Fort Hall vs Pocatello

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

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

Pocatello has the higher population (57,152 vs 2,343 in Fort Hall). Pocatello has the higher median household income ($57,931 vs $40,757 in Fort Hall). Pocatello has the higher median home value ($240,600 vs $196,000 in Fort Hall).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Hall	Pocatello
Population	2,343	57,152
Median age	38.1 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,757	$57,931
Median home value	$196,000	$240,600
Median gross rent	$381	$861
Housing units	978	23,839
Homeownership rate	79.9%	63.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	32.9%
Unemployment rate	10.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Hall	Pocatello
Population	2,971 → 2,343 (-21.1%)	55,525 → 57,152 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$37,539 → $40,757 (+8.6%)	$46,617 → $57,931 (+24.3%)
Median home value	$134,700 → $196,000 (+45.5%)	$148,200 → $240,600 (+62.3%)
Median gross rent	$506 → $381 (-24.7%)	$656 → $861 (+31.3%)

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

Pocatello

Population

55,52557,152

Median household income

$46,617$57,931

Median home value

$148,200$240,600

Median gross rent

$656$861

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Hall	Pocatello
Under 5	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.9%	12.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.1%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	10.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	8.9%
75 and over	5.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Hall	Pocatello
White (non-Hispanic)	20.7%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	64.4%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.3%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	9.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Hall	Pocatello
No high school diploma	13.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	37.3%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	31.5%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.0%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.3%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Hall	Pocatello
Drove alone	87.0%	75.7%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	2.2%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Hall	Pocatello
1-unit, detached	65.3%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	6.5%
2 to 4 units	0.5%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.5%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	33.0%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Fort Hall	Pocatello
Poverty rate	24.5%	13.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	1977	1971