Living in Kellogg, Idaho: homes, schools and costs

The book's checklist

Lower cost of livingEveryday prices run 8.1% below the U.S. average in the parts of Idaho outside metro areas.
More house for the moneyA typical home costs 5 years of the typical household's income here. Across the U.S. it's 4.1.
A safer neighborhood7 violent crimes were reported in 2025, about 2.8 per 1,000 people (U.S.: 3.3). Property crime: 3.2 per 1,000 (U.S.: 15.3).
Schools in town2 public schools: 1 middle and 1 high school.
A hospital close byShoshone Medical Center is in town and has an emergency room.
Within reach of a big citySeattle is about 290 miles away as the crow flies. The book suggests staying within about 60 miles if you'll miss big-city sports, concerts and theater.

A check means Kellogg meets the rule of thumb from Frank and Dave's book. An empty box isn't a deal breaker: it's something to weigh for your family. A question mark means there isn't enough data.

For a lifetime

Homes and money

Typical home value, as owners valued them in 2020-2024: $250,600U.S.: $332,700
Home prices since then: Up 11%Shoshone County, 2022 to 2025
Typical rent, with utilities: $989 a monthU.S.: $1,413
Typical household income: $50,625U.S.: $80,734
Homes owned by the people living in them: 48%U.S.: 65%
Typical property tax bill: $1,538 a yearIdaho: $2,038
Homes built before 1940: 41%U.S.: 12%
Homes built since 2010: 1%U.S.: 11%
Vacation and seasonal homes: 5%U.S.: 3%
Everyday prices: 91.9U.S. average = 100 (the parts of Idaho outside metro areas)

Home values and rents are what households told the Census Bureau across 2020 to 2024, so they trail today's market: county prices have moved up 11% since 2022. Everyday prices are the government's average for the parts of Idaho outside metro areas, not Kellogg alone. Check current listings before you budget.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates; Federal Housing Finance Agency, House Price Index for counties (all transactions); U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.

The people

Population, 2025 estimate: 2,4562020: 2,318
Median age: 34.9 yearsU.S.: 38.9
Age 65 and older: 17%U.S.: 17%
Under 18: 22%U.S.: 22%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or more: 12%U.S.: 36%
Moved here from another county or state in the past year: 3%U.S.: 6%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates (Vintage 2025); U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Work

Biggest lines of work: Arts, recreation, lodging and restaurants (22%); schools, health care and social services (18%); retail (15%)
Average commute: 18 minutesU.S.: 26 minutes
Work from home: 9%U.S.: 15%
Below the poverty line: 19%U.S.: 12%

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Health care

Nearest emergency room: Shoshone Medical Center, Kellogg, ID, in town. It's a critical access hospital (a small rural hospital with 25 or fewer beds). Medicare gives it 3 of 5 stars.

Nearest general hospital: Kootenai Health, Coeur D'alene, ID, about 33 miles away. Medicare gives it 4 of 5 stars.

Look up doctors, clinics and the hospitals themselves on Medicare's Care Compare. Ask where the most serious cases are sent.

Sources: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital General Information.

Schools

2 public schools in Kellogg, run by Kellogg Joint District.

See each school on the federal school search, then check test scores and graduation rates on Idaho's school report card.

Sources: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, 2023-24 (via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal); National Center for Education Statistics, IPEDS institution directory, 2024.

Internet

Homes with cable, fiber or DSL internet: 79%U.S.: 76%

Before you buy, look up the address on the FCC's National Broadband Map to see which providers serve it.

Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates.

Weather

January average low: 22°F
July average high: 85°F
Days 90°F or hotter: 21 a year
Nights at or below freezing: 147 a year
Rain and melted snow: 33.9 inches a year
Snow: 52 inches a year
Elevation: 2,548 feet

Weather station: Kellogg (less than a mile away). Averages for 1991 to 2020.

Sources: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, U.S. Climate Normals 1991-2020; U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program.

Getting around

Coeur d'Alene, IDCity of 58,00033

Seattle, WAMetro of 4.2 million290

Straight-line miles. The road is always longer, and as the book says, an interstate at 70 is a different trip from a farm road at 45. Check the real drive: Coeur d'Alene, Seattle.

Shoshone County is outside any metro area, with fewer than 5,000 people in its towns, next to a metro area (USDA rural-urban code 8, on a scale where 1 is the biggest metro areas and 9 the most rural counties).

For a day

3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.

Read about Kellogg's history on Wikipedia.

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Nearby

Straight-line miles.

Small towns

Pinehurst, ID1,800 people, 5 miles
Osburn, ID1,700 people, 6 miles
St. Maries, ID2,500 people, 26 miles
Dalton Gardens, ID2,500 people, 33 miles
Coeur d'Alene, ID58,000 people, 33 miles
Hayden, ID17,400 people, 35 miles

Smaller places

Wardner, ID205 people, 1 mile
Smelterville, ID813 people, 2 miles
Silverton, ID (unincorporated)652 people, 8 miles
Wallace, ID844 people, 11 miles

Sources

Census survey figures are estimates with a margin of error; we leave out any figure whose margin is too wide to be useful. Data last gathered October 5, 2026. See something wrong? Write to mainstreet@smalltownguide.com.