Where is Montpelier, Idaho?

Montpelier is in Bear Lake County, Idaho. Nearby towns include Paris (8.0 mi), Bloomington (10 mi), Georgetown (12 mi).

What is the population of Montpelier, Idaho?

Montpelier has a population of about 2,696 (U.S. Census).

Are there jobs in Montpelier, Idaho?

There are 12 open jobs listed in Montpelier on Treasure Idaho, from 4 local employers.

What schools are in Montpelier, Idaho?

Montpelier has 4 operating public schools in Bear Lake County District, including A J Winters Elementary School, Bear Lake High School, Bear Lake Middle School, Clover Creek High School.

What parks are in Montpelier, Idaho?

Montpelier has 7 parks, including Adam's Park, Alinger Park, American War Mothers Memorial Park, Bear Lake County Fairgrounds.

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Montpelier, Idaho

Bear Lake County2,696 people

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About Montpelier

Montpelier is a city in Bear Lake County. About 2,696 people lived here in 2024, by Census estimate. It sits at about 6,000 feet, 70 miles southeast of Pocatello in a straight line.

Places listed for this area include the Butch Cassidy Bank Robery Museum and The National Oregon / California Trail Center.

Moving to Montpelier

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

Cost of living

Montpelier 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 Montpelier

All 4

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

A J Winters Elementary School
Bear Lake County District · PK-5
305 students · 19.1 students per teacher
Bear Lake High School
Bear Lake County District · 9-12
361 students · 16.4 students per teacher
Bear Lake Middle School
Bear Lake County District · 6-8
296 students · 18.5 students per teacher
Clover Creek High School
Bear Lake County District · 9-12
15 students

Services for Montpelier

All services

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

Paris · Vehicles
30 N Main St. Paris, ID 83261-0190
· Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Paris · Driver's licenses
30 N Main Paris, ID 83261
· Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM

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

Allergy ratings in Montpelier

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.

Wildfire smoke
Mostly July to September
Low
Rating: Low, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High. 2.2 days a year with air quality over 100. Worst year 6 (2021).

No pollen rating for Montpelier. The nearest National Allergy Bureau counting station in Idaho data is Twin Falls, 162 miles away, which is farther than we borrow a rating from. Mountain valleys can differ a lot from the plains. Look up today's counts instead.

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.

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. Bear Lake County has no EPA monitor, so this uses Franklin County, 31 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

EPA AirData: annual AQI by county

Today

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

Map of Montpelier

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

Montpelier
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Parks in Montpelier

7 named parks on OpenStreetMap.

Adam's Park
Alinger Park
American War Mothers Memorial Park
Bear Lake County Fairgrounds
Heritage Park
Lincoln Park
Stock Park

Parks, trails and things to do

All of Idaho

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

Things to do

Caves

Cougar Cavecave
3.6 mi
Paris Ice Cavecave · near Paris
14 mi

Museums

Butch Cassidy Bank Robery Museummuseum
0.2 mi
The National Oregon / California Trail Centermuseum
0.5 mi

Historic sites

Scout's Monumenthistoric site
1.8 mi

Parks

Bear Lake National Wildlife Refugewildlife refuge · near Paris
7.8 mi
Heritage Park
0.1 mi
Lincoln Park
0.3 mi
American War Mothers Memorial Park
0.4 mi
Adam's Park
0.4 mi
Stock Park
0.6 mi
Alinger Park
1.1 mi
Bear Lake County Fairgrounds
1.2 mi
Montpelier Wildlife Management Areanature reserve
2.8 mi
Dingle Parknear Paris
7.3 mi

Trails (nearest 12 of 25)

Gertsch Hollow Trail0.3 mi long
4.3 mi
Joe's Gap Trail3.2 mi long
4.6 mi
Aegetter Hollow Trail0.3 mi long
7.4 mi
Trail 1052.2 mi long · near Georgetown
7.5 mi
Trail 2271.1 mi long · near Georgetown
8.0 mi
Trail 1490.3 mi long · near Georgetown
8.3 mi
Trail 4243.8 mi long · near Georgetown
8.5 mi
Rainbow Trail2.6 mi long · near Bloomington
8.7 mi
Trail 1042.1 mi long
9.1 mi
Trail 1049.3 mi long · near Georgetown
11 mi
Trail 1851 mi long
11 mi
Trail 1124.1 mi long
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.