Gooding County, Idaho

Gooding County has a population of 15,931 and has grown 5.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $250,900, about 4.0 times the county's median household income of $63,559.

Home price
$250,900
Income
$63,559
Population
15,931
Unemployment
3.8%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$250,900county
Median gross rent$880county
Median year homes here were built1976county
Share of homes built before 198059.7%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile16.1%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented29.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,681(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,026county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$851county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,427county
Home insurance / yr$2,240(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living99.9(statewide)
Median household income$63,559county
Family health premium / yr$24,531(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,630(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.352(statewide)
Poverty rate13.0%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home8.3%county
Unemployment rate3.8%county
Share of adults in the labor force62.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.7%county
Share of workers employed by government15.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry19.2%county
Economic output per resident$110,766county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.51%county
Top state income tax5.30%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.30%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.03%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.7 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service29 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport31734county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.5 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station149 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.9%county
Traffic deaths113.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-7.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher16.2%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher80.8%county
Public schools in the county12county
Public school enrollment3085county
Students per full-time teacher15.0county
Free lunch eligible61.4%county
Elementary schools3county
Middle schools2county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution24 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians32county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter8.7 µg(statewide)
Without health insurance19.1%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year13.8%county
Frequent mental distress17.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity29.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.6%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population15,931county
Land area in square miles729county
People per square mile of land21.8county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store1.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+5.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age38.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1826.4%county
Share of residents 65 and over18.5%county
Share of households that are one person27.3%county
Share of residents born outside the United States14.0%county
Second languages27.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls26.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents186county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in399county
Households that moved away464county
Average income of arriving households$48,837county
Average income of departing households$52,978county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year36county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings5.6%county
Violent crime rate231(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature52.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation9.1 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.78 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F42 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing105 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days153 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 6county
Average first fall frostOct 6county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$108county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh11.8¢county
Household electricity use916 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$9.86(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity63.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas20.4%county
Homes heated by propane4.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil2.4%county
Homes heated by wood7.5%county
Households with broadband87.9%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk25.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk20.9county
Landslide risk26.0county
Hail risk26.3county
Earthquake risk58.5county
Tornado risk9.6county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk56.2county
Winter weather risk71.5county
Strong wind risk13.8county
Wildfire risk95.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Gooding County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Idaho figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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