Lowman, Idaho.
Typical home $356,749 (+7.4% in a year). Boise City, ID metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,134 (+154%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $24,617 +7%
- $332,132$356,749 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $51,751 +17%
- $304,999$356,749 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.
- Lowman$1,872
- Idaho$2,502
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 22 years.
Typical home values in Lowman, ID rose 7.4% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Lowman, Boise County, Idaho
Lowman, in Boise County, had 44 people in the 2020 census. Unemployment in Boise County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 2.7% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Boise County work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Haiku 5.5 wrote this on 22 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Lowman is a small community in Boise County, Idaho, in the mountains of the central part of the state. Its residents are older on average than most Americans, and the town has a quiet, close-knit feel. Winters are very cold, colder than in most of the country, and summers are warm.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, or in the building trades. Others work in shops and in professional and business services. Some of the county's jobs are in these same fields.
Things to do. The Deadwood River runs in or beside town, so it is easy to reach for a walk or a day by the water. Boise National Forest, a large protected area of mountains and forest, is a longer drive away. The Sawtooth Wilderness, a protected area of wild mountain country, is also a longer drive away.
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What people in Boise County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Boise County had 1,831 jobs in 2025, 2.7% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 33° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 45°.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Lowman weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Boise County
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture81
- Basin School DistrictSchool district49FTE
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture47
- Barreto ManufacturingAttachments, powered lawn and garden equipment, manufacturing41
- Garden Valley DistrictSchool district39FTE
- Horseshoe Bend School DistrictSchool district39FTE
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture34
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 41 people in all across the county; Lowman has one of its own. Federal offices come from OPM's federal workforce data (2026) 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 floodingVery high
- LandslidesRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- AvalanchesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lowman’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 Boise County and the Boise City, ID metro.
Lowman home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Lowman$356,749
- Idaho$476,754
- United States$366,157
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.
- Lowman8
Zip codes with a Lowman address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Lowman — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.