How to Meet People if You're From St. Anthony, Idaho
Dating in St. Anthony, Idaho means working with a small pool. With about 4,000 residents, St. Anthony is ranked 40th of 198 cities and towns in Idaho by population, and the people you meet through friends, work and the usual places are mostly people you already know.
St. Anthony in numbers
| Population (2025 estimate) | 3,990 |
|---|---|
| County | Fremont County |
| Change since 2020 | +8.4% |
| Size rank in Idaho | 40 of 198 cities and towns |
| Larger than | 80% of Idaho's cities and towns |
| Other cities and towns within 30 miles | 15 (55,000 people combined) |
| Nearest city of 25,000 or more (OR, ID, WA, MT) | Rexburg, Idaho: 11 miles (40,000 people) |
Population estimates by year:
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3,691 | 3,738 | 3,911 | 4,017 | 4,056 | 3,990 |
Why dating close to home runs out
Add up every incorporated city and town within 30 miles of St. Anthony and you get 15 places with about 55,000 people between them, not counting St. Anthony itself. Within 60 miles it's 30 places and about 164,000 people. Those totals count incorporated places only, so people outside city limits would add to them, but the point stands: an app that starts with whoever lives closest builds your options from a small circle, so you keep seeing the same few profiles.
| Distance from St. Anthony | Other cities and towns | People in them |
|---|---|---|
| Within 10 miles | 4 | 3,925 |
| Within 30 miles | 15 | 54,918 |
| Within 60 miles | 30 | 164,130 |
| Within 100 miles | 49 | 269,059 |
Why Rexburg is out of reach for you on the big apps
Dating in St. Anthony is hard, and meeting someone in Rexburg can be harder. Many dating apps lean on distance to decide who you see, and Tinuiti's analysis of Tinder's algorithm says proximity is a key factor in who it shows you. Rexburg is 11 miles away and has about 40,000 people, and a lot of the people there live closer to the person you'd like to meet than you do. When someone in Rexburg opens a distance-ranked app, their own neighbors come first, so you land behind them in their deck whatever your photos and profile say.
Rexburg has about 10 times as many people as St. Anthony, so a member from St. Anthony is outnumbered there roughly 10 to 1 before the ranking even starts. There are 4 other incorporated places closer to Rexburg than St. Anthony is, with about 3,900 people between them, and they tend to come ahead of you in Rexburg's deck.
On Amarbis, ranking isn't based on distance. Choose Idaho as your region and Rexburg is in your pool with everyone else in Idaho, so you aren't placed behind the person's next-door neighbor because of where you live.
Bigger places within reach of St. Anthony, each with its own guide:
- Rexburg, ID: 40,334 people, 11 miles away
- Ammon, ID: 20,119 people, 37 miles away
- Idaho Falls, ID: 71,785 people, 37 miles away
- Blackfoot, ID: 13,361 people, 63 miles away
- Chubbuck, ID: 16,823 people, 82 miles away
How region-based dating changes it
Amarbis lets you choose the region you meet people from. Instead of being limited to whoever lives closest to St. Anthony, you can meet people across all of Idaho, which has about 2.0 million people, roughly 510 times as many as live in St. Anthony. And because Amarbis has no distance limits, you aren't limited to Idaho either.
Other places near St. Anthony
- Sugar City, ID: 2,476 people, 7 miles away
- Rexburg, ID: 40,334 people, 11 miles away
- Rigby, ID: 5,757 people, 23 miles away
- Ucon, ID: 1,196 people, 29 miles away
- Iona, ID: 3,179 people, 33 miles away
- Driggs, ID: 2,403 people, 33 miles away
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How to start from St. Anthony
- Create a free profile with a clear photo of your face. Every photo on Amarbis is screened, and every profile is reviewed by a real person.
- Choose the region you want to meet people from. Starting with all of Idaho gives you the widest local pool.
- Open with a specific question rather than "hey", then decide whether a meeting is worth the drive. When you're ready to meet, read how to meet safely first.
Amarbis is free to start: 25 likes a day, unlimited messaging with your matches, and no credit card. Join free on Amarbis, or see the plans and prices.
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Population figures are U.S. Census Bureau estimates for July 1, 2025. Distances are straight-line miles between place center points, so road distances are longer. Counts of nearby places include incorporated cities and towns in Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Montana only.