Where is Mountain Home, Idaho?

Mountain Home is in Elmore County, Idaho. Nearby towns include Grand View (23 mi), Glenns Ferry (23 mi).

What is the population of Mountain Home, Idaho?

Mountain Home has a population of about 16,912 (U.S. Census).

Are there new home communities in Mountain Home?

Yes. Treasure Idaho lists 4 new home communities in Mountain Home.

Are there jobs in Mountain Home, Idaho?

There are 31 open jobs listed in Mountain Home on Treasure Idaho, from 11 local employers.

What schools are in Mountain Home, Idaho?

Mountain Home has 11 operating public schools in Mountain Home District and Idaho Virtual High School Inc., including Bennett Mountain High School, East Elementary School, Hacker Middle School, Mountain Home Junior High School.

Is Mountain Home, Idaho safe?

Mountain Home's violent crime rate is 201 per 100,000 residents, ranking 11 of 21 Idaho cities reported (In the middle).

What parks are in Mountain Home, Idaho?

Mountain Home has 15 parks, including Basque Park, Carl Miller Park, Claire Wetherell Park, Community Garden.

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Mountain Home, Idaho

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About Mountain Home

Mountain Home is a city in Elmore County, where it is the county seat. About 16,912 people lived here in 2024, by Census estimate. It sits at about 3,100 feet, 42 miles southeast of Boise in a straight line.

Places listed for this area include Bruneau Dunes State Park and the Mountain Home Historical Museum.

Moving to Mountain Home

Start with homes, jobs and local services in and around Mountain Home.

Cost of living

Mountain Home 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 Mountain Home

All 11

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

Bennett Mountain High School
Mountain Home District · 6-12
88 students · 17.6 students per teacher
East Elementary School
Mountain Home District · PK-4
386 students · 19.3 students per teacher
Hacker Middle School
Mountain Home District · 5-6
530 students · 18.3 students per teacher
Mountain Home Junior High School
Mountain Home District · 7-8
500 students · 18.5 students per teacher
Mountain Home Sr High School
Mountain Home District · 9-12
918 students · 18 students per teacher
North Elementary School
Mountain Home District · PK-4
357 students · 19.8 students per teacher

Services for Mountain Home

All services

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

Glenns Ferry · Vehicles
201 N Commercial Glenns Ferry, ID 83623 *Mailing Address: 150 S 4th E Ste 2 Mountain Home ID 83647
· T, Th 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Mountain Home · Vehicles
430 E 2nd S Mountain Home, ID 83647 *Mailing Address: 150 S 4th E Ste 2 Mountain Home ID 83647 *Phone extension: 6504
· Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
Mountain Home · Driver's licenses
125 S 5th E St Mountain Home, ID 83647
· Mon. - Fri. 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

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

Crime rate

201violent crimes per 100,000 people

In the middle

Mountain Home has the 11th 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 Mountain Home

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, highest the first two weeks of June
Fall weeds and sagebrush
August to October
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Weeds from mid-August, sagebrush heaviest mid-September to mid-October
Wildfire smoke
Mostly July to September
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High. 12.6 days a year with air quality over 100. Worst year 35 (2024).

Regional rating. Mountain Home has no pollen counter. These pollen ratings come from the Boise station in the Treasure Valley, 42 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. Boise NAB station, 62 counted days in 2017 to 2021: on the busiest quarter of days the tree count was 74 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call Moderate. On the busiest tenth of days it was 104 or more. That is a short record, so treat it as a rough guide. The Allergy Group's own Boise counts agree: 25 to 30 tree pollen on a daily sample starts mild to moderate symptoms, and cottonwood and juniper reach high counts in April in dry springs.

Early-summer grass, High. The Allergy Group (Boise) reports grass counts over 100 on its 24-hour sampler in early June, and 30 is enough to bother people who react to grass. NAB calls 20 to 199 High. 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. Boise NAB station, 37 counted days in 2017 to 2019: on the busiest quarter of days the weed count was 54 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call High. On the busiest tenth of days it was 73 or more. That is a short record, so treat it as a rough guide. The Allergy Group's own Boise counts agree: chenopod (tumbleweed, kochia, Russian thistle) peaks at 30 to 60 in late summer, and sagebrush runs 400 to 500 on a good day from mid-September to mid-October.

Wildfire smoke, High. 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. Elmore County has no EPA monitor, so this uses Ada County, 59 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).

Year to year. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America ranked Boise 95th of 100 U.S. metros for pollen in its 2025 report and 1st in its 2026 report, after a wet winter and a long grass season. Expect a typical rating to miss some years.

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 Mountain Home

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

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Parks in Mountain Home

15 named parks on OpenStreetMap.

Basque Park
Carl Miller Park
Claire Wetherell Park
Community Garden
Don Etter Park
East Side Park
Legacy Park
Memorial Park
Optimist Park
Oregon Trail Historical Marker
Railroad Park
Richard Aguirre Park
Rosewood Park
Silverstone Park
Stone Tree Park

Parks, trails and things to do

All of Idaho

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

Things to do

Trails (nearest 12 of 17)

Big Lake Loop1.6 mi long
16 mi
Equestrian Trail2.1 mi long
17 mi
FS Trail 6120.3 mi long
20 mi
FS Trail 6110.8 mi long
20 mi
FS Trail 6066.9 mi long
20 mi
FS Trail 6092 mi long
21 mi
FS Trail 6073.5 mi long
21 mi
FS Trail 6080.4 mi long
21 mi
Danskin #3165.4 mi long
22 mi
Danskin #5611 mi long
23 mi
Danskin #3201.4 mi long
23 mi
Danskin #3313.3 mi long
23 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.