Atomic City, Idaho
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Population change since 2000: +8.0%
Males: 11 | |
Females: 16 |
Median resident age: | 65.0 years |
Idaho median age: | 36.9 years |
Atomic City: | $36,904 |
ID: | $60,999 |
Estimated per capita income in 2019: $25,032 (it was $16,276 in 2000)
Estimated median house or condo value in 2019: $79,217 (it was $73,300 in 2000)
Atomic City: | $79,217 |
ID: | $255,200 |
Mean prices in 2019: all housing units: $112,027; detached houses: $112,325
(34.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents, 50.0% for two or more races residents)
Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Atomic City, ID
- 4295.5%White alone
- 24.5%Two or more races

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Latest news from Atomic City, ID collected exclusively by city-data.com from local newspapers, TV, and radio stations
Ancestries: European (86.7%).
Current Local Time: MST time zone
Elevation: 5015 feet
Land area: 0.10 square miles.
Population density: 265 people per square mile (very low).
14 residents are foreign born (31.8% Europe).
This city: | 31.8% |
Idaho: | 6.0% |
Atomic City city: | 0.6% ($467) |
Idaho: | 1.0% ($1,007) |
Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Idaho Falls, ID (39.3 miles
, pop. 50,730).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Northeast Jefferson, CO (473.3 miles , pop. 450,166).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Phoenix, AZ (686.9 miles
, pop. 1,321,045).
Nearest cities:
Latitude: 43.44 N, Longitude: 112.81 W
Area code commonly used in this area: 208


Here: | 3.8% |
Idaho: | 4.8% |
Average climate in Atomic City, Idaho
Based on data reported by over 4,000 weather stations
Earthquake activity:
Atomic City-area historical earthquake activity is significantly above Idaho state average. It is 1830% greater than the overall U.S. average.On 8/18/1959 at 06:37:13, a magnitude 7.7 (7.7 UK, Class: Major, Intensity: VIII - XII) earthquake occurred 132.5 miles away from the city center, causing $26,000,000 total damage
On 10/28/1983 at 14:06:06, a magnitude 7.3 (6.2 MB, 7.3 MS, 7.0 MW) earthquake occurred 66.1 miles away from Atomic City center, causing 2 deaths (2 shaking deaths) and 3 injuries, causing $15,000,000 total damage
On 10/3/1915 at 06:52:48, a magnitude 7.6 (7.6 UK) earthquake occurred 315.4 miles away from the city center
On 3/31/2020 at 23:52:30, a magnitude 6.5 (6.5 MW, Depth: 7.5 mi, Class: Strong, Intensity: VII - IX) earthquake occurred 134.8 miles away from the city center
On 3/28/1975 at 02:31:05, a magnitude 6.2 (6.1 MB, 6.0 MS, 6.2 ML) earthquake occurred 100.4 miles away from Atomic City center
On 6/30/1975 at 18:54:13, a magnitude 6.1 (5.6 MB, 5.9 MS, 6.1 UK, 6.1 ML) earthquake occurred 133.8 miles away from the city center
Magnitude types: body-wave magnitude (MB), local magnitude (ML), surface-wave magnitude (MS), moment magnitude (MW)
Natural disasters:
The number of natural disasters in Bingham County (6) is a lot smaller than the US average (15).Major Disasters (Presidential) Declared: 3
Emergencies Declared: 1
Causes of natural disasters: Floods: 2, Fire: 1, Hurricane: 1, Winter Storm: 1, Other: 2 (Note: some incidents may be assigned to more than one category).
Airports located in Atomic City:
- Coxs Well Airport (U48) (Runways: 1, Itinerant Ops: 400)
- Midway Airport (U37) (Runways: 1, Itinerant Ops: 150)
- Big Southern Butte Airport (U46) (Runways: 1, Itinerant Ops: 100)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Atomic City:
- Idaho State University (about 45 miles; Pocatello, ID; Full-time enrollment: 10,350)
- Brigham Young University-Idaho (about 58 miles; Rexburg, ID; FT enrollment: 30,522)
- College of Southern Idaho (about 103 miles; Twin Falls, ID; FT enrollment: 5,051)
- Utah State University (about 129 miles; Logan, UT; FT enrollment: 21,131)
- Weber State University (about 162 miles; Ogden, UT; FT enrollment: 17,655)
- Boise State University (about 171 miles; Boise, ID; FT enrollment: 16,774)
- Montana State University (about 177 miles; Bozeman, MT; FT enrollment: 12,942)
Points of interest:
Notable location: Atomic City Fire Department Mobile Unit (A). Display/hide its location on the map
Drinking water stations with addresses in Atomic City and their reported violations in the past:
ATOMIC CITY (Population served: 27, Groundwater):Past health violations:Past monitoring violations:
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In SEP-2010, Contaminant: Coliform. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-01-2010), St Public Notif requested (NOV-04-2010)
- MCL, Monthly (TCR) - In OCT-2009, Contaminant: Coliform
- Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) - In AUG-20-2012, Contaminant: E. COLI
- Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) - In OCT-06-2010, Contaminant: E. COLI. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (DEC-01-2010), St Public Notif requested (DEC-04-2010)
- Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) - In SEP-01-2010, Contaminant: E. COLI. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-02-2010), St Public Notif requested (NOV-05-2010)
- Monitoring, Source Water (GWR) - In SEP-01-2010, Contaminant: E. COLI. Follow-up actions: St Violation/Reminder Notice (NOV-02-2010), St Public Notif requested (NOV-05-2010)
- 5 routine major monitoring violations
- One minor monitoring violation
- One regular monitoring violation
This city: | 1.7 people |
Idaho: | 2.7 people |
This city: | 52.9% |
Whole state: | 69.6% |
This city: | 11.8% |
Whole state: | 6.3% |
No gay or lesbian households reported
For population 15 years and over in Atomic City:
- Never married: 8.7%
- Now married: 8.7%
- Separated: 4.0%
- Widowed: 17.6%
- Divorced: 61.0%
For population 25 years and over in Atomic City:
- High school or higher: 97.7%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 0.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 0.0%
- Mean travel time to work (commute): 68.3 minutes
Here: | 2.0 |
Idaho average: | 10.5 |
Graphs represent county-level data. Detailed 2008 Election Results
Religion statistics for Atomic City, ID (based on Bingham County data)
Religion | Adherents | Congregations |
---|---|---|
Other | 27,106 | 75 |
Catholic | 1,992 | 5 |
Mainline Protestant | 1,188 | 8 |
Evangelical Protestant | 757 | 13 |
None | 14,564 | - |
Food Environment Statistics:
Bingham County: | 1.38 / 10,000 pop. |
Idaho: | 1.88 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 0.23 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 0.28 / 10,000 pop. |
Bingham County: | 0.46 / 10,000 pop. |
Idaho: | 0.53 / 10,000 pop. |
Bingham County: | 3.46 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 3.87 / 10,000 pop. |
Here: | 5.07 / 10,000 pop. |
State: | 7.75 / 10,000 pop. |
This county: | 10.5% |
Idaho: | 7.7% |
Bingham County: | 30.9% |
Idaho: | 25.7% |
This county: | 18.0% |
State: | 11.7% |
Local government employment and payroll (March 2017) | |||||
Function | Full-time employees | Monthly full-time payroll | Average yearly full-time wage | Part-time employees | Monthly part-time payroll |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Other and Unallocable | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 | |
Totals for Government | 0 | $0 | 0 | $0 |
Atomic City government finances - Expenditure in 2017 (per resident):
- Current Operations - Judicial and Legal Services: $8,000 ($296.30)
General - Other: $3,000 ($111.11)
- General - Interest on Debt: $8,000 ($296.30)
- Intergovernmental to Local - Other - Regular Highways: $1,000 ($37.04)
- Total Salaries and Wages: $2,000 ($74.07)
- Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $1,000 ($37.04)
Atomic City government finances - Revenue in 2017 (per resident):
- Charges - Solid Waste Management: $6,000 ($222.22)
- Revenue - Water Utilities: $30,000 ($1111.11)
- State Intergovernmental - Highways: $1,000 ($37.04)
General Local Government Support: $1,000 ($37.04)
Atomic City government finances - Debt in 2017 (per resident):
- Long Term Debt - Beginning Outstanding - Unspecified Public Purpose: $209,000 ($7740.74)
Outstanding Unspecified Public Purpose: $209,000 ($7740.74)
Atomic City government finances - Cash and Securities in 2017 (per resident):
- Other Funds - Cash and Securities: $39,000 ($1444.44)
6.21% of this county's 2016 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2015 ($44,369 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 6.21% |
Idaho average: | 8.09% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2015 and 2016.
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2015 and 2016:
from Bonneville County, ID | |
from Bannock County, ID | |
from Madison County, ID |
6.53% of this county's 2015 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2016 ($40,812 average adjusted gross income)
Here: | 6.53% |
Idaho average: | 7.05% |
10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2015 and 2016.
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2015 and 2016:
to Bonneville County, ID | |
to Bannock County, ID | |
to Ada County, ID |
Strongest AM radio stations in Atomic City:
- KZNR (690 AM; 10 kW; BLACKFOOT, ID; Owner: WESTERN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KBLI (1620 AM; 10 kW; BLACKFOOT, ID; Owner: WESTERN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KSEI (930 AM; 5 kW; POCATELLO, ID; Owner: PACIFIC EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- KID (590 AM; 5 kW; IDAHO FALLS, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KUPI (980 AM; 5 kW; AMMON, ID; Owner: RAY GROTH OIL COMPANY, INC.)
- KZNI (1260 AM; 5 kW; IDAHO FALLS, ID)
- KBOI (670 AM; 50 kW; BOISE, ID; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
- KALL (700 AM; 50 kW; NORTH SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KIQN (1010 AM; 50 kW; TOOELE, UT)
- KSL (1160 AM; 50 kW; SALT LAKE CITY, UT; Owner: BONNEVILLE HOLDING COMPANY)
- KBRV (790 AM; 5 kW; SODA SPRINGS, ID; Owner: CARIBOU BROADCASTING INC.)
- KWEI (1260 AM; 50 kW; WEISER, ID; Owner: TREASURE VALLEY BROADCASTING CO.)
- KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
Strongest FM radio stations in Atomic City:
- KID-FM (96.1 FM; IDAHO FALLS, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KCVI (101.5 FM; BLACKFOOT, ID; Owner: WESTERN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- KLCE (97.3 FM; BLACKFOOT, ID; Owner: WESTERN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- K299AH (107.7 FM; POCATELLO, ID; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF UTAH)
- KISU-FM (91.1 FM; POCATELLO, ID; Owner: IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY)
- KBJX (107.9 FM; SHELLEY, ID; Owner: PACIFIC EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS CORP)
- KLLP (98.5 FM; CHUBBUCK, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KMGI (102.5 FM; POCATELLO, ID; Owner: PACIFIC EMPIRE COMMUNICATIONS CORP.)
- KPLV (105.5 FM; IDAHO FALLS, ID; Owner: WESTERN BROADCASTING, LS, LLC)
- KPKY (94.9 FM; POCATELLO, ID; Owner: CITICASTERS LICENSES, L.P.)
- KZBQ (93.7 FM; POCATELLO, ID; Owner: IDAHO WIRELESS CORPORATION)
- K249CM (97.7 FM; POCATELLO, ID; Owner: WESTERN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
- K266AF (101.1 FM; POCATELLO, ID; Owner: WESTERN COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
TV broadcast stations around Atomic City:
- K59BV (Channel 59; LAVA HOT SPRINGS, ID; Owner: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (IEPBS))
- KISU-TV (Channel 10; POCATELLO, ID; Owner: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION, STATE OF IDAHO)
- KIFI-TV (Channel 8; IDAHO FALLS, ID; Owner: THE POST COMPANY)
Atomic City fatal accident list:
Oct 8, 2014 03:53 PM, Us-20, Lat: 43.522789, Lon: -112.734717, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Atomic City compared to Idaho state average:
- Median household income below state average.
- Median house value significantly below state average.
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly above state average.
- Renting percentage significantly below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in below state average.
- Number of rooms per house below state average.
- House age above state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.