Taxes & Insurance in Hailey
Hailey applies Idaho's flat, low income and sales tax structure -- without Ketchum's own resort-city local-option add-on -- alongside a genuinely low Blaine County property tax rate.
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Learn moreIdaho's flat income tax
Idaho's flat 5.3% individual income tax rate (cut from 5.695% via House Bill 40, signed March 2025) applies the same in Hailey as anywhere else in the state.
No resort-city local-option sales tax, unlike Ketchum
Hailey is not one of Idaho's small, tourism-dependent 'resort cities' (a category that includes Ketchum and Sun Valley) eligible for a voter-approved local-option sales tax add-on -- Hailey's combined rate is Idaho's flat 6% state rate, genuinely lower than Ketchum's 8% minimum combined rate.
A genuinely low property tax rate
Blaine County's broader median effective property tax rate ran 0.31% -- genuinely below Ketchum's own city-specific 0.34% figure and well below the 1.02% national median. Confirm a specific parcel's actual bill directly with the Blaine County Assessor.
Key takeaways
- Idaho's flat 5.3% state income tax applies statewide, the same in Hailey as in Ketchum.
- Hailey pays Idaho's flat 6% state sales tax with no local resort-city add-on -- genuinely lower than Ketchum's 8% minimum combined rate.
- Blaine County's property tax rate runs genuinely low (0.31% countywide median).
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