Where is Blackfoot, Idaho?

Blackfoot is in Bingham County, Idaho. Nearby towns include Firth (11 mi), Basalt (12 mi), Shelley (17 mi).

What is the population of Blackfoot, Idaho?

Blackfoot has a population of about 13,224 (U.S. Census).

Are there jobs in Blackfoot, Idaho?

There are 28 open jobs listed in Blackfoot on Treasure Idaho, from 16 local employers.

What schools are in Blackfoot, Idaho?

Blackfoot has 23 operating public schools in Idaho Stem Academy Inc. and Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center Inc., including Bingham Academy, Blackfoot Charter Community, Blackfoot Heritage Sixth Grade, Blackfoot High School.

Is Blackfoot, Idaho safe?

Blackfoot's violent crime rate is 288 per 100,000 residents, ranking 8 of 21 Idaho cities reported (In the middle).

What parks are in Blackfoot, Idaho?

Blackfoot has 4 parks, including Airport Park, Courthouse Square, Jensen Grove Park, South Gate Park.

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Blackfoot, Idaho

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About Blackfoot

Blackfoot is a city in Bingham County, where it is the county seat. About 13,224 people lived here in 2024, by Census estimate. It sits at about 4,500 feet, 23 miles north of Pocatello in a straight line.

Places listed for this area include the Idaho Potato Museum and the Bingham County Historical Museum.

Moving to Blackfoot

Start with homes, jobs and local services in and around Blackfoot.

Cost of living

Blackfoot is outside the Idaho metros with a 2024 federal price figure, so this uses the Idaho statewide level. A basket that costs $100 in the U.S. costs $95.49 here, under the U.S. average by 4.5%.

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Public schools in Blackfoot

All 23

District, enrollment, and students per teacher from the federal 2024-25 directory. No ratings.

Bingham Academy
Idaho Stem Academy Inc. · 9-12
68 students · 13.6 students per teacher
Blackfoot Charter Community
Blackfoot Charter Community Learning Center Inc. · PK-8
433 students · 17.3 students per teacher
Blackfoot Heritage Sixth Grade
Blackfoot District · 6
277 students · 23.1 students per teacher
Blackfoot High School
Blackfoot District · 9-12
1,170 students · 20.2 students per teacher
Blackfoot School District Online Jr/sr School
Blackfoot District · 7-12
138 students · 27.6 students per teacher
Donald D Stalker Elementary
Blackfoot District · PK-5
237 students · 13.9 students per teacher

Services for Blackfoot

All services

DMV counters are the county offices. A gas utility appears only when its public list names Blackfoot.

Blackfoot · Vehicles
501 N Maple Blackfoot, ID 83221-1700 #305
· Mon. - Fri. 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Aberdeen · Vehicles
33 N Main Aberdeen, ID 83210-0190 PO Box 190
· Mon. - Fri. 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Shelley · Vehicles
101 S Emerson Shelley, ID 83274-1252
· Mon. - Thur. 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Blackfoot · Driver's licenses
501 N Maple Blackfoot, ID 83221
· Mon. - Fri. 8:00 AM - 4:45 PM

Intermountain Gas · natural gas, on the company's town list. A main is not guaranteed at every address.

Crime rate

288violent crimes per 100,000 people

In the middle

Blackfoot has the 8th highest rate of the 21 Idaho cities that reported a 2024 figure to the FBI.

LowerHigher (Garden City, 656)

Source: FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, 2024. Cities that did not publish a rate are left out.

Allergy ratings in Blackfoot

What a typical year looks like: Low, Moderate or High for each pollen season, plus wildfire smoke. Typical, general guidance. It is not medical advice. Pollen and smoke change with the weather every year, and what bothers you depends on what you are allergic to. See an allergist for testing.

Spring trees
March to June
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in April
Early-summer grass
Late May to July
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Late May to early July
Fall weeds and sagebrush
August to October
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in September
Wildfire smoke
Mostly July to September
Low
Rating: Low, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High. 2 days a year with air quality over 100. Worst year 9 (2021).

Regional rating. Blackfoot has no pollen counter. These pollen ratings come from the Twin Falls station in the Magic Valley, 116 miles away.

How these ratings are worked out

Pollen is rated on the National Allergy Bureau bands for the grains of pollen in a cubic meter of air. Trees: Low under 15, Moderate 15 to 89, High 90 to 1,499. Weeds: Low under 10, Moderate 10 to 49, High 50 to 499. Grass: Low under 5, Moderate 5 to 19, High 20 to 199. The band is the one reached on the busiest quarter of counted days. A rating is typical, not a forecast: one wet or windy year can move it.

Spring trees, Moderate. Twin Falls NAB station, 757 counted days in 2003 to 2024: on the busiest quarter of days the tree count was 54 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call Moderate. On the busiest tenth of days it was 125 or more.

Early-summer grass, High. No grass counts are published for Twin Falls. The Treasure Valley figure is used: the same Snake River Plain, and Twin Falls tree and weed counts match Boise's pattern. The NAB grass bands: Low under 5, Moderate 5 to 19, High 20 to 199, Very High 200 or more grains per cubic meter.

Fall weeds and sagebrush, High. Twin Falls NAB station, 536 counted days in 2004 to 2023: on the busiest quarter of days the weed count was 71 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call High. On the busiest tenth of days it was 114 or more.

Wildfire smoke, Low. The average number of days a year the EPA's air quality index passed 100 ("unhealthy for sensitive groups" or worse), 2021-2025. Under 3 days is Low, 3 to 9 Moderate, 10 or more High. That grouping is ours, not the EPA's. Bingham County has no EPA monitor, so this uses Bonneville County, 37 miles away. The count includes any cause, but across Idaho's monitors 86% of those days fell in July to September and 94% were fine particles (PM2.5), which is what wildfire smoke is made of (570 county-days, 2021-2025).

Not rated. Mold: no published mold spore counts for Idaho towns are in the data used, so there is no mold rating. House dust, pets and food allergies are outside this rating.

Sources

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Pollen data through 2003-2024, smoke data 2021-2025. Checked 2026-10-03.

Map of Blackfoot

Parks, new home communities, homes for sale and stays listed in town. Select a pin to open it.

Blackfoot
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Parks in Blackfoot

4 named parks on OpenStreetMap.

Airport Park
Courthouse Square
Jensen Grove Park
South Gate Park

Parks, trails and things to do

All of Idaho

Places in and around Blackfoot, nearest first: everything tied to Blackfoot plus anything within 15 miles of town.

Things to do

Museums

Idaho Potato Museummuseum
0.1 mi
Bingham County Historical Museummuseum
0.2 mi

Attractions

Eastern Idaho State Fair Groundsattraction
0.5 mi
Lava Bedsattraction · near Firth
8.8 mi

Parks

Courthouse Square
0.2 mi
South Gate Park
0.7 mi
Jensen Grove Park
1.0 mi
Airport Park
1.2 mi
Firth River Bottomsnear Firth
11 mi
Firth Parknear Firth
11 mi
The Butterfly Havennature reserve
12 mi
Snake River Recreation Areanear Shelley
15 mi

Distances are straight-line miles. From state and federal agency pages, the USGS place names list and OpenStreetMap contributors. Checked October 2, 2026. Check the official page for hours, fees and closures before you go.