Where is Gooding, Idaho?

Gooding is in Gooding County, Idaho. Nearby towns include Wendell (11 mi), Bliss (12 mi), Hagerman (13 mi).

What is the population of Gooding, Idaho?

Gooding has a population of about 3,825 (U.S. Census).

Are there jobs in Gooding, Idaho?

There are 23 open jobs listed in Gooding on Treasure Idaho, from 5 local employers.

What schools are in Gooding, Idaho?

Gooding has 6 operating public schools in Gooding Joint District and Idaho Bureau Of Educational Services For The Deaf And The Bl, including Gooding Alternative Learning Center, Gooding Elementary School, Gooding High School, Gooding Middle School.

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Gooding, Idaho

Gooding County3,825 people

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About Gooding

Gooding is a city in Gooding County, where it is the county seat. About 3,825 people lived here in 2024, by Census estimate. It sits at about 3,600 feet, 29 miles northwest of Twin Falls in a straight line.

Places listed for this area include Gooding City of Rocks and Thousand Springs State Park.

Moving to Gooding

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

Cost of living

Gooding 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 Gooding

All 6

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

Gooding Alternative Learning Center
Gooding Joint District · 9-12
32 students · 16 students per teacher
Gooding Elementary School
Gooding Joint District · PK-5
484 students · 16.7 students per teacher
Gooding High School
Gooding Joint District · 9-12
384 students · 18.3 students per teacher
Gooding Middle School
Gooding Joint District · 6-8
289 students · 16.1 students per teacher
Idaho School For The Deaf And The Blind
Idaho Bureau Of Educational Services For The Deaf And The Bl · PK-12
111 students · 5.5 students per teacher
North Valley Academy
North Valley Academy Inc. · K-12
197 students · 13.1 students per teacher

Services for Gooding

All services

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

Gooding · Licenses and vehicles
145 7th Ave E. Gooding, ID 83330-1300
· Mon. - Thur. 7:30 AM - 5:30 PM

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

Allergy ratings in Gooding

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
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High. 3.4 days a year with air quality over 100. Worst year 7 (2021).

Regional rating. Gooding has no pollen counter. These pollen ratings come from the Twin Falls station in the Magic Valley, 29 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, Moderate. 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. Gooding County has no EPA monitor, so this uses Twin Falls County, 28 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.

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

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Parks, trails and things to do

All of Idaho

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

Things to do

Waterfalls

Devil's washbowl waterfallwaterfall · near Hagerman
8.7 mi
Lower Salmon Fallswaterfall · near Hagerman
12 mi
Minnie Miller Fallswaterfall · near Hagerman
15 mi

Hot springs

White Arrow Hot Springhot spring · near Bliss
14 mi

Viewpoints

Woodys cove interpretive areaviewpoint · near Hagerman
10 mi

Museums

Hagerman National monument and thousand springs state park visitor centermuseum · near Hagerman
12 mi

Visitor centers

Thousand Springs Visitor Centervisitor center · near Hagerman
12 mi

Parks

Thousand Springs State Parkstate park · near Hagerman
8.8 mi
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Visitors Centernational park site · near Hagerman
13 mi
Gooding City of Rocksrecreation area
14 mi
Malad Gorge State Parknear Hagerman
9.0 mi
McGinnis Parknear Wendell
11 mi
Billingsley Creek Wildlife Management Areanear Hagerman
11 mi
Shoshone Wilderness Study Areanature reserve · near Shoshone
12 mi
Hagerman City Parknear Hagerman
13 mi
Black Canyon Wilderness Study Area (#2)nature reserve
14 mi
Hagerman Wildlife Management Areanear Hagerman
14 mi
Little City of Rocks Wilderness Study Areanature reserve
14 mi
Gooding City of Rocks East Wilderness Study Areanature reserve · near Fairfield
15 mi

Trails

Wendell-Shoshone Sheep Trail9.8 mi long · near Shoshone
12 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.