Rigby, Idaho.
Typical home $477,687 (+2.6% in a year), asking rent $1,420 . Idaho Falls, ID metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,483 (+145%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $11,984 +3%
- $465,703$477,687 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $60,037 +14%
- $417,650$477,687 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.
- Rigby$2,507
- Idaho$2,502
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 26 years.
Typical home values in Rigby, ID rose 2.6% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Rigby, Jefferson County, Idaho
Rigby is a city of 5,038 people in Jefferson County. Half its households earn more than $85,056 a year and half less, against $86,679 across Jefferson County; 10% of its people live below the poverty line. 72% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 28% are rented. Unemployment in Jefferson County was 3.0% in August 2026, and the county had 13.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then professional services.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Rigby is a small city in eastern Idaho, and the people who live here are younger than in most American places. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run a little below the county's. Winters are cold, with December the coldest month, and summers are warm without being hot. Precipitation through the year is light, falling as rain and as melted snow.
Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, with many others in professional and business services, the building trades and shops. Broulims Supermarkets is among the largest workplaces in town. Many people commute to jobs, and the usual trip is a moderate one, since very few work from home. Across Jefferson County, jobs were fewer last year than the year before, though unemployment remains low.
Things to do. The Henrys Fork, a river a short drive away, and Willow Creek, also close by, give residents water to walk beside. Deer Parks Wildlife Management Area, a protected area a short drive away, is another place for time outdoors. For a day out, Kelly Canyon, a ski area, and the Museum of Idaho are each a longer drive away.
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- 1,944households
- 39%of adults have a degree
- 10%below the poverty line
- 23 mintypical commute
- 3%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Jefferson County had 8,326 jobs in 2025, 13.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 30° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 84° and lows near 55°. About 13 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Rigby weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Rigby
- Broulims SupermarketsCommissaries, primarily groceries184
- Broulims CorporateCommissaries, primarily groceries90
- RigbyMail and parcel delivery29
- Broulims SupermarketsHardware stores21
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 324 people in all. 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
- Cold wavesVery high
- LightningVery high
- Heat wavesRelatively high
- EarthquakesRelatively high
- Inland floodingRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Rigby’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 Jefferson County and the Idaho Falls, ID metro.
Rigby home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Rigby$477,687
- Idaho$476,754
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Rigby listings, and the typical home goes pending in 40 days — 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.
- Rigby28.43%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Rigby40
- United States27
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Rigby127
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Rigby37
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Rigby$491,646
- United States$370,717
Zip codes with a Rigby address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Rigby — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.