Idaho · Census place 1610810

Buhl, Idaho

Buhl is a city in Twin Falls County, Idaho with an estimated 4,761 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 38th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,761; #38 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020: +4.2%; +191 people
Land area: 1.9 sq mi
Density: 2,532 / sq mi; State median 2,389

Orange pin: Buhl. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

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Buhl population, 2020 to 2024

Buhl added 191 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +35.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,567. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Buhl covers 1.88 square miles of land, for 2,532 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Buhl is close to the typical town.

What county Buhl is in

All of Buhl's residents live in Twin Falls County, which had 96,509 residents in 2024. Buhl holds 4.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Buhl

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Buhl by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83316. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Buhl is

The Census internal point of Buhl is at 42.598400, -114.759500. Boise, the capital, is 101.7 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jerome, ID (13,481 people), 14.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boise City, ID, 101.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 42.598400, -114.759500
DMS: 42°35'54.24"N 114°45'34.20"W
UTM: 11N 683808.3E 4718652.5N
Geohash: 9rw6kdf9t
Plus code: 85J7H6XR+96

Daylight in Buhl

At 42.60° N, Buhl gets about 15 h 19 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 03 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 16 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Buhl

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Filer, 8.1 miles away, with 3,040 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Buhl, ID?

4,761 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 191 (4.2%) from 4,570 in July 2020.

What county is Buhl in?

Twin Falls County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Buhl?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83316.

How far is Buhl from Boise?

101.7 miles (163.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Buhl.

What is the nearest larger city to Buhl?

Jerome, ID, with 13,481 residents, 14.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.