There are many small towns in Idaho perfect for retirement living. Many are near the metro areas and some more removed.

Best Small Towns in Idaho For Retirement Living:

Idaho retirement communties in towns:
Acequia, Albion, Algoma, Almo, American Falls, Ammon, Arbon, Arco, Arimo, Ashton, Athol, Atlanta, Atomic City, Avery, Baker, Bancroft, Banida, Banks, Barber, Basalt, Basin, Bayview, Bellevue, Bennington, Berenice, Big Creek, Big Springs, Blackfoot, Blanchard, Bliss, Bloomington, Boise, Bone, Bonners Ferry, Bovill, Bowmont, Bridge, Bruneau, Buhl, Buist, Burgdorf, Burke, Burley, Byrne, Caldwell, Camas, Cambridge, Carey, Careywood, Carmen, Cascade, Castleford, Cataldo, Challis, Chester, Chesterfield, Chilly, Chubbuck, Clark Fork, Clayton, Clementsville, Cleveland, Clifton, Clover, Cobalt, Cocolalla, Coeur DAlene, Colburn, Conda, Coolin, Copeland, Corral, Cottonwood, Council, Craigmont, Crouch, Crystal, Culdesac, Cuprum, Daniels, Darlington, Dayton, Desmet, Dietrich, Dingle, Dixie, Donnelly, Dover, Downey, Driggs, Drummond, Dubois, Eagle, Eastport, Eden, Edmonds, ID, Elba, Elk City, Elk River, Ellis, Elmira, Emida, Emmett, Enaville, Fairfield, Fairview, Featherville, Felt, Fenn, Ferdinand, Fernwood, Filer, Firth, Fish Haven, Fort Hall, Franklin, Fruitland, Fruitvale, Gannett, Garden City, Garden Valley, Gardena, Gem, Genesee, Geneva, Georgetown, Gibbonsville, Gifford, Gilmore, Glenns Ferry, Glenwood, Gooding, Grace, Grand View, Grangeville, Grant, Grasmere, Gray, Greer, Grouse, Gwenford, Hagerman, Hailey, Hamer, Hammett, Hansen, Harpster, Harrison, Hatch, Hayden, Hazelton, Headquarters, Heglar, Helmer, Henry, Hill City, Holbrook, Hollister, Homedale, Hope, Horseshoe Bend, Hot Spring, Humphrey, Huston, Idaho City, Idaho Falls, Idavada, Idmon, Indian Valley, Inkom, Iona, Irwin, Jerome, Juliaetta, Kamiah, Kellogg, Kendrick, Ketchum, Kilgore, Kimberly, King Hill, Kooskia, Kuna, Lake Fork, Lakeview, Lamont, Lapwai, Lardo, Lava Hot Springs, Leadore, ID, Lemhi, Lenore, Leslie, Letha, Lewiston, Lewiston Orchards, Lewisville, Lincoln, Lorenzo, Lowman, Lucile, Lund, Mackay, Malad City, Malta, Marion, Marsing, May, Mayfield, Mc Cammon, McCall, McCammon, Meadows, Melba, Menan, Meridian, Mesa, Middleton, Midvale, Minidoka, Mink Creek, Monteview, Montour, Montpelier, Moore, Moreland, Moscow, Moulton, Mountain Home, Moyie Springs, Mullan, Murphy, Murray, Murtaugh, Myrtle, Nampa, Naples, New Meadows, New Plymouth, Newdale, Nezperce, Niter, Nordman, North Fork, Notus, Nounan, Oakley, Ola, Old Town, Oldtown, Onaway, Orchard, Oreana, Orofino, Osburn, Osgood, Ovid, Owyhee, Oxford, Palisades, ID, Paris, Parker, Parma, Patterson, Paul, Payette, Pearl, Pegram, Picabo, Pierce, Pine, Pinehurst, Pingree, Placerville, Plummer, Pocatello, Pollock, Porthill, Post Falls, Potlatch, Prairie, Preston, Princeton, Rathdrum, Raymond, Red River Hot Springs, Reubens, Rexburg, Richfield, Riddle, Rigby, Riggins, Ririe, Roberts, Robin, Rockford, Rockland, Rogerson, Roseworth, Roy, Rupert, Saint Anthony, Saint Charles, Saint Joe, Saint Maries, Salmon, Samaria, Sandpoint, Santa, Sharon, Shelley, Shoshone, Shoup, Silver City, Smiths Ferry, Soda Springs, Spalding, Spencer, Springdale, Springfield, Stanley, Star, Sterling, Stites, Stone, Strevell, Sublett, Sugar City, Sun Valley, Sunbeam, Swan Falls, Swan Valley, Swanlake, Sweet, Tensed, Terreton, ID, Teton, Tetonia, Thama, Thatcher, Thornton, Three Creek, Troy, Turner, Tuttle, Twin Falls, Tyhee, Ucon, Victor, Virginia, Wallace, Warren, Wayan, Weippe, Weiser, Wendell, Weston, White Bird, Whitney, Wilder, Winchester, Woodruff, Worley, Yellow Pine