Community Overview

Twin Falls, Idaho

Twin Falls is the county seat and largest city of Twin Falls County, Idaho, United States.  The city had a population of 48,000 with Twin Falls County at more than 83,000.  This is a growing area in the state with a more than 8% increase from 2010-2015 alone.  Twin Falls is the largest city in a one-hundred-mile (160 km) radius and is the regional commercial center for south-central Idaho and northeastern Nevada.  It is the principal city of the Twin Falls Metropolitan Statistical Area (population of 100,000), which officially includes the entirety of Twin Falls and Jerome counties.  The border town resort community of Jackpot, Nevada, fifty miles south at the state line, is unofficially considered part of the greater Twin Falls area.  

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Community Links

Twin Falls Chamber of Commerce:  https://twinfallschamber.com/ 
Twin Falls Article:  https://www.5280.com/2021/06/a-first-timers-guide-to-twin-falls-idaho/ 
Snake River: https://visitsouthidaho.com/adventure/snake-river-magic-valley/  

Closest Metro Areas

  • Boise, ID (Metro Pop 750,000) – 2-hour Drive 
  • Salt Lake City, UT (Metro Pop 1.25 million) – 3 ½ hour Drive 

Employment and Industry

As a hub for Northern Nevada and South Central Idaho, Twin Falls regularly attracts approximately 250,000 customers to the area — which means many job opportunities for workers. 

The employment rate is an incredibly healthy 96.5 percent

Major Employers

In recent years, Twin Falls has attracted major national retailers and manufacturers — in fact, Twin Falls is one of the top food producers in all of the United States. Our major employers include: 

  • Amalgamated Sugar (food production) 
  • Bridgeview Estates (health care) 
  • C3 Customer Contact Channels (customer service) 
  • Chobani (food production) 
  • College of Southern Idaho (education) 
  • ConAgra (agriculture) 
  • Costco (retail) 
  • Glanbia Nutritionals (food production) 
  • Henningsen Cold Storage (warehousing/storage) 
  • Independent Meat (food production) 
  • Jayco RV (recreation/leisure) 
  • BBSI (staffing) 
  • Clif Bar (food production) 
  • St. Luke’s Magic Valley Regional Medical Center (healthcare) 
  • Walmart (retail)  

Temperature and Climate

Twin Falls, Idaho gets 10 inches of rain, on average, per year. The US average is 38 inches of rain per year. 

Twin Falls averages 18 inches of snow per year. The US average is 28 inches of snow per year. 

On average, there are 210 sunny days per year in Twin Falls. The US average is 205 sunny days. 

Twin Falls gets some kind of precipitation, on average, 79 days per year. Precipitation is rain, snow, sleet, or hail that falls to the ground. In order for precipitation to be counted you have to get at least .01 inches on the ground to measure. 

Weather Highlights 
Summer High: the July high is around 89 degrees 
Winter Low: the January low is 20 
Rain: averages 10 inches of rain a year 
Snow: averages 18 inches of snow a year  

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