Idaho · county 16019

Bonneville County, Idaho: public records at a glance

What national public records say about Bonneville County — people, schools, health, drinking water, bridges, disaster risk, the jail, federal grants and how to vote — each with its source. A full County Commons site (the budget line by line, your tax bill, audits, local offices) isn't built for Bonneville County yet — not gathered, never hidden.

133,644 people (2024 Census estimate, +7.1% since 2020)
1,866 square miles of land · 72 people per square mile

How Bonneville County compares — against the other counties in Idaho

“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Bonneville County

35 active community water systems list Bonneville County in the area they serve, reporting 119,098 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

IDAHO FALLS CITY OF
groundwater · local government · ID7100039
69,450 served
FALLS WATER COMPANY INC
groundwater · private · ID7100030
22,650 served
AMMON CITY OF
groundwater · local government · ID7100004
17,338 served
IONA WATER DEPT
groundwater · local government · ID7100041
2,717 served
COMORE LOMA
groundwater · private · ID7100020
1,626 served
UCON CITY OF
groundwater · local government · ID7100094
1,161 served
3D WATER ASSOCIATION
groundwater · private · ID7100201
680 served
TAYLOR MOUNTAIN WATER AND SEWER DISTRICT
groundwater · private · ID7100023
600 served

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.

The jail — people held in the county jail

About 340 people were held in Bonneville County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 418 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 370.

Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.

Public schools — district budgets, fiscal 2023

3 school districts have their office in Bonneville County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

BONNEVILLE JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT 9313,778 students

Spent $126.8 million — $120.6 million to run schools, about $8,756 per student, plus $1.2 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $24.9 million local (mostly property tax), $96.1 million state, $21.1 million federal. Long-term debt: $104.5 million.

IDAHO FALLS SCHOOL DISTRICT 9110,250 students

Spent $111.6 million — $104.1 million to run schools, about $10,159 per student, plus $7.3 million on buildings and equipment. Money in: $18.9 million local (mostly property tax), $73.6 million state, $21.2 million federal. Long-term debt: $6.9 million.

SWAN VALLEY ELEMENTARY DISTRICT 9267 students

Spent $1.4 million — $1.3 million to run schools, about $19,507 per student, plus $89,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $394,000 local (mostly property tax), $949,000 state, $256,000 federal.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.

Health, money and internet at home — Bonneville County beside Idaho

Life expectancy76.9 years · Idaho 78.0 years
Adults under 65 without health insurance9.1% · Idaho 9.8%
Children in poverty12.0% · Idaho 11.3%
Households without enough food (food insecurity)10.9% · Idaho 11.4%
Households with broadband internet92.5% · Idaho 91.0%
Households with severe housing problems13.3% · Idaho 13.2%
Drug overdose deaths per 100,00021.3 · Idaho 18.1
Residents per primary care doctor2,611 · Idaho 1,619
Residents per mental health provider288 · Idaho 371
Unemployment2.6% · Idaho 3.1%
Median household income$74,948 · Idaho $74,859

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Relatively Moderate compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Bonneville County about $64.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Very High; social vulnerability: Very Low.

The costliest hazards here

River and inland flooding$24.3 million a year · Relatively Moderate
Earthquake$16.1 million a year · Relatively Moderate
Cold wave$12.1 million a year · Relatively High
Avalanche$3.8 million a year · Relatively High
Heat wave$2.1 million a year · Relatively Moderate

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

213 bridges in Bonneville County: 69 in good condition, 141 fair, and 3 poor (1.4%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.

Busiest bridges rated poor

S 25 E; S HITT RD
over SAND CREEK · built 1994
27,500 vehicles a day
STP7046;LINCOLN RD
over IDAHO CANAL · built 1984
18,000 vehicles a day
N 45TH E
over SAND CREEK · built 1957
2,100 vehicles a day

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $18.2 million of work in Bonneville County in fiscal 2025, about $147 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.

Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

F26AS00062: Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act FY 2026
Fish and Wildlife Service · F26AS00062
closes 2026-10-13
OVC FY 2026 Enhanced Collaborative Model (ECM) Task Force to Combat Human Trafficking
Office for Victims of Crime · O-OVC-2026-172699
closes 2026-10-14
BJA FY 2026 Daniel Anderl Judicial Security and Privacy Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172661
closes 2026-10-15
FY26 Bureau of Land Management Youth Conservation Corps - Bureau wide
Bureau of Land Management · L26AS00064
closes 2026-10-16
FY 2027 Notice of Funding Opportunity: Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) FAA Contract Tower (FCT) Competitive Grant Program
Airport Improvement Program Discretionary Grants · DOT-FAA-26-0117-002
closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 Service Area Competition (SAC)
Health Resources and Services Administration · HRSA-27-005
closes 2026-10-19
Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 AmeriCorps Seniors RSVP Competition
AmeriCorps · AC-08-20-2026
closes 2026-10-20
DOJ FY 2026 Assisting Neighborhoods and Governments with Enforcement of Laws (ANGEL) Grant Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172778
closes 2026-10-20
Long-term health outcomes of people living with spina bifida
Centers for Disease Control - NCBDDD · CDC-RFA-DD-26-0222
closes 2026-10-26
OJJDP FY 2026 Juvenile Drug Treatment Court Program
Office of Juvenile Justice Delinquency Prevention · O-OJJDP-2026-172741
closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Veterans Treatment Court Program
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172714
closes 2026-10-29
BJA FY 2026 Prosecuting Cold Cases Using DNA
Bureau of Justice Assistance · O-BJA-2026-172708
closes 2026-10-29

From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.

Voting

Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for Idaho are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Bonneville County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Bonneville County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

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Nearby counties: Madison County (27 mi) · Teton County (33 mi) · Bingham County (41 mi) · Caribou County (42 mi) · Jefferson County (45 mi) · Fremont County (57 mi).