Blaine County is the richest county in Idaho. Hailey is the largest city located within this county.
  The population of Blaine county is estimated at 21,741. In 2017 there were 222 births and 104 deaths in Blaine county. Blaine county has 4,365 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 1,574 that are owned free and clear and 2,884 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Blaine County filed 12,010 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 1.6% of all Idaho filings and 0.008% of the entire nation. Blaine had a combined total federal tax liability of $233,298,000 on earned income of $1,150,138,000. Other notable statistics from Blaine County were 500 unemployment claims which collected a total of $1,635,000 and 3,690 charitable contributions valued at $43,569,000. 4,000 filings from Blaine County paid a combined total of $22,447,000 in property taxes and 3,230 filings paid $37,350,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Blaine county had 25 religious congregations with an estimated 6,097 members.
40.4% of the Blaine population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 11.3% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 49% of Blaine County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This represents an increase from the 2012 election by 529 votes.
At $68,101 the median income is 130.3% of the Idaho average. An estimated 311 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Blaine, the equivalant of around 2.5% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 3.1%.

Top 15 Industries in Blaine County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
2,628	Accommodation and food services
1,439	Traveler accommodation
1,439	Hotels (except casino hotels) and motels
1,348	Retail trade
1,057	Restaurants and other eating places
687	Health care and social assistance
652	Professional, scientific, and technical services
495	Services to buildings and dwellings
399	Arts, entertainment, and recreation
374	Food and beverage stores
333	Other amusement and recreation industries
333	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries
318	Architectural, engineering, and related services
299	Other services (except public administration)
298	Manufacturing

In 2018 the average price reduction was 4.57% in Blaine County.

In 2018 7.87% of listings in Blaine County (averaging across 3 zip codes; 83353, 83333 and 83340) dropped their price.

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