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Mountain Home, ID

16,493 Population
7.1 square miles 2,321.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.7 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 33.1 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Idaho: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$31,551 ±$2,128 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: $32,615 ±$1,313
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Idaho: $38,952 ±$416
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,125 ±$5,277 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: $65,359 ±$4,259
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Idaho: $77,800 ±$743
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.4% ±3% (1,832  ±483) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 10.5% † 2,945 (±2% / ±559)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 199,519 (±0.3% / ±5,752)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23 minutes ±2.3 (169,280  ±19,623) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 22 285,590 (±1.7 / ±24,219)
  • a little higher than the figure in Idaho: 21.6 17,015,820 (±0.1 / ±161,300)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,349 ±261 Number of households
  • the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 11,067 ±191
  • Idaho: 713,005 ±2,422
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (16,143  ±61) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 2.5 28,106 (±0 / ±39)
  • a little less than the figure in Idaho: 2.6 1,884,214
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±2.3% (205  ±91) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 5.4% † 349 (±2% / ±130)
  • a little higher than the rate in Idaho: 5.1% 22,816 (±0.2% / ±1,064)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,630 ±252 Number of housing units
  • the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 12,271 ±49
  • Idaho: 795,014 ±223
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$309,400 ±$14,012 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: $316,500 ±$15,251
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Idaho: $418,600 ±$2,550
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.2% ±4.2% (3,294  ±680.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 16.9% † 4,893 (±2.6% / ±745.5)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Idaho: 15.1% 289,675 (±0.4% / ±6,653.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.5% ±6.1% (9,508  ±713.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 88% 16,470 (±4.8% / ±905.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 91.9% 1,174,076 (±0.7% / ±8,289.3)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
22% ±3.4% (2,315  ±365.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 22.4% † 4,186 (±2.5% / ±470.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Idaho: 31.8% 406,469 (±0.4% / ±5,276.9)
  • about three-fifths 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

9.2% ±2.1% (1,517  ±348) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 9.3% 2,715
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Idaho: 5.9% 114,849
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

23.9% ±2.6% (2,553  ±293) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 20.8% † 3,960 (±2.1% / ±411)
  • more than double the rate in Idaho: 8% 116,723 (±0.2% / ±2,425)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,553 Total veterans ±293 2,041 Male ±250 512 Female ±142

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