Rank	County	Score	Property Tax	Cost of Living	Income & Jobs	Health	Disaster Risk
1	Bear Lake County	79.1	89.5	84.2	27.3	74.5	93.4
2	Butte County	77.6	88.1	90.2	11.6	66.2	95.6
3	Caribou County	77.3	85.3	82.9	26.9	73.5	92.8
4	Oneida County	77.1	87.8	75.9	30.8	76.2	98.6
5	Franklin County	76.8	88.3	80.6	26.5	71.6	92.4
6	Camas County	76	90.4	75.5	19.6	75.1	94.1
7	Boundary County	75.1	90.6	81.1	24.1	69	73.9
8	Clark County	75.1	94.1	85.1	17.4	53.9	99.3
9	Boise County	75	91.9	78.2	33.9	75.5	51.1
10	Adams County	74.6	90.7	81.3	22.1	71.9	60.5
11	Lincoln County	74.6	88.8	79.9	26.5	64.1	91
12	Custer County	74.5	93.7	82.7	20.6	71.4	47.6
13	Lewis County	74.5	83.5	84.2	15.8	64.8	96.9
14	Gem County	74.2	91.2	78.4	26.6	70.5	65.6
15	Fremont County	74	88.7	80.4	30.9	69	61.8
16	Valley County	73.7	93.9	75.3	33.1	74.5	44.4
17	Latah County	73.5	83.1	75.1	25.9	79.9	66.8
18	Payette County	73.5	90	76.1	26.3	66.2	82.9
19	Lemhi County	73.4	91.2	82.6	17.4	67.1	58.6
20	Teton County	73.3	92.5	66.3	42.6	74.7	70.6
21	Washington County	73.3	87.5	80.2	18.4	69.6	69.7
22	Clearwater County	72.9	85.4	82.9	21.2	70.9	53.1
23	Idaho County	72.6	92.6	85.5	23.2	68.9	21.6
24	Benewah County	72.5	86.8	80.3	20.3	62.8	80.1
25	Minidoka County	72.4	87.7	77	29.1	63.1	79.5
26	Cassia County	72.3	89.8	78.1	27.2	67.4	56.4
27	Power County	72.3	79.1	82.2	22.4	65.2	83.1
28	Gooding County	71.5	87.4	80.3	24.1	58.8	74.6
29	Jefferson County	71.3	87.4	69.9	37.5	72.3	59.9
30	Bingham County	71.2	87.1	79	33.5	67.8	39.9
31	Blaine County	70.7	91.4	67.5	38.5	77.2	34.6
32	Owyhee County	70.7	88.7	80.8	22.4	60.4	55.9
33	Jerome County	70.6	84.3	76.5	28.6	60.4	78.6
34	Madison County	70.1	88.3	74.7	21.4	71.6	41.4
35	Nez Perce County	70	77.9	73.9	30	71.1	67
36	Bonner County	69.4	91.1	73.7	25.9	72.1	22.7
37	Bannock County	69.3	82.1	77.9	25.2	71.9	33.1
38	Twin Falls County	69.1	83.5	73.3	26	68.9	53.1
39	Elmore County	68.9	85.3	74.4	21.9	68	48
40	Shoshone County	68.6	86.2	81	16	62.6	37.2
41	Bonneville County	67.9	86.7	71.4	33.4	72.8	17.6
42	Kootenai County	67	89	64.1	33.7	75.2	21
43	Ada County	66.1	86.7	60.2	41.4	79.7	12.2
44	Canyon County	65.8	86.2	66.8	30.6	68.3	28.3

Data: U.S. Census Bureau ACS, FBI UCR, CDC, FEMA NRI, NCES, EPA SDWIS. Scores are 0-100 (higher is better). Rankings are based on available data dimensions and may change as new data sources are added. This information is for research purposes only and should not be the sole factor in relocation decisions.

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