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Median household income, Black householders in Idaho

Idaho ranks 8th of 51 states measured the same way. Below, every county in Idaho, starting with where Black residents are doing best.

Median household income, Black householders
Idaho$70,436
plus or minus $11,685
United States$55,157
plus or minus $255
All households in Idaho: $77,800 (plus or minus $743). Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.
Doing best Blaine County $88,882, plus or minus $3,136. Ranked 1st of 6 counties. What is Blaine County doing that works? Furthest to go: Latah County, $28,295. See Blaine County ›

Where you live

Enter your ZIP code or street address to find your county below and the people who decide this for you, by name. SourceLine does not keep the address.

Ranked from doing best

Every county in Idaho

6 ranked of 44
Margin of error
1 Blaine County $88,882 plus or minus $3,136 $92,566
2 Bannock County $82,298 plus or minus $18,240 $66,499
3 Madison County $80,822 plus or minus $10,227 $60,160
4 Canyon County $73,250 plus or minus $9,836 $76,488
5 Bonner County $46,542 plus or minus $495 $66,979
6 Latah County $28,295 plus or minus $2,096 $65,424
Not ranked Ada County $59,595 Wide margin of error plus or minus $26,485 $91,502
Not ranked Adams County Not published: too few people in the survey $61,808
Not ranked Bear Lake County Not published: too few people in the survey $75,260
Not ranked Benewah County Not published: too few people in the survey $59,794
Not ranked Bingham County Not published: too few people in the survey $77,878
Not ranked Boise County Not published: too few people in the survey $78,774
Not ranked Bonneville County $75,763 Wide margin of error plus or minus $30,463 $79,068
Not ranked Boundary County Not published: too few people in the survey $67,237
Not ranked Butte County Not published: too few people in the survey $53,015
Not ranked Camas County Not published: too few people in the survey $57,955
Not ranked Caribou County Not published: too few people in the survey $68,782
Not ranked Cassia County Not published: too few people in the survey $70,830
Not ranked Clark County Not published: too few people in the survey $55,208
Not ranked Clearwater County Not published: too few people in the survey $60,000
Not ranked Custer County Not published: too few people in the survey $67,574
Not ranked Elmore County $49,116 Wide margin of error plus or minus $19,472 $65,359
Not ranked Franklin County Not published: too few people in the survey $71,950
Not ranked Fremont County Not published: too few people in the survey $72,683
Not ranked Gem County Not published: too few people in the survey $64,605
Not ranked Gooding County Not published: too few people in the survey $63,559
Not ranked Idaho County Not published: too few people in the survey $66,325
Not ranked Jefferson County Not published: too few people in the survey $86,679
Not ranked Jerome County Not published: too few people in the survey $71,724
Not ranked Kootenai County Not published: too few people in the survey $81,861
Not ranked Lemhi County Not published: too few people in the survey $53,202
Not ranked Lewis County Not published: too few people in the survey $51,615
Not ranked Lincoln County Not published: too few people in the survey $71,453
Not ranked Minidoka County Not published: too few people in the survey $70,377
Not ranked Nez Perce County Not published: too few people in the survey $72,599
Not ranked Oneida County Not published: too few people in the survey $74,954
Not ranked Owyhee County Not published: too few people in the survey $64,406
Not ranked Payette County Not published: too few people in the survey $67,673
Not ranked Power County Not published: too few people in the survey $61,146
Not ranked Shoshone County Not published: too few people in the survey $55,527
Not ranked Teton County Not published: too few people in the survey $99,805
Not ranked Twin Falls County $59,741 Wide margin of error plus or minus $31,372 $67,409
Not ranked Valley County Not published: too few people in the survey $76,078
Not ranked Washington County Not published: too few people in the survey $54,000

Ranked: the 6 counties measured in survey years 2020 to 2024 with a margin of error under a quarter of the figure. Places below that line are still listed, with the reason.

Who decides

From you up to Congress. Look up your address above and each step fills in with the people who hold that seat for you.

  1. You and your neighbors Buy from Black-owned businesses, pass along job openings, and back the people building firms here.

    Ask: Which local business can I send work to this month?

  2. Your mayor, council and county commission Award local contracts, issue business permits and steer development money.

    Ask: What share of city and county contracts went to Black-owned firms last year?

  3. Your state legislators Fund job training and set the minimum wage and the rules for state contracts.

    Ask: Does our state set aside contracts for small firms, as other states do?

  4. Your members of Congress Fund job training, small business loans and federal contracts.

    Ask: How many federal contracts in our district went to small Black-owned firms?

What you can do

  1. This weekSend one piece of work to a Black-owned business near you, and pass one job opening to someone looking.
  2. The next date that mattersThe next city council or county commission vote on contracts.
  3. Where your voice is countedRaise what matters where you live on SourceLine issues. Only confirmed residents are counted, and SourceLine shares the totals, never names, with the body that decides.
Method and sources

Median household income, Black householders. Source: Census Bureau, American Community Survey, survey years 2020 to 2024.

The margin of error is how far the true figure could be from the one shown. Surveys ask some people, not everyone, so smaller places have wider margins. A place with too few people to measure well is listed but not ranked.

Population, voting age population, citizens of voting age, registered voters and people who voted are different counts. Each page says which one it uses.

Who decides: the people named come from SourceLine’s record of officeholders for the address you enter. Where SourceLine hasn’t updated a level for your area yet, that step says so.

About these figures

Every figure on this page shows the year it describes. Public agencies release their numbers on their own schedules, often a year or more after the work of counting is done. The Census Bureau, for example, publishes its five year community survey each December, and the national reading test is given every two years. That is why some figures are not from this year. SourceLine updates each one as soon as the agency publishes it.

For some counties and small towns, SourceLine has not found meeting records online. Where it has not, we add them as they become available. A page that says SourceLine hasn’t updated a record yet means exactly that.