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Pocatello, ID

57,152 Population
33.6 square miles 1,702.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.9 ±0.6 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 35 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Idaho: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$30,725 ±$1,205 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: $32,268 ±$1,091
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Idaho: $37,169 ±$397
$57,931 ±$3,151 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: $64,080 ±$2,470
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Idaho: $74,636 ±$877

13.9% ±1.6% (7,591  ±855) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 12.2% † 10,398 (±1.3% / ±1,092)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 196,060 (±0.3% / ±5,607)

16.7 minutes ±0.9 (390,315  ±25,936) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 18.3 651,610 (±0.8 / ±34,731)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Idaho: 21.6 16,746,260 (±0.2 / ±183,291)

Families

22,322 ±377 Number of households
  • the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 33,340 ±351
  • Idaho: 693,821 ±2,298
2.4 ±0 (54,553  ±81) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 2.6 85,486 (±0 / ±60)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Idaho: 2.7 1,843,764

4.1% ±1.1% (594  ±162) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 4.5% † 952 (±1% / ±218)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Idaho: 5.4% 23,768 (±0.3% / ±1,247)

Housing

23,839 ±306 Number of housing units
  • the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 35,683 ±62
  • Idaho: 776,683 ±221

$240,600 ±$6,677 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: $267,200 ±$7,349
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Idaho: $376,000 ±$2,962

20.4% ±1.8% (11,466  ±1,039.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 17.3% 15,090 (±1.4% / ±1,199.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Idaho: 15.6% 292,462 (±0.4% / ±7,114.3)

Social

93.7% ±3.2% (33,815  ±1,280) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 93.8% 53,148 (±2.8% / ±1,575.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 91.7% 1,140,749 (±0.7% / ±8,317.9)
32.9% ±1.9% (11,889  ±691.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 30.2% 17,124 (±1.4% / ±820.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Idaho: 31.2% 388,032 (±0.4% / ±5,061.9)

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

3.8% ±0.7% (2,159  ±381) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 3.2% 2,788
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Idaho: 5.7% 108,586

6.6% ±0.9% (2,858  ±392) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 7% † 4,622 (±0.7% / ±478)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Idaho: 8.3% 117,609 (±0.2% / ±2,500)
2,858 Total veterans ±392 2,534 Male ±382 324 Female ±128

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