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About Wallace
Wallace is a city in Shoshone County, where it is the county seat. About 823 people lived here in 2024, by Census estimate. It sits at about 2,900 feet, 44 miles east of Coeur d'Alene in a straight line.
Places listed for this area include the Barnard-Stockbridge Museum and the Oasis Bordello Museum.
Moving to Wallace
Start with homes, jobs and local services in and around Wallace.
Cost of living
Wallace 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 schools1 public school
- DMV and utilitiesCounty offices, and gas service only where a utility names this town
- Local services6 local businesses
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Public schools in Wallace
All 1District, enrollment, and students per teacher from the federal 2024-25 directory. No ratings.
- Wallace Jr/sr High School
Wallace District · 7-12
195 students · 10.3 students per teacher
Services for Wallace
All servicesDMV counters are the county offices. A gas utility appears only when its public list names Wallace.
- Wallace · Vehicles
700 Bank St., Ste. 45 Wallace , ID 83873-2356
· Mon. - Fri. 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
- Wallace · Driver's licenses
717 Bank St Wallace, ID 83873
· Mon. - Fri. 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- Avista · natural gas, on the company's town list. A main is not guaranteed at every address.
Allergy ratings in Wallace
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
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in JuneEarly-summer grass
Late May to July
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. June to mid-JulyFall weeds and sagebrush
August to October
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in AugustWildfire smoke
Mostly July to September
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High. 6 days a year with air quality over 100. Worst year 15 (2021).
Regional rating. Wallace has no pollen counter. These pollen ratings come from the Coeur d'Alene station in the North Idaho, 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, High. Coeur d'Alene NAB station, 294 counted days in 2010 to 2023: on the busiest quarter of days the tree count was 106 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call High. On the busiest tenth of days it was 183 or more.
Early-summer grass, High. The NAB station in Coeur d'Alene reported grass in the High range in June 2017 (WSU), and the Spokane NAB station read 120 grains per cubic meter in late May 2026 (Spokesman-Review). NAB calls 20 to 199 High. Two reports, not a long record. 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, Moderate. Coeur d'Alene NAB station, 74 counted days in 2010 to 2022: on the busiest quarter of days the weed count was 16 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call Moderate. On the busiest tenth of days it was 28 or more. That is a short record, so treat it as a rough guide.
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. Shoshone County has its own EPA air monitor. 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
- National Allergy Bureau daily pollen counts, CDC release 2003 to 2024 (Boise, Twin Falls, Coeur d'Alene stations)
- NAB pollen level bands (grains per cubic meter)
- WSU News, June 14, 2017: NAB station in Coeur d'Alene reads grass in the high range
- The Spokesman-Review, May 27, 2026: Spokane grass count 120 grains per cubic meter
- EPA AirData: annual AQI by county
Today
Pollen data through 2003-2024, smoke data 2021-2025. Checked 2026-10-03.
Map of Wallace
Parks, new home communities, homes for sale and stays listed in town. Select a pin to open it.
- Wallace
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Parks in Wallace
2 named parks on OpenStreetMap.
- Samuels Park
- Silverton Park
Parks, trails and things to do
All of IdahoPlaces in and around Wallace, nearest first: everything tied to Wallace plus anything within 15 miles of town.
Things to do (nearest 18 of 19)
Viewpoints
- Pulaski Tunnel Overlookviewpoint2.4 mi
Ski areas
- Lookout Passski area · near Mullan9.8 mi
- Silver Mountain Resortski area · near Wardner9.9 mi
Museums
- 0.1 mi
- Oasis Bordello Museummuseum0.2 mi
- Captain John Mullan Museummuseum · near Mullan6.0 mi
- Staff House Museummuseum · near Kellogg11 mi
- Spragpole Museummuseum · near Osburn11 mi
Historic sites
- Ten Commandmentshistoric site0.3 mi
- Miner's Statuehistoric site0.4 mi
- Wildfirehistoric site1.1 mi
- Pulaski Tunnel Trailhistoric site1.6 mi
- Morning Mine Compressor Foundationshistoric site · near Mullan4.0 mi
- Bunker Hill Zinc Planthistoric site · near Smelterville12 mi
Attractions
- The Center of the Universeattraction0.3 mi
- Mining Equipment Displaysattraction0.4 mi
- Crystal Gold Mineattraction · near Kellogg8.7 mi
- Silver Rapids Waterparkattraction · near Kellogg11 mi
Parks
- 0.3 mi
- Pulaski Tunnel Area of Critical Environmental Concernnature reserve1.8 mi
- 1.9 mi
- Osburn Lions City Parknear Osburn4.3 mi
- Gene Day Parknear Osburn5.7 mi
- Shoshone Parknear Mullan9.4 mi
- Kellogg City parknear Kellogg10 mi
- Eagle City Parknear Osburn12 mi
- West Shoshone Parknear Pinehurst15 mi
- Marek Memorial Parknear Pinehurst15 mi
Trails (nearest 12 of 46)
- Pulaski Tunnel Trail1.8 mi long1.1 mi
- pack trail1.5 mi long5.5 mi
- National Forest Development Trail 163.9 mi long · near Mullan5.7 mi
- Stevens Lakes Trail2.2 mi long · near Mullan8.2 mi
- NorPac Trailnear Mullan8.8 mi
- Man Child0.6 mi long · near Kellogg9.0 mi
- Secret Squirrel0.6 mi long · near Kellogg9.1 mi
- War Gerbil1.8 mi long · near Wardner9.1 mi
- Mutton Conductor0.6 mi long · near Wardner9.1 mi
- Crescent Trail1.4 mi long · near Wardner9.1 mi
- Wide Open0.8 mi long · near Wardner9.2 mi
- Hot Beans0.3 mi long · near Wardner9.2 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.
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