Idaho · Census place 1678850

Sun Valley, Idaho

Sun Valley is a city in Blaine County, Idaho with an estimated 1,771 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 68th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,771
#68 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
-1.1%
-19 people
Land area
9.6 sq mi
Density
185 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Sun Valley. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

Sun Valley population, 2020 to 2024

Sun Valley lost 19 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.1%. In the latest year it moved by -11.

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July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,787. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Sun Valley covers 9.56 square miles of land, for 185 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Sun Valley is less dense than the typical town.

What county Sun Valley is in

All of Sun Valley's residents live in Blaine County, which had 25,261 residents in 2024. Sun Valley holds 7.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Sun Valley

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Sun Valley by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83353, 83354. 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 Sun Valley is

The Census internal point of Sun Valley is at 43.683900, -114.334200. Boise, the capital, is 94.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ketchum, ID (3,609 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boise City, ID, 94.9 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.683900, -114.334200
DMS
43°41'2.04"N 114°20'3.12"W
UTM
11N 714863.3E 4840218.9N
Geohash
9ry8w22mh
Plus code
85M7MMM8+H8

Daylight in Sun Valley

At 43.68° N, Sun Valley gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Sun Valley

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Ketchum, 1.9 miles away, with 3,609 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Sun Valley, ID?

1,771 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 19 (1.1%) from 1,790 in July 2020.

What county is Sun Valley in?

Blaine County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Sun Valley?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 83353, 83354.

How far is Sun Valley from Boise?

94.1 miles (151.5 km) in a straight line, heading W from Sun Valley.

What is the nearest larger city to Sun Valley?

Ketchum, ID, with 3,609 residents, 1.9 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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