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CareyID averageUS Census ACS
Population
1,197
Per-capita income
$22,118
Median home value
$209,200
Bachelor's or higher
19%
Typical home value $507,867 +4.8% yr/yr · +26.1% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2015–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
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Development activity

Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
20257 housing units ($1.7M)

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Tue Sep 1, 2026 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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AGENDA CAREY PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING / PUBLIC HEARING September 1, 2026, at 7:00 PM Carey City Hall, 20482 Main St., Carey, Idaho TEAMS MEETING Meeting ID: 290 975 869 150 25 Passcode: ag3pj24E 1. OPENING 2. APPROVE CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS (Action Item) a. Minutes Pending Approval August 4, 2026 (Regular Meeting) 3. NEW BUSINESS 4. DISCUSSION (Action may be taken or directed to future agendas) a. City of Carey Zoning & Subdivision Regulations Update, Scope of Work with Great West Engineering b. Directing our zoning growth, considering zoning district options, and how our zoning districts can better serve the city i. Surrounding Municipality Zoning Code & Regulation Examples c. Shipping Container Ordinance Possibility: Architectural Standards, Main Street Corridor 5. ADJOURN (Action Item) Please note that at any time during the meeting, the Commission may change the order of items listed on this agenda.
Mon Sep 21, 2026 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Oct 6, 2026 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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Mon Oct 19, 2026 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Nov 3, 2026 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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Mon Nov 16, 2026 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Dec 1, 2026 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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Mon Dec 21, 2026 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Jan 5, 2027 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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Mon Jan 18, 2027 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Feb 2, 2027 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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Mon Feb 15, 2027 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Mar 2, 2027 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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Mon Mar 15, 2027 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Apr 6, 2027 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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Mon Apr 19, 2027 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue May 4, 2027 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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Mon May 17, 2027 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Jun 1, 2027 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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Mon Jun 21, 2027 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Jul 6, 2027 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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Mon Jul 19, 2027 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Tue Aug 3, 2027 · 19:00

Planning and Zoning Commission

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Mon Aug 16, 2027 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey
Mon Sep 20, 2027 · 19:00

City Council

20482 N. Main St., Carey

Recent meetings

Fri Jul 31, 2026 · 03:00

City Council

Carey City Council to hold regular meeting on July 31, 2026

The agenda consists of procedural boilerplate and standard administrative items. No specific policy decisions, contracts, or public hearings are listed.

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AGENDA CAREY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING July 31, 2026, at 3:00 AM Carey City Hall, 20482 Main St., Carey, Idaho TEAMS MEETING Meeting ID: Passcode: 1. NEW SECTION add a paragraph here. a. New Item 2. OPENING a. Call to Order b. Pledge of Allegiance c. Roll Call d. Announcements i. Council meetings will be livestreamed through Zoom. Active online participation during the meeting will be limited to scheduled visitors and presenters. 3. PUBLIC COMMENT (Items not on the agenda; limit of 3 minutes; issues may be considered for discussion on a future agenda. Please keep comments on point and respectful.) 4. PRESENTATION 5. MATTERS FROM MAYOR, COUNCIL, & STAFF (Council members may provide community-related announcements and updates. This Item is informational only; no deliberation or action will occur.) a. Mayor and Council Reports 6. CONSENT AGENDA (All Action Items - The Council is asked to approve the following listed items by a single vote, except for any items that a Councilmember asks to be removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately. Public comment will not be taken.) a. Minutes pending approval of b. Finance Report i. Month DD, 20YY Finance Report ii. Pay the Month 20YY bills 7. PUBLIC HEARING (All Action Items - Public comment will be taken.) 8. NEW BUSINESS (All Action Items - Public comment will not be taken, unless otherwise indicated.) Page 1 of 2 9. WORK SESSION (Items listed in this section of the agenda are …
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Fri Jul 31, 2026 · 18:00

General

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Tue Jul 28, 2026 · 18:00

General

✓ Decided: Carey City Council meeting records no substantive decisions

The meeting was called to order and adjourned with no substantive business decided. The record contains a motion to amend the consent agenda that carried unanimously, but no specific items were approved.

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MEETING MINUTES CAREY CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING July 28, 2026, at 6:00 PM Carey City Hall, 20482 Main St., Carey, Idaho 1. OPENING This is a text field. a. Call to Order The Regular Meeting Council Meeting was called to order at 6:03 PM by Mayor Logan Davis b. Pledge of Allegiance Mayor Logan Davis recited the Pledge of Allegiance. c. Roll Call Roll call was taken by the Clerk. Present: Clerk / Treasurer Dawn Shotswell City Administrator Troy Butzlaff Amy Douglass Zac Manning Mayor Logan Davis Absent: City Council Cody Baird d. Announcements i. Council meetings will be livestreamed through Zoom. Active online participation during the meeting will be limited to scheduled visitors and presenters. 10. ADJOURN (Action Item) There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 2.45 p.m. 2. PUBLIC COMMENT (Items not on the agenda; limit of 3 minutes; issues may be considered for discussion on a future agenda. Please keep comments on point and respectful.) a. The Wheels on the Bus Lyrics The wheels on the bus go round and round Round and round, round and round The wheels on the bus go round and round All through the town The wipers on the bus go “Swish, swish, swish, Swish, swish, swish, swish, swish, swish” The wipers on the bus go “Swish, swish, swish” All through the town. The people on the bus go, “chat, chat, chat, cha,,chat chat,chat chat ,chat The people on the bus go, “, chat,chat,chat All thro …
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Tue Jul 28, 2026 · 00:00

City Council

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Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00

General

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Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00

General

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Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00

General

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Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00

General

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Tue Jul 21, 2026 · 18:00

General

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Fri Jul 10, 2026 · 23:00

City Council

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Fri Jul 10, 2026 · 23:00

City Council

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💰 Federal awards (top 4 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
$3,091BLAINE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Department of Agriculture · SNOW SURVEY SERVICES FOR 2026 SNOW DATA SITES NEAR LITTLE WOOD RIVER A
$3,000BLAINE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Department of Agriculture · ANNUAL RECURRING SNOW MEASUREMENT CONTRACT - SNOW DATA SITES NEAR LITT
$3,000BLAINE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Department of Agriculture · ANNUAL RECURRING SNOW MEASUREMENT CONTRACT FOR SITES NEAR LITTLE WOOD
$3,000BLAINE SOIL CONSERVATION DISTRICT
Department of Agriculture · NRCS IDAHO SNOW SURVEYS 2025 LITTLE WOOD RIVER, ID AREA.

Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.

🌐 County-level context (Blaine County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities1 (2019)
Business establishments1,688 (13,208 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$1,352/mo (2025)
Adults with low literacy19.4% (low numeracy 29% · 2017)

Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC

City profile

Everything below is drawn from this city’s own public record and primary-source government data. AI-written summaries are a finding aid, not a citable quote.

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Permitted housing units

Outcomes — economic mobility

source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research use

For kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:

White kids
0.474
All kids
0.456

Research-only layer, shown here for context — not included in the CC BY 4.0 bulk download.

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