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Weston, Idaho.

. Logan, UT-ID metro.

What it costs per month · Weston $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
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  • Idaho$2,502
  • United States$1,922

Living in Weston, Franklin County, Idaho

Weston is a city of 511 people in Franklin County. Half its households earn more than $88,462 a year and half less, against $71,950 across Franklin County; 2% of its people live below the poverty line. 93% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 7% are rented. Unemployment in Franklin County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 2.0% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Franklin County work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.

People 511 in the 2020 census
Household income $88,462 the median, give or take $6,600 · Franklin County: $71,950
Unemployment 3.2% Franklin County, August 2026; 2.9% a year before
Homes 93% lived in by their owners; 7% rented

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 24 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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Weston is a very small city, and nearly everyone who lives here owns their home. Incomes run higher than across Franklin County as a whole, and very few households live below the poverty line. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm in July, with moderate rain and melted snow through the year.

Work. Residents work mostly in manufacturing, schools, hospitals and social care, the building trades, and restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Franklin County, some of the largest workplaces are the Preston Joint District schools, Franklin County Medical Center and Ipex USA, a PVC pipe manufacturer. Fewer adults here hold a four-year degree than in many towns, and the typical commute is a fairly long one, with only a small group working from home.

Things to do. The Bear River Massacre Site, an archaeological site marking a painful chapter of the nineteenth century, is a short drive away. A longer drive brings you to the Logan River and Tony Grove Lake, both good for time outdoors, and to Wasatch–Cache National Forest, a large protected area of mountains and woods.

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  • 156households
  • 21%of adults have a degree
  • 2%below the poverty line
  • 30 mintypical commute
  • 6%work from home

What people in Franklin County work in

  • Manufacturing20%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care18%
  • Building trades11%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Transport, warehouses and utilities8%
  • Shops (retail)8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Franklin County had 4,167 jobs in 2025, 2.0% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 15°; warmest in July, 89° and 54° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 15° F M A M J J 89° 54° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 15°; warmest in July, 89° and 54° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 15° F M A M J J 89° 54° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 15°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 54°. About 52 inches of snow and 17 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Preston weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Franklin County

  1. Preston Joint DistrictSchool district207FTE
  2. Franklin County Medical CenterCritical access hospital204FTE
  3. Stokes Market & True Value HardwareGrocery stores160
  4. Ipex USAPvc pipe manufacturing114
  5. West Side Joint DistrictSchool district88FTE
  6. Oakdell Farms Franklin IdahoChicken egg production71
  7. VMC Oakdell Farms FranklinChicken egg production58
  8. Valley Implement & MotorUtility trailer dealers54

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 6 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 491 people in all across the county; Weston has none 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

  1. Winter weatherVery high
  2. LightningVery high
  3. WildfireRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high
  5. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Weston’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Franklin County and the Logan, UT-ID metro.

Weston 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 Weston address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Weston — 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.