White Bird, Idaho.
Typical home $474,169 (+0.9% in a year).
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,594 (+178%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $4,237 +1%
- $469,933$474,169 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $100,094 +27%
- $374,075$474,169 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.
- White Bird$2,489
- Idaho$2,502
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 15 years.
Typical home values in White Bird, ID rose 0.9% over the past year — slower than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in White Bird, Idaho County, Idaho
White Bird is a city of 83 people in Idaho County. Unemployment in Idaho County was 3.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.4% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Idaho County work in schools and health care, then farming.
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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. White Bird is a very small city in Idaho County, in north-central Idaho, where most people know their neighbors and the surrounding land sets the pace of life. Typical home values here are high compared with what local incomes would usually support, and the county's median household income sits below that level. The town's figures are its own, so the quiet streets and modest population describe it on its own terms.
Work. Residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, in farming, forestry and mining, in shops, and in manufacturing. Across Idaho County, unemployment has eased over the past year, while the number of jobs dipped slightly in the most recent year on record. The mix of work reflects a place where the land and the people who serve one another matter as much as any single employer.
Things to do. Tolo Lake is a lake a longer drive away, suited to those who enjoy quiet water. The Little Salmon River, also a longer drive away, is a river for those who like time outdoors. Snowhaven, a ski area a longer drive away, draws visitors when the winter snow settles in.
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What people in Idaho County work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Idaho County had 4,573 jobs in 2025, 0.4% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 37° and lows near 24°; warmest in August, with highs near 82° and lows near 53°. About 39 inches of snow and 24 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Grangeville weather station, 15 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Idaho County
- Idaho Forest Group GrangevilleSawmills180
- St. Marys HealthCritical access hospital160FTE
- Mountain View School DistrictSchool district144FTE
- Pacific CabinetsArchitectural woodwork and fixtures manufacturing135
- Syringa General HospitalCritical access hospital122FTE
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture90
- Forest ServiceFederal government · Department of Agriculture79
- Empire LumberLumber made from logs or bolts67
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 647 people in all across the county; White Bird has one of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and federal offices from OPM's federal workforce data (2026); 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
- LandslidesRelatively moderate
- AvalanchesRelatively moderate
- Winter weatherRelatively moderate
- LightningRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in White Bird’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 Idaho County.
White Bird home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- White Bird$474,169
- 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.
- White Bird10
Zip codes with a White Bird address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls White Bird — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.