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Melba, ID

617 Population
0.5 square miles 1,349.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.4 ±7.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 37.6 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Idaho: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,428 ±$4,324 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: $43,624 ±$764
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Idaho: $38,952 ±$416
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$45,750 ±$15,184 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: $85,987 ±$1,175
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Idaho: $77,800 ±$743
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.9% ±9.9% (86  ±68) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 9.2% 72,618 (±0.5% / ±3,572)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 199,519 (±0.3% / ±5,752)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.9 minutes ±18 (7,240  ±2,848) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 22.9 7,602,615 (±0.3 / ±125,508)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Idaho: 21.6 17,015,820 (±0.1 / ±161,300)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

223 ±70 Number of households
  • the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 304,187 ±1,104
  • Idaho: 713,005 ±2,422
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (617  ±212) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 2.6 793,076 (±0 / ±206)
  • a little higher than the figure in Idaho: 2.6 1,884,214
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

10.4% ±10.5% (17  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 4.5% 8,529 (±0.4% / ±703)
  • about double the rate in Idaho: 5.1% 22,816 (±0.2% / ±1,064)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

240 ±76 Number of housing units
  • the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 319,087 ±177
  • Idaho: 795,014 ±223
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$301,200 ±$39,775 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: $468,900 ±$2,977
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Idaho: $418,600 ±$2,550
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5% ±3.2% (30  ±21.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 15.8% 126,722 (±0.5% / ±4,298.5)
  • about one-third of the rate in Idaho: 15.1% 289,675 (±0.4% / ±6,653.7)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

82.2% ±30.8% (286  ±69) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 92.6% 508,174 (±1.1% / ±5,799)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Idaho: 91.9% 1,174,076 (±0.7% / ±8,289.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
9.5% ±8.1% (33  ±29.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 37.1% 203,434 (±0.7% / ±3,783.3)
  • about one-third of the rate in Idaho: 31.8% 406,469 (±0.4% / ±5,276.9)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

13.1% ±10.4% (81  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 7% 56,785
  • more than double the rate in Idaho: 5.9% 114,849
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

3.8% ±3.4% (16  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 8.1% 50,105 (±0.3% / ±1,611)
  • about half the rate in Idaho: 8% 116,723 (±0.2% / ±2,425)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
16 Total veterans ±15 10 Male ±12 6 Female ±9

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