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Jerome County, ID

24,788 Population
597.5 square miles 41.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.6 ±0.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Idaho: 37.1 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$29,033 ±$2,218 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Idaho: $37,169 ±$397
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$69,338 ±$3,937 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Idaho: $74,636 ±$877
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

13.9% ±3.3% (3,421  ±816) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 196,060 (±0.3% / ±5,607)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

20.7 minutes ±2.1 (223,085  ±24,548) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Idaho: 21.6 16,746,260 (±0.2 / ±183,291)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

8,198 ±188 Number of households
  • Idaho: 693,821 ±2,298
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
3 ±0.1 (24,595  ±13) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Idaho: 2.7 1,843,764
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

7.5% ±2.3% (418  ±130) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Idaho: 5.4% 23,768 (±0.3% / ±1,247)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

8,725 ±30 Number of housing units
  • Idaho: 776,683 ±221
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$254,000 ±$13,142 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Idaho: $376,000 ±$2,962
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

10.4% ±2.5% (2,523  ±602.9) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Idaho: 15.6% 292,462 (±0.4% / ±7,114.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

73.4% ±4.5% (11,180  ±683.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Idaho: 91.7% 1,140,749 (±0.7% / ±8,317.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
13.4% ±2% (2,035  ±309.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Idaho: 31.2% 388,032 (±0.4% / ±5,061.9)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

18.2% (4,515  ±392) Foreign-born population
  • more than double the rate in Idaho: 5.7% 108,586
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6% ±1% (1,031  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Idaho: 8.3% 117,609 (±0.2% / ±2,500)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,031 Total veterans ±180 965 Male ±164 66 Female ±49

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