?WhereToHQ

Ranked · Pick an HQ · Idaho

Best cities to put your HQ in Idaho

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Pick an HQ” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Rexburg, ID41k residents

    64/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 42% · avg. weekly wage: $843/wk · corporate income tax: 5.7%

  2. 2.Idaho Falls, ID68k residents

    62/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 31.7% · avg. weekly wage: $982/wk · corporate income tax: 5.7%

  3. 3.Moscow, ID26k residents

    60/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 50% · avg. weekly wage: $967/wk · corporate income tax: 5.7%

  4. 4.Boise, ID237k residents

    59/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 47.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,417/wk · corporate income tax: 5.7%

  5. 5.Pocatello, ID58k residents

    58/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 32.6% · avg. weekly wage: $962/wk · corporate income tax: 5.7%

  6. 6.Nampa, ID110k residents

    54/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 23.4% · avg. weekly wage: $1,043/wk · corporate income tax: 5.7%

  7. 7.Meridian, ID130k residents

    52/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 44.2% · avg. weekly wage: $1,417/wk · corporate income tax: 5.7%

  8. 8.Caldwell, ID67k residents

    50/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,043/wk · corporate income tax: 5.7%

  9. 9.Eagle, ID33k residents

    49/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 57.5% · avg. weekly wage: $1,417/wk · corporate income tax: 5.7%

  10. 10.Coeur d'Alene, ID56k residents

    47/100

    bachelor's degree or higher: 31.2% · avg. weekly wage: $1,199/wk · corporate income tax: 5.7%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best to put your HQ in Idaho?
Rexburg, ID ranks first with a fit score of 64/100, followed by Idaho Falls (62) and Moscow (60), using the "Pick an HQ" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on bachelor's degree or higher, avg. weekly wage, corporate income tax, state & local income tax, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.