Idaho Falls, ID (Idaho) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 54,334 (Urban population: 54,289, Rural population: 45 (all nonfarm))

Idaho Falls, Idaho Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 19,826 (18,835 occupied: 12,891 owner occupied, 5,944 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	32%
State:	28%

Housing density: 1162 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $303,955.

Median contract rent in 2007: $541 (lower quartile is $384, upper quartile is $648)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $465

Median gross rent in Idaho Falls, ID in 2007: $632

Housing units in Idaho Falls with a mortgage: 8,451 (944 second mortgage, 771 home equity loan, 42 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,193

Idaho Falls,ID index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $142,505 (it was $88,700 in 2000)

Idaho Falls:	$142,505
Idaho:	$178,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $100,327 - $197,419

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $174,481
Here: $174,481
State: $251,224

Townhouses or other attached units: $140,833
Here: $140,833
State: $186,487

In 2-unit structures: $137,046
Here: $137,046
State: $340,461

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $80,750
Here: $80,750
State: $193,422

Mobile homes: $49,018
Here: $49,018
State: $52,209

Household type by relationship

Households: 49,529

In family households: 42,824 (10,570 male householders, 2,618 female householders)
10,707 spouses, 16,609 children (14,860 natural, 625 adopted, 1,124 stepchildren), 523 grandchildren, 276 brothers or sisters, 140 parents, 514 other relatives, 867 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 6,705 (2,673 male householders (2,095 living alone)), 2,944 female householders (2,666 living alone)), 1,088 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 955 (682 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 5,388 2-persons, 2,918 3-persons, 2,453 4-persons, 1,400 5-persons, 756 6-persons, 273 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 4,761 1-person, 699 2-persons, 125 3-persons, 26 4-persons, 6 5-persons.

11,378 married couples with children.
3,015 single-parent households (665 men, 2,350 women).

91.9% of residents of Idaho Falls speak English at home.
5.9% of residents speak Spanish at home (55% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
1.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (78% speak English very well, 13% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 2,197 (4.4%)
(32.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	7.1
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.9
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Idaho Falls, Idaho:
	1 room: 22 2 rooms: 108 3 rooms: 427 4 rooms: 1,005 5 rooms: 1,762 6 rooms: 1,819 7 rooms: 2,049 8 rooms: 2,176 9 or more rooms: 3,523

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Idaho Falls, Idaho:
	1 room: 396 2 rooms: 720 3 rooms: 1,079 4 rooms: 1,928 5 rooms: 879 6 rooms: 359 7 rooms: 342 8 rooms: 105 9 or more rooms: 136

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 315
1995 to 1998: 1,164
1990 to 1994: 1,633
1980 to 1989: 2,014
1970 to 1979: 3,811
1960 to 1969: 3,072
1950 to 1959: 4,066
1940 to 1949: 1,496
1939 or earlier: 2,255

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Idaho Falls:
	no bedroom: 70 1 bedroom: 414 2 bedrooms: 2,110 3 bedrooms: 4,374 4 bedrooms: 3,718 5 or more bedrooms: 2,205

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Idaho Falls:
	no bedroom: 476 1 bedroom: 1,724 2 bedrooms: 2,431 3 bedrooms: 880 4 bedrooms: 326 5 or more bedrooms: 107

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Idaho Falls in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 339 1 vehicle: 2,922 2 vehicles: 6,238 3 vehicles: 2,585 4 vehicles: 633 5 or more vehicles: 174

Cars and other vehicles available in Idaho Falls in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 764 1 vehicle: 3,033 2 vehicles: 1,723 3 vehicles: 350 4 vehicles: 60 5 or more vehicles: 14

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Idaho Falls, ID:

Less than $10,000: 76
$10,000 to $14,999: 38
$15,000 to $19,999: 41
$20,000 to $24,999: 38
$25,000 to $29,999: 25
$30,000 to $34,999: 22
$35,000 to $39,999: 20
$40,000 to $49,999: 155
$50,000 to $59,999: 214
$60,000 to $69,999: 327
$70,000 to $79,999: 367
$80,000 to $89,999: 607
$90,000 to $99,999: 722
$100,000 to $124,999: 2307
$125,000 to $149,999: 2671
$150,000 to $174,999: 1693
$175,000 to $199,999: 1286
$200,000 to $249,999: 1552
$250,000 to $299,999: 729
$300,000 to $399,999: 579
$400,000 to $499,999: 189
$500,000 to $749,999: 106
$750,000 to $999,999: 15
$1,000,000 or more: 29

Idaho Falls rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Idaho Falls:

Less than $100: 83 people
$100 to $149: 59
$150 to $199: 104
$200 to $249: 154
$250 to $299: 237
$300 to $349: 326
$350 to $399: 435
$400 to $449: 472
$450 to $499: 599
$500 to $549: 723
$550 to $599: 631
$600 to $649: 509
$650 to $699: 394
$700 to $749: 279
$750 to $799: 279
$800 to $899: 327
$900 to $999: 104
$1,000 to $1,249: 144
$1,250 to $1,499: 73
$1,500 to $1,999: 62
$2,000 or more: 173
No cash rent: 179

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 519 1990 to 1994: 590 1985 to 1989: 367 1980 to 1984: 203 1975 to 1979: 125 1970 to 1974: 50 1970 to 1974: 45 1965 to 1969: 298

Idaho Falls, ID Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 90.3%
Number of people working at home: 815 (3.5% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1224
5 to 9 minutes: 5049
10 to 14 minutes: 6782
15 to 19 minutes: 4102
20 to 24 minutes: 1390
25 to 29 minutes: 256
30 to 34 minutes: 650
35 to 39 minutes: 137
40 to 44 minutes: 196
45 to 59 minutes: 751
60 to 89 minutes: 1342
90 or more minutes: 517

Idaho Falls mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 18,157 (78%)
Carpooled: 2,303 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,277 (6%)
Motorcycle: 17 (0%)
Bicycle: 82 (0%)
Walked: 494 (2%)
Other means: 66 (0%)
Worked at home: 815 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1695
$10,000 to $14,999: 1120
$15,000 to $19,999: 1391
$20,000 to $24,999: 1383
$25,000 to $29,999: 1329
$30,000 to $34,999: 1205
$35,000 to $39,999: 1116
$40,000 to $44,999: 1259
$45,000 to $49,999: 1052
$50,000 to $59,999: 1669
$60,000 to $74,999: 2022
$75,000 to $99,999: 1975
$100,000 to $124,999: 770
$125,000 to $149,999: 277
$150,000 to $199,999: 297
$200,000 or more: 245

First ancestries reported:

English: 8929

German: 5804

Other groups: 5739

United States or American: 4790

Irish: 1875

Swedish: 1488

Scottish: 1297

Danish: 1145

Norwegian: 1142

European: 1092

French (except Basque): 878

Italian: 861

Welsh: 618

Dutch: 469

Scotch-Irish: 423

British: 381

Polish: 379

French Canadian: 308

Swiss: 281

Scandinavian: 225

Greek: 118

Austrian: 116

Hungarian: 95

Yugoslavian: 91

Northern European: 77

Pennsylvania German: 66

Czech: 62

Portuguese: 55

Romanian: 50

Russian: 48

Finnish: 47

Basque: 47

Canadian: 44

Czechoslovakian: 42

Subsaharan African:: 41

Ukrainian: 36

African: 34

Armenian: 34

Serbian: 21

Australian: 21

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 21

Lithuanian: 16

Bahamian: 16

Slovak: 15

Icelander: 15

Alsatian: 14

Celtic: 14

Croatian: 13

Israeli: 8

Latvian: 7

South African: 7

Slavic: 7

Eastern European: 6

Iranian: 6

Belgian: 6

Jamaican: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Mexico (65%)
Canada (6%)
Germany (6%)
India (3%)
United Kingdom (3%)
Philippines (3%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (2%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 27256
Northeast: 1594
Midwest: 3894
South: 2502
West: 12713

49% of Idaho Falls residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 56% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 37% lived in Idaho.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 226
Nursery to 4th grade: 79
5th and 6th grade: 164
7th and 8th grade: 260
9th grade: 214
10th grade: 291
11th grade: 207
12th grade, no diploma: 408
High school graduate (or equivalency): 3,441
Less than 1 year of college: 1,131
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,397
Associate degree: 1,042
Bachelor's degree: 2,832
Master's degree: 1,375
Professional school degree: 309
Doctorate degree: 365

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 145
Nursery to 4th grade: 51
5th and 6th grade: 105
7th and 8th grade: 299
9th grade: 207
10th grade: 333
11th grade: 397
12th grade, no diploma: 378
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,379
Less than 1 year of college: 1,451
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,903
Associate degree: 1,379
Bachelor's degree: 2,781
Master's degree: 698
Professional school degree: 170
Doctorate degree: 86

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 5.5%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.1%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 25.7%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 35.4%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 17.3%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 3.2%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 3.6%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 5.0%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 9.2%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 4.5%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 6.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 4.1%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $50,486
Black householders: $44,327
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $42,294
Asian householders: $59,528
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $12,147
Some other race householders: $51,522
Two or more races householders: $19,434
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $41,824

Idaho Falls household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Idaho Falls household income for Asian householders

Idaho Falls household income for Some other race householders

Idaho Falls household income for Two or more races householders

Idaho Falls household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Idaho Falls marital status for males

Idaho Falls marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $145,075
Black or African American householders: $164,675
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $145,075
Asian householders: $207,893
Some other race householders: $107,481
Two or more races householders: $325,174
Hispanic or Latino householders: $114,228

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 13,431
One, attached: 642
Two: 647
3 or 4: 2,073
5 to 9: 1,124
10 to 19: 307
20 to 49: 701
50 or more: 277
Mobile homes: 603
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 21

Median worth of mobile homes: $23,472

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 2%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Idaho Falls:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Electricity (49%) Utility gas (46%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) Wood (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (70%) Utility gas (26%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Coal or coke (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 202

Here:	3.1%
Idaho:	7.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 38

Here:	1.0%
Idaho:	5.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 252

Here:	13.5%
Idaho:	22.0%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

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