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Mesa, Idaho.

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What it costs per month · Mesa $2,502/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,421 (+131%) since Jan 2020.

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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 Idaho $2,502 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 $2,500 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • Idaho$2,502
  • United States$1,922

Living in Mesa, Adams County, Idaho

The Census does not count Mesa on its own, so the figures here are Adams County's. Half the county's households earn more than $61,808 a year and half less; 18% of the county's people live below the poverty line. 85% of the county's homes are lived in by their owners and 15% are rented. Unemployment in Adams County was 4.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Adams County work in shops, then construction.

People 5,000 about, in Adams County: the Census does not count Mesa on its own
Household income $61,808 the median in Adams County, give or take $4,677
Unemployment 4.9% Adams County, August 2026; 5.0% a year before
Homes 85% lived in by their owners; 15% rented

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Mesa is a small town in Adams County, Idaho, where the people who live there are older than most of the country's residents. Most homes are lived in by their owners, more than in many parts of the country, and household incomes are lower than the national typical. Winters are cold, summers are warm, and rain and melted snow fall through the year.

Work. Many residents work in shops, in the building trades, or in schools, hospitals and social care, and some work in farming, forestry and mining. Unemployment in the county has edged down over the past year, while the number of jobs has slipped a little. Fewer adults hold a four-year degree than across the country as a whole, and most people get to work by a short drive.

Things to do. Payette Lake, a lake a longer drive away, is a good place for water outings, and Lake Cascade, a reservoir also a longer drive away, offers another option. Brundage Mountain, a ski area a longer drive away, draws visitors in the colder months. Payette National Forest, a protected area also a longer drive away, is a place to spend a day among trees and trails.

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  • 1,776households
  • 53.9median age
  • 22%of adults have a degree
  • 18%below the poverty line
  • 20 mintypical commute
  • 15%work from home

What people in Adams County work in

  • Shops (retail)20%
  • Building trades17%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care16%
  • Farming, forestry and mining12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment8%
  • Professional and business services8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Adams County had 1,007 jobs in 2025, 1.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 33° and 18°; warmest in July, 92° and 57° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 33° 18° F M A M J J 92° 57° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 33° and 18°; warmest in July, 92° and 57° 20° 40° 60° 80° 100° J 33° 18° F M A M J J 92° 57° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 33° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 92° and lows near 57°. About 22 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Council weather station, 8 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Adams County

  1. Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture66
  2. Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture45
  3. Council DistrictSchool district34FTE
  4. OrePac Building ProductsHardwood dimension lumber and stock, resawing purchased lumber29
  5. Meadows Valley DistrictSchool district25FTE

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 1 workplace with 20 or more staff, 29 people in all. 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

  1. AvalanchesRelatively high
  2. WildfireRelatively moderate
  3. LandslidesRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across Adams County, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very low. 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 Adams County.

Mesa home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Mesa address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Mesa — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.