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Challis, ID

794 Population
2 square miles 402.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.9 ±8.1 Median age
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Custer County: 59.5 ±3.8
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Idaho: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$25,310 ±$4,116 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Custer County: $29,993 † ±$3,013
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Idaho: $37,169 ±$397
$50,034 ±$25,228 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Custer County: $56,957 † ±$7,820
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Idaho: $74,636 ±$877

15.2% ±9.3% (118  ±81) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Custer County: 11.6% † 503 (±3.6% / ±158)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 196,060 (±0.3% / ±5,607)

11 minutes ±7.2 (3,885  ±1,706) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Custer County: 16.8 † 23,225 (±6.3 / ±5,670)
  • about half the figure in Idaho: 21.6 16,746,260 (±0.2 / ±183,291)

Families

377 ±128 Number of households
  • Custer County: 1,933 ±164
  • Idaho: 693,821 ±2,298
2 ±0.9 (741  ±235) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Custer County: 2.2 4,189 (±0.2 / ±23)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Idaho: 2.7 1,843,764

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

585 ±155 Number of housing units
  • Custer County: 3,164 ±167
  • Idaho: 776,683 ±221

$168,300 ±$15,424 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Custer County: $295,600 † ±$42,919
  • about half the amount in Idaho: $376,000 ±$2,962

31.4% ±11.9% (249  ±,120.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Custer County: 13.7% † 601 (±5% / ±,218.8)
  • about double the rate in Idaho: 15.6% 292,462 (±0.4% / ±7,114.3)

Social

90.8% ±39.2% (530  ±,149.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Custer County: 93.6% † 3,455 (±11.1% / ±,435.3)
  • about the same as the rate in Idaho: 91.7% 1,140,749 (±0.7% / ±8,317.9)
23% ±9.3% (134  ±69.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Custer County: 25.2% † 930 (±6.3% / ±,234.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Idaho: 31.2% 388,032 (±0.4% / ±5,061.9)

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

2.4% ±5.4% (19  ±43) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Custer County: 3.2% 139
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Idaho: 5.7% 108,586

18.3% ±9.2% (119  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Custer County: 13.5% † 530 (±5.1% / ±200)
  • more than double the rate in Idaho: 8.3% 117,609 (±0.2% / ±2,500)
119 Total veterans ±70 106 Male ±60 13 Female ±22

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