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Challis, ID

854 Population
2 square miles 432.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Custer County: 60 ±3.5
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Idaho: 37.3 ±0.1
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$23,689 ±$5,986 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Custer County: $31,839 † ±$3,320
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Idaho: $38,952 ±$416
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$40,750 ±$19,196 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Custer County: $67,574 † ±$16,035
  • about half the amount in Idaho: $77,800 ±$743
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.3% ±13.9% (178  ±129) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Custer County: 15.8% † 696 (±5.1% / ±226)
  • about double the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 199,519 (±0.3% / ±5,752)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.7 minutes ±10.8 (4,050  ±2,334) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Custer County: 17.3 † 23,390 (±7.3 / ±5,866)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Idaho: 21.6 17,015,820 (±0.1 / ±161,300)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

377 ±120 Number of households
  • Custer County: 1,943 ±164
  • Idaho: 713,005 ±2,422
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (783  ±258) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Custer County: 2.2 4,216 (±0.2 / ±29)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Idaho: 2.6 1,884,214
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

549 ±141 Number of housing units
  • Custer County: 3,137 ±142
  • Idaho: 795,014 ±223
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$176,400 ±$25,668 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Custer County: $381,700 † ±$70,646
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Idaho: $418,600 ±$2,550
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.3% ±12.5% (216  ±126) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Custer County: 10.3% † 459 (±3.5% / ±154.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Idaho: 15.1% 289,675 (±0.4% / ±6,653.7)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.2% ±38.9% (569  ±162.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Custer County: 93.9% † 3,454 (±11.9% / ±458.7)
  • 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)
18.4% ±9.1% (116  ±68.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Custer County: 29.3% † 1,076 (±6.8% / ±253.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Idaho: 31.8% 406,469 (±0.4% / ±5,276.9)
  • about half 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

3% ±8.1% (26  ±70) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Custer County: 4.8% 214
  • about half the rate in Idaho: 5.9% 114,849
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

19.5% ±11.3% (134  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Custer County: 11.2% † 430 (±4.5% / ±172)
  • 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)
134 Total veterans ±88 123 Male ±79 11 Female ±19

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