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Mountain Home, ID

16,265 Population
7 square miles 2,308.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.4 ±0.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 32.5 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Idaho: 37.1 ±0.1

Economics

$28,969 ±$1,952 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: $30,146 ±$1,518
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Idaho: $37,169 ±$397
$58,486 ±$4,934 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: $58,976 ±$3,763
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Idaho: $74,636 ±$877

12.4% ±2.7% (1,966  ±426) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 12.4% † 3,435 (±2% / ±550)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 10.6% 196,060 (±0.3% / ±5,607)

22.3 minutes ±2.1 (155,620  ±17,922) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 22 279,345 (±2.1 / ±28,500)
  • a little higher than the figure in Idaho: 21.6 16,746,260 (±0.2 / ±183,291)

Families

6,346 ±280 Number of households
  • the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 10,848 ±239
  • Idaho: 693,821 ±2,298
2.5 ±0.1 (15,921  ±57) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 2.6 27,820 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • a little less than the figure in Idaho: 2.7 1,843,764

6.6% ±2.9% (247  ±109) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 6.7% † 421 (±2.1% / ±135)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 5.4% 23,768 (±0.3% / ±1,247)

Housing

6,648 ±264 Number of housing units
  • the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 12,168 ±34
  • Idaho: 776,683 ±221

$270,700 ±$19,315 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: $278,300 ±$20,205
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Idaho: $376,000 ±$2,962

17.7% ±4.5% (2,849  ±723.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 17% † 4,865 (±2.8% / ±791.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 15.6% 292,462 (±0.4% / ±7,114.3)

Social

89.2% ±6.6% (9,296  ±737.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 88.1% 16,279 (±4.8% / ±886)
  • a little less than the rate in Idaho: 91.7% 1,140,749 (±0.7% / ±8,317.9)
18.9% ±3.3% (1,966  ±352.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 21.2% † 3,917 (±2.4% / ±434.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

9.4% ±2.1% (1,534  ±344) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 8.7% 2,538
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Idaho: 5.7% 108,586

23.1% ±2.7% (2,399  ±294) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mountain Home, ID Micro Area: 20.9% 3,918 (±2% / ±387)
  • more than double the rate in Idaho: 8.3% 117,609 (±0.2% / ±2,500)
2,399 Total veterans ±294 1,937 Male ±269 462 Female ±139

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