City safety & data profile
BurleyID
Burley, ID is a 10K-resident city in Cassia County with a median household income of $67,468.
Cassia County, Idaho. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Burley, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Burley has a population larger than 3% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $231,300, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 10K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 4%
- By size
- $67,468
- Median income (place)
- $231,300
- Median home (place)
- 15.3%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Burley
Burley posts a median household income higher than 33% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Burley area.
- Bottom 34%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Burley
Composite score · Burley, ID
36/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Burley income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$67,468 Bottom 33% higher than 33% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
Biggest cities by headcount in ID
Population among 21 ID places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.
- Meridian
Meridian, ID
90,739 residents
- Nampa
Nampa, ID
89,839 residents
- Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls, ID
59,184 residents
- Pocatello
Pocatello, ID
54,441 residents
- Caldwell
Caldwell, ID
51,686 residents
- Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene, ID
49,122 residents
- Twin Falls
Twin Falls, ID
47,468 residents
- Lewiston 32,544
Lewiston, ID
32,544 residents
- Post Falls 30,453
Post Falls, ID
30,453 residents
- Rexburg 27,663
Rexburg, ID
27,663 residents
What this shows Meridian tops this pool by population; the income lead belongs to Eagle instead.
Highest median incomes in ID
Median household income across 21 tracked ID places. Hover a bar for its population rank.
- Eagle
Eagle, ID
$122,894 median
- Meridian
Meridian, ID
$100,795 median
- Kuna
Kuna, ID
$96,219 median
- Ammon
Ammon, ID
$86,121 median
- Chubbuck
Chubbuck, ID
$82,977 median
- Hayden
Hayden, ID
$82,958 median
- Post Falls
Post Falls, ID
$82,183 median
- Nampa
Nampa, ID
$74,279 median
- Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls, ID
$73,110 median
- Caldwell
Caldwell, ID
$73,058 median
What this shows Income honors go to Eagle here -- by headcount, that title belongs to Meridian.
The quick read
Reading Burley, ID beyond the headline numbers
Burley sits inside Cassia County, Idaho, at roughly 42.54°N, -113.79°W. Population 10,436, $67,468 median household income. Median home value $231,300, median rent $984. Poverty rate 15.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Burley, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER. Climate: 49°F annual average, 10.5" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 19.5% in Burley, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Burley's median age is 31.2 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Burley's labor market runs tight: 2.8% unemployment, in the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
15.9% of Burley adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
A typical renter in Burley, ID pays $984/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
Only 6.4% of Burley workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
Poverty in Burley, ID stands at 15.3%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
The median home in Burley costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Burley from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
The 10-Year Trend 2013–2024
County-level trend (Cassia County): Burley's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Money & Work
The clearest outlier in Burley's numbers is median rent: $984/mo, which is 36% below what's typical across the tracked-city set. A second figure worth noting: median household income at $67,468, 25% below the tracked-city average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 15.3% +23% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 2.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 15.9% |
| Work From Home | 6.4% |
| Public Transit | 0.2% |
Population
Community Health 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
CMS Overall Hospital Quality Star Rating (1-5): a composite score across dozens of reported measures, not a single outcome guarantee for any patient. It isn't adjusted for patient case mix and isn't directly comparable across hospital types, a critical-access facility and a large teaching hospital aren't rated on the same measure set.
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsWhat alerts and safety updates affect Burley?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Burley right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet ID-BURLEY · Burley
Burley: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Burley; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Idaho state hubs · Methodology
Related reading
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Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Burley, both outside Idaho so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside ID (15.3% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside ID ($67,468 here).
Compare Burley with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Turning this into a research checklist
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Burley area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Burley against Idaho peers on any ranking lens. Explore Idaho
U.S. Census ACS supplies the place-level population and economics figures (income, home value, poverty, education); CDC PLACES supplies health; hospital counts reflect nearby facilities. County-level trends carry their own label.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Cassia County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-09-16.