare16#13,222/15,650
Environment28#11,077/15,453
Education47#8,252/15,649
Infrastructure62#5,963/15,650
Community70#4,769/15,651
Leisure & amenities57#6,706/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Preventable hospital stays · low919 /100k
100/100Idaho 1,575 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoundary County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Idaho 13.2 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataBoundary County value
Median Air Quality Index · low17
98/1002024U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBoundary County value
Loneliness · low31.8%
98/100Idaho 29.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Property crime rate · low288 /100k
97/100Idaho 605 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationBoundary County value
Job growth · high4.1%
97/100Idaho 1.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataBoundary County value

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low18.0%
1/100Idaho 36.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoundary County value
Comfortable days · low22.6%
5/100Idaho 24.2%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBoundary County value
Suicide rate · high26.9 /100k
6/100Idaho 20.4 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateBoundary County value
Mammography screening · low34.0%
6/100Idaho 45.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBoundary County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Idaho 9.7United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationBoundary County value
Firearm deaths · high24.6 /100k
7/100Idaho 15.9 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimateBoundary County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
666 (2015-2019) → 1,378 (2020-2024)
+107%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.2% (2015-2019) → 32.0% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
10.7% (2015-2019) → 29.3% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.3% (2015-2019) → 14.3% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
78.8% (2015-2019) → 94.5% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.6× (2015-2019) → 5.8× (2020-2024)
+60%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, Moyie Springs, Idaho improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 8 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.

Improved3

Bachelor's++19 points10.7% → 29.3%
Broadband+16 points78.8% → 94.5%
Household income+36%$45,395 → $61,615

Declined1

Price / income+2.2×3.6× → 5.8×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Moyie Springs, Idaho between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	27.3 min2015-2019	20.5 min2020-2024	−6.8 min	Within the margin of error	95%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%2015-2019	29.3%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	99%
Broadband subscriptions	78.8%2015-2019	94.5%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	82%
Effective property tax rate	0.56%2015-2019	0.41%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	47%
High school diploma or higher	94.6%2015-2019	84.5%2020-2024	−10 points	Within the margin of error	2%
Home price to income ratio	3.6×2015-2019	5.8×2020-2024	+2.2×	Declined	3%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4272015-2019	0.5132020-2024	+0.086	Within the margin of error	6%
Median household income	$45,3952015-2019	$61,6152020-2024	+36%	Improved	67%
Poverty rate	21.0%2015-2019	14.7%2020-2024	−6.3 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent-burdened households	55.2%2015-2019	32.0%2020-2024	−23 points	Within the margin of error	95%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.6%2015-2019	15.0%2020-2024	−3.6 points	Within the margin of error	80%

“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 Moyie Springs, Idaho five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Moyie Springs, 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, Moyie Springs, Idaho itself moved +9 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

1,378 residents (±415)

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: 20–29 women (+9.8 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

1,378 residents (±415)

Moyie Springs, Idaho
Idaho share

White87%1,201
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino3.1%†43

Education

864 residents (±238)

Moyie Springs, Idaho
Idaho share

No high school diploma16%†134
High school or GED28%†242
Some college18%†

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

477 households (±134)

Moyie Springs, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $25k25%†117
$25k–50k9.6%†46
$50k–75k27%†128
$75k–100k15%†70
$100k–150k9.4%†45
$150k–200k8.6%†41
$200k or more6.3%†30

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−17.0 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 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

477 households (±134)

Moyie Springs, Idaho
Idaho share

Own67%†321
Rent33%†156

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

147 households (±88)

Moyie Springs, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $75058%†85
$750–1,00036%†53
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

321 homes (±111)

Moyie Springs, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $150k4.7%†15
$150k–250k12%†38
$250k–400k47%†152

Age of homes

516 homes (±140)

Moyie Springs, Idaho
Idaho share

2010 or later17%†86
2000–200919%†96
1980–199938%†197

Size of homes

516 homes (±140)

Moyie Springs, Idaho
Idaho share

Studio0.4%†2
1 bedroom1.7%†9
2 bedrooms27%†140

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

396 workers (±131)

Moyie Springs, Idaho
Idaho share

Drive alone71%†282
Carpool13%†51
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.8%†7
Bike0.0%0
Work from home13%†53
Other0.8%†3

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−21.1 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

343 workers (±116)

Moyie Springs, Idaho
Idaho share

Under 15 min23%†79
15–29 min55%†189
30–44 min17%†59

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 Boundary County, the county holding most of Moyie Springs's residents.

Boundary County has 439 employer establishments, 323 for every 10,000 residents (1.30× the US rate of 248; 1.10× Idaho's), with 2,941 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,748. The Census Bureau also counts 1,288 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 439; 1,288 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 323; US 248 · Idaho 295
Paid employees: 2,941
Average annual pay: $44,748; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	55	40.5	2.61×More than typical	166	$51,530	135
Construction of buildings	34	25	3.31×More than typical	160	$44,469	117
Truck transportation	25	18.4	3.64×More than typical	38	$53,605	37
Building equipment contractors	17	12.5	2.08×More than typical	35	$49,314	18
Lessors of real estate	17	12.5	1.02×About typical	29	$38,552	90
Other specialty trade contractors	15	11	4.40×More than typical	72	$60,542	64
Ambulatory health care services	14	10.3	0.49×Fewer than typical	186	$56,177	49
Restaurants and other eating places	14	10.3	0.56×Fewer than typical	136	$17,000	4
Services to buildings and dwellings	14	10.3	1.53×More than typical	49	$38,143	78
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	13	9.6	3.03×More than typical	23	$52,217	22
Automotive repair and maintenance	11	8.1	1.61×More than typical	36	$50,528	27
Religious organizations	11	8.1	1.46×More than typical	42	$17,976	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 13,596 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

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

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

See federal money in Boundary 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.

Moyie Springs, 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.

Boundary County56100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Boundary County

Largest first.

Bonners Ferry462,669

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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