Downey vs Fort Hall

A side-by-side comparison of Downey and Fort Hall: population, income, housing, and more.

Downey and Fort Hall are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fort Hall has the higher population (2,343 vs 736 in Downey). Downey has the higher median household income ($46,000 vs $40,757 in Fort Hall). Fort Hall has the higher median home value ($196,000 vs $153,000 in Downey).

Population, income & housing

	Downey	Fort Hall
Population	736	2,343
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,000	$40,757
Median home value	$153,000	$196,000
Median gross rent	$893	$381
Housing units	320	978
Homeownership rate	82.3%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Downey	Fort Hall
Population	775 → 736 (-5.0%)	2,971 → 2,343 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$40,625 → $46,000 (+13.2%)	$37,539 → $40,757 (+8.6%)
Median home value	$92,300 → $153,000 (+65.8%)	$134,700 → $196,000 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $893 (+42.0%)	$506 → $381 (-24.7%)

Downey

Population

775736

Median household income

$40,625$46,000

Median home value

$92,300$153,000

Median gross rent

$629$893

Fort Hall

Population

2,9712,343

Median household income

$37,539$40,757

Median home value

$134,700$196,000

Median gross rent

$506$381

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Downey	Fort Hall
Under 5	6.4%	6.2%
5 to 17	20.4%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.5%	6.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	3.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	16.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	12.0%	12.2%
75 and over	10.6%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Downey	Fort Hall
White (non-Hispanic)	87.2%	20.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.7%	64.4%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.3%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	10.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Downey	Fort Hall
No high school diploma	13.2%	13.9%
High school graduate	30.5%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Downey	Fort Hall
Drove alone	73.1%	87.0%
Carpooled	14.1%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	2.2%
Other means	2.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Downey	Fort Hall
1-unit, detached	89.7%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	33.0%

Poverty & households

	Downey	Fort Hall
Poverty rate	19.6%	24.5%
Average household size	2.51	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	26	15
Median year structure built	1945	1977