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Pocatello, ID

57,635 Population
34 square miles 1,696.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.1 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 35.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Idaho: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,287 ±$1,497 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: $33,866 ±$1,202
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Idaho: $38,952 ±$416
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$60,418 ±$4,648 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: $66,499 ±$2,577
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Idaho: $77,800 ±$743
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.8% ±1.8% (8,206  ±1,018) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 12.3% † 10,667 (±1.2% / ±1,067)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 199,519 (±0.3% / ±5,752)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

16.2 minutes ±1.1 (390,535  ±29,413) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 17.7 645,645 (±0.9 / ±36,258)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Idaho: 21.6 17,015,820 (±0.1 / ±161,300)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

22,510 ±399 Number of households
  • the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 33,590 ±404
  • Idaho: 713,005 ±2,422
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0 (55,281  ±65) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 2.6 86,721 (±0 / ±46)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Idaho: 2.6 1,884,214
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.5% ±1.1% (659  ±154) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 4.9% † 1,066 (±0.8% / ±183)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Idaho: 5.1% 22,816 (±0.2% / ±1,064)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

24,135 ±325 Number of housing units
  • the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 36,168 ±93
  • Idaho: 795,014 ±223
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$271,000 ±$9,241 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: $300,700 ±$8,267
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Idaho: $418,600 ±$2,550
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.8% ±2% (11,239  ±1,143.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 16.6% 14,673 (±1.4% / ±1,193.7)
  • 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

93.6% ±3.3% (34,351  ±1,257.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 93.7% 54,143 (±2.8% / ±1,599.1)
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 91.9% 1,174,076 (±0.7% / ±8,289.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
32.6% ±1.8% (11,973  ±686.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 30.6% 17,703 (±1.4% / ±834.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Idaho: 31.8% 406,469 (±0.4% / ±5,276.9)
  • about 90 percent 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

4.1% ±0.6% (2,359  ±365) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 3.4% 3,018
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Idaho: 5.9% 114,849
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.5% ±0.8% (2,844  ±366) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Pocatello, ID Metro Area: 6.9% 4,610 (±0.6% / ±393)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Idaho: 8% 116,723 (±0.2% / ±2,425)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,844 Total veterans ±366 2,546 Male ±321 298 Female ±124

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