Jerome County, Idaho

Jerome County has a population of 25,173 and has grown 8.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $271,800, about 3.8 times the county's median household income of $71,724.

Home price
$271,800
Income
$71,724
Population
25,173
Unemployment
3.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$271,800county
Median gross rent$966county
Median year homes here were built1983county
Share of homes built before 198047.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile9.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant6.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,681(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,186county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$986county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,599county
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$71,724county
Family health premium / yr$24,531(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,630(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.352(statewide)
Poverty rate12.6%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 home5.8%county
Unemployment rate3.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force64.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.1%county
Share of workers employed by government11.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry16.7%county
Economic output per resident$79,605county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.63%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 service15 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport31734county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station145 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.2%county
Traffic deaths83.4county
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 higher14.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher73.5%county
Public schools in the county11county
Public school enrollment4673county
Students per full-time teacher17.8county
Free lunch eligible60.9%county
Elementary schools5county
Middle schools1county
High schools2county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution8.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians28county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter7.2 µgcounty
Without health insurance14.8%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year21.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year15.2%county
Frequent mental distress17.3%county
No leisure-time physical activity29.1%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.1%county

Place

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

Population25,173county
Land area in square miles598county
People per square mile of land42.1county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store11.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract24.3%county
Population change since 2020+8.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents6county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age34.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1829.6%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.4%county
Share of households that are one person17.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States17.9%county
Second languages34.7%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls31.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents132county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-4county
Households that moved in735county
Households that moved away742county
Average income of arriving households$55,797county
Average income of departing households$44,282county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes16county
Housing units authorised in the latest year143county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%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 precipitation7.7 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.76 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F36 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing110 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days157 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 6county
Average first fall frostOct 10county

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 electricity48.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas33.0%county
Homes heated by propane6.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil3.7%county
Homes heated by wood6.3%county
Households with broadband89.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk31.1county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk24.1county
Landslide risk10.3county
Hail risk7.3county
Earthquake risk58.7county
Tornado risk9.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk72.9county
Winter weather risk86.3county
Strong wind risk19.3county
Wildfire risk90.2county

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 Jerome 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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