American Falls, Idaho.
Typical home $271,971 (+3.5% in a year). Pocatello, ID metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$854 (+149%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,170 +3%
- $262,801$271,971 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $44,482 +20%
- $227,489$271,971 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- American Falls$1,428
- Idaho$2,502
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 19 years.
Typical home values in American Falls, ID rose 3.5% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in American Falls, Power County, Idaho
American Falls is a city of 4,568 people in Power County. Half its households earn more than $57,783 a year and half less, against $61,146 across Power County; 11% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Power County was 2.8% in August 2026, and the county had 2.1% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in farming, then schools and health care.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. American Falls is a small city in Power County, with a younger population than many towns its size. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run a little below the county's. Winters are cold, with January the coldest month, and summers turn hot by July. Rain and melted snow add up to a dry year overall.
Work. Residents work mainly in farming, forestry and mining, in schools, hospitals and social care, and in transport, warehouses and utilities, with manufacturing close behind. Among the largest workplaces in American Falls are the American Falls Joint District, the Power County Hospital District and AMS. Few adults here hold a four-year degree, and most people have a short drive to work.
Things to do. Massacre Rocks State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away. Farther afield, the Portneuf River offers time by the water, and Zoo Idaho and the Idaho Museum of Natural History make longer outings. Each of these is a longer drive away.
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- 1,581households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 11%below the poverty line
- 14 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Power County had 3,919 jobs in 2025, 2.1% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 34° and lows near 19°; warmest in July, with highs near 90° and lows near 56°. About 11 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the American Falls weather station, 3 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in American Falls
- American Falls Joint DistrictSchool district204FTE
- Power County Hospital DistrictCritical access hospital70FTE
- AMSMachine shops35
- American Falls - Bingham Ag ServicesFarm supplies merchant wholesalers34
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 69 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- LightningVery high
- WildfireRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in American Falls’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Power County and the Pocatello, ID metro.
American Falls home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- American Falls$271,971
- Idaho$476,754
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 3 American Falls listings — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- American Falls34.42%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- American Falls40
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- American Falls8
Zip codes with a American Falls address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls American Falls — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.