Deary, Idaho.
Typical home $490,788 (+4.2% in a year). Moscow, ID metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,342 (+109%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $19,959 +4%
- $470,829$490,788 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $17,428 +4%
- $473,360$490,788 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.
- Deary$2,576
- Idaho$2,502
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 96 years.
Typical home values in Deary, ID rose 4.2% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Deary, Latah County, Idaho
Deary is a city of 508 people in Latah County. Unemployment in Latah County was 3.4% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Deary is a small city in Latah County, Idaho, where winters are cold and snowy and summers turn pleasantly warm. December is the coldest month, with highs that stay close to freezing, and August is the warmest, with comfortable summer afternoons. Snow falls through much of the cold season, and the year brings a fair amount of rain and melted snow as well. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than is typical, and commutes tend to run on the longer side, as many residents drive out of town for work.
Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, and in farming, forestry and mining. Across Latah County, some of the largest workplaces are the University of Idaho, Gritman Medical Center and the Moscow District schools. Jobs across the county grew slightly last year, and unemployment there has stayed steady and low compared with a year earlier. A modest share of people work from home.
Things to do. The area's rivers are the closest thing to a main attraction, and the Palouse River and the Potlatch River are the best known of them, each a longer drive away. For a day outdoors, Nez Perce National Historical Park is a protected area, also a longer drive away, that tells part of the region's history. In winter, North–South Ski Bowl is a ski area within a longer drive, handy when the snow settles in.
Report a mistake
- 212households
- 14%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 10%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Latah County had 15,026 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 36° and lows near 25°; warmest in August, with highs near 84° and lows near 48°. About 41 inches of snow and 24 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Potlatch Nne weather station, 18 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Latah County
- University of IdahoUniversity or college2,514
- Gritman Medical CenterCritical access hospital483FTE
- Moscow DistrictSchool district306FTE
- WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters238
- Bennett Lumber ProductsSawmills172
- Schweitzer Engineering LaboratoriesRelays, electrical and electronic, manufacturing157
- Winco FoodsStore127
- Compass Group121
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 20 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,128 people in all across the county; Deary has none of its own. Colleges come from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24), hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023) and school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); 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
- WildfireVery high
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively high
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- Heat wavesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Deary’s 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 Latah County and the Moscow, ID metro.
Deary home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Deary$490,788
- Idaho$476,754
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
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
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Deary6
Zip codes with a Deary address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Deary — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.