American Community Survey, 5-year
Multi-year survey estimates of household income, housing costs, age structure, and race and Hispanic origin with sample size sufficient for small geographies, covering every Idaho county and place, Idaho, and the nation.
Figures
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates. Data period 2020–2024. Published .
| Measure | Value | Period |
|---|---|---|
| Median household income2020–2024 | $77,800 | 2020–2024 |
| Median home value2020–2024 | $418,600 | 2020–2024 |
| Median gross rent2020–2024 | $1,238 | 2020–2024 |
| Homeownership rate2020–2024 | 72.1% | 2020–2024 |
| Owner-occupied homes2020–2024 | 514,361 | 2020–2024 |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent2020–2024 | 46.9% | 2020–2024 |
| Renter households paying 30%+ of income on rent2020–2024 | 86,303 | 2020–2024 |
| Housing units2020–2024 | 795,014 | 2020–2024 |
| Housing vacancy rate2020–2024 | 10.3% | 2020–2024 |
| Vacant housing units2020–2024 | 82,009 | 2020–2024 |
| Median age2020–2024 | 37.3 years | 2020–2024 |
| Population under 182020–2024 | 24.1% | 2020–2024 |
| Population under 182020–2024 | 466,183 | 2020–2024 |
| Population 65 and older2020–2024 | 17.0% | 2020–2024 |
| Population 65 and older2020–2024 | 328,636 | 2020–2024 |
| Poverty rate2020–2024 | 10.6% | 2020–2024 |
| People in poverty2020–2024 | 199,519 | 2020–2024 |
| Uninsured rate2020–2024 | 9.1% | 2020–2024 |
| People without health insurance2020–2024 | 172,826 | 2020–2024 |
| Homeowner vacancy rate2020–2024 | 0.7% | 2020–2024 |
| Rental vacancy rate2020–2024 | 3.9% | 2020–2024 |
| Mean travel time to work2020–2024 | 21.6 minutes | 2020–2024 |
| Median monthly owner costs, homes with a mortgage2020–2024 | $1,687 | 2020–2024 |
| Homeowners paying 30%+ of income on housing2020–2024 | 20.8% | 2020–2024 |
| Owner households paying 30%+ of income on housing2020–2024 | 106,113 | 2020–2024 |
Publisher
Coverage
- Geography
- Idaho counties (all 44), all 10 Idaho places tracked by this site, Idaho, and the nation
- Time coverage
- 2010-2014, 2015-2019, 2020-2024
- Update frequency
- Annual, as a rolling 5-year window
- Published
- January 29, 2026
- Retrieved
- September 9, 2026
- License of the records
- Public domain. U.S. federal government work.
- Rows
- 6,435 observations, 2010-2020
Measures
| Measure | What it measures | Unit |
|---|---|---|
| Median household income | Median household income in the past 12 months, in the window's final-year inflation-adjusted dollars. (B19013_001E) | usd |
| Median home value | Median value of owner-occupied housing units, as estimated by the owner. (B25077_001E) | usd |
| Median gross rent | Median gross rent (contract rent plus utilities) for renter-occupied housing units paying cash rent. (B25064_001E) | usd |
| Homeownership rate | Owner-occupied housing units as a percent of all occupied housing units. (B25003_002E / B25003_001E × 100) | percent |
| Owner-occupied homes | Owner-occupied housing units. (B25003_002E) | count |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | Share of renter households spending 30 percent or more of household income on gross rent: the sum of the survey's four rent-burden brackets from 30 percent up, divided by the table total minus the 'not computed' category, times 100. (B25070 (30.0-34.9, 35.0-39.9, 40.0-49.9 and 50.0-percent-or-more categories)) | percent |
| Renter households paying 30%+ of income on rent | Renter households paying 30 percent or more of income on gross rent: the sum of the survey's four rent-burden brackets from 30 percent up. (B25070_007E-010E) | count |
| Housing units | Total housing units, occupied and vacant. (B25001_001E) | count |
| Housing vacancy rate | Vacant housing units as a percent of all housing units. (B25002_003E / B25002_001E × 100) | percent |
| Vacant housing units | Vacant housing units. (B25002_003E) | count |
| Median age | Median age of the total population. (B01002_001E) | years |
| Population under 18 | Population under 18 years old as a percent of total population, summed across the survey's under-5, 5-9, 10-14 and 15-17 age categories for both sexes. (B01001 (under-5, 5-9, 10-14 and 15-17 age categories) / B01001_001E × 100) | percent |
| Population under 18 | Population under 18 years old, summed across the survey's under-5, 5-9, 10-14 and 15-17 age categories for both sexes. (B01001 (under-5, 5-9, 10-14 and 15-17 age categories)) | people |
| Population 65 and older | Population 65 years and older as a percent of total population, summed across the survey's 65-66 through 85-and-over age categories for both sexes. (B01001 (65-66 through 85-and-over age categories) / B01001_001E × 100) | percent |
| Population 65 and older | Population 65 years and older, summed across the survey's 65-66 through 85-and-over age categories for both sexes. (B01001 (65-66 through 85-and-over age categories)) | people |
| Poverty rate | Population below the poverty level in the past 12 months as a percent of the population for whom poverty status is determined. (B17001_002E / B17001_001E × 100) | percent |
| People in poverty | Population below the poverty level in the past 12 months. (B17001_002E) | people |
| Uninsured rate | Civilian noninstitutionalized population with no health insurance coverage as a percent of that population, summed across the survey's nine age bands for both sexes. (B27001 (9 age bands) / B27001_001E × 100) | percent |
| People without health insurance | Civilian noninstitutionalized population with no health insurance coverage, summed across the survey's nine age bands for both sexes. (B27001 (9 age bands)) | people |
| Population by race and Hispanic origin | Population by race and Hispanic or Latino origin: eight mutually exclusive categories (White alone, Black or African American alone, American Indian and Alaska Native alone, Asian alone, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, some other race alone and two or more races, all not Hispanic or Latino, plus Hispanic or Latino of any race) that sum to the total population. (B03002_003E-009E and 012E) | people |
| Homeowner vacancy rate | Vacant units for sale as a percent of owner-occupied units plus those vacant units. (B25004_004E / (B25003_002E + B25004_004E) × 100) | percent |
| Rental vacancy rate | Vacant units for rent as a percent of renter-occupied units plus those vacant units. (B25004_002E / (B25003_001E − B25003_002E + B25004_002E) × 100) | percent |
| Mean travel time to work | Mean travel time to work in minutes for workers 16 years and older who commuted to a workplace. (B08013_001E / B08012_001E) | minutes |
| Median monthly owner costs, homes with a mortgage | Median monthly cost of owning a home with a mortgage: mortgage payments, real estate taxes, insurance, utilities, fuel, and condominium or mobile home fees where they apply. (B25088_002E) | usd |
| Homeowners paying 30%+ of income on housing | Share of owner households, with or without a mortgage, spending 30 percent or more of household income on monthly owner costs: the survey's brackets from 30 percent up, divided by all owner households whose share could be computed, times 100. (B25091 (30.0-percent-and-over categories, with and without a mortgage)) | percent |
| Owner households paying 30%+ of income on housing | Owner households, with or without a mortgage, spending 30 percent or more of household income on monthly owner costs. (B25091_008E-011E, 019E-022E) | count |
Caveats
- Values are 5-year-window American Community Survey (ACS) estimates with margins of error not shown; small counties are more sensitive to sampling error than the state total.
- Dollar figures are in the dollars of the window's final year, not adjusted for inflation across windows.
- Five-year estimates are not comparable to the Census Bureau's 1-year estimates for the same geography or measure, even when the final year matches.
- One file is read for each year and table; the 2010-2014 and 2015-2019 windows come from a Census API request that requires a Census Bureau API key.
- Place figures are for the incorporated city as the Census Bureau defines its boundary, not the metro area or county.
- The 5-year product has no population floor, unlike the 65,000-person floor for the Census Bureau's 1-year estimates, so all ten Idaho places appear here.
- The race and ethnicity breakdown uses the Census table that separates Hispanic or Latino origin from race, not the standalone race table, whose categories double-count people who are also Hispanic or Latino.
- The homeowner vacancy rate is vacant units for sale as a share of owner-occupied units plus those vacant units; the rental vacancy rate is vacant units for rent as a share of renter-occupied units plus those vacant units. Neither is comparable to the overall housing vacancy rate, which is a share of all housing units, occupied and vacant.
- Mean travel time to work covers workers 16 years and older who commuted to a workplace; it excludes people who worked from home.
How to cite
Understand Idaho, “American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates”, compiled from U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 5-Year Estimates. Retrieved September 9, 2026. https://understandidaho.com/data/census-acs5/.
Cite U.S. Census Bureau directly for the figures themselves.
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