Bellevue, Idaho.
Typical home $693,999 (+8.4% in a year). Hailey, ID metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,268 (+165%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $53,683 +8%
- $640,316$693,999 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $147,090 +27%
- $546,909$693,999 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.
- Bellevue$3,643
- Idaho$2,502
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in Bellevue, ID rose 8.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Bellevue, Blaine County, Idaho
Bellevue is a city of 2,560 people in Blaine County. Half its households earn more than $72,712 a year and half less, against $92,566 across Blaine County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Blaine County was 2.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Blaine County work in construction, then restaurants and hotels.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Bellevue is a small city in Blaine County, Idaho, where household incomes run below the county's and homes are valued well above what many other American towns see. Winters are cold, with December the coldest month, and summers are warm in July; the year's precipitation is modest, falling as a mix of rain and melted snow. Commutes are moderate for most residents, and a good number of people work from home.
Work. Residents work mostly in the building trades, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in professional and business services, and in schools, hospitals and social care. Across Blaine County, the largest workplaces include Sun Valley, the ski resort with its accommodations, along with Blaine County District, the school district, and St. Lukes Wood River Medical Center. Unemployment across the county is low and close to where it stood a year ago, and the number of jobs has edged up slightly.
Things to do. Rotarun Ski Area is a short drive away, and it is the closest of several ski areas in the region. A longer drive brings you to Sawtooth National Forest, the best known of the nearby protected lands, and to Sawtooth Botanical Garden, a good stop for a quieter outing. Lakes, creeks and reservoirs dot the surrounding country for those who like to fish or spend an afternoon by the water.
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- 915households
- 28%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 25 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What people in Blaine County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Blaine County had 14,438 jobs in 2025, 0.4% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 34° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 88° and lows near 54°. About 18 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bellevue weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Blaine County
- Sun ValleyAlpine skiing facilities with accommodations1,215
- Blaine County DistrictSchool district459FTE
- St. Lukes Wood River Medical CenterCritical access hospital287FTE
- AlbertsonsSupermarkets and other grocery stores124
- Atkinsons' MarketSupermarkets116
- CS Sun - Sun ValleyTransportation air carriers115
- Rocky Mountain Hardware-HaileyDoor opening and closing devices, metal, manufacturing89
- Atkinsons' MarketSupermarkets82
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 15 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,511 people in all across the county; Bellevue has one of its own. 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
- Winter weatherVery high
- WildfireRelatively high
- AvalanchesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- LightningRelatively high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Bellevue’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very 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 Blaine County and the Hailey, ID metro.
Bellevue home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Bellevue$693,999
- Idaho$476,754
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 5 Bellevue 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.
- Bellevue19.32%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Bellevue31
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Bellevue5
Zip codes with a Bellevue address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Bellevue — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.