Arimo vs Lava Hot Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Arimo and Lava Hot Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Arimo and Lava Hot Springs are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Arimo has the higher population (329 vs 251 in Lava Hot Springs). Arimo has the higher median household income ($65,208 vs $36,364 in Lava Hot Springs). Lava Hot Springs has the higher median home value ($241,100 vs $202,000 in Arimo).

Population, income & housing

	Arimo	Lava Hot Springs
Population	329	251
Median age	34.9 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,208	$36,364
Median home value	$202,000	$241,100
Median gross rent	—	$843
Housing units	138	210
Homeownership rate	94.3%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.0%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arimo	Lava Hot Springs
Population	353 → 329 (-6.8%)	232 → 251 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$67,143 → $65,208 (-2.9%)	$38,000 → $36,364 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$124,500 → $202,000 (+62.2%)	$136,100 → $241,100 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$655 → $843 (+28.7%)

Arimo

Population

353329

Median household income

$67,143$65,208

Median home value

$124,500$202,000

Lava Hot Springs

Population

232251

Median household income

$38,000$36,364

Median home value

$136,100$241,100

Median gross rent

$655$843

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arimo	Lava Hot Springs
Under 5	10.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	8.0%
18 to 24	8.8%	4.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	29.9%
55 to 64	9.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.9%	17.1%
75 and over	3.3%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arimo	Lava Hot Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arimo	Lava Hot Springs
No high school diploma	2.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	25.0%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	51.5%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arimo	Lava Hot Springs
Drove alone	82.8%	62.1%
Carpooled	8.3%	1.9%
Public transit	2.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	27.2%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arimo	Lava Hot Springs
1-unit, detached	88.4%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.1%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Arimo	Lava Hot Springs
Poverty rate	17.0%	9.4%
Average household size	2.67	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1949	1964