Inkom vs Lava Hot Springs

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

Inkom 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.

Inkom has the higher population (810 vs 251 in Lava Hot Springs). Inkom has the higher median household income ($81,528 vs $36,364 in Lava Hot Springs). Inkom has the higher median home value ($250,500 vs $241,100 in Lava Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Inkom	Lava Hot Springs
Population	810	251
Median age	34.7 yrs	51.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,528	$36,364
Median home value	$250,500	$241,100
Median gross rent	$1,036	$843
Housing units	255	210
Homeownership rate	89.0%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	10.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inkom	Lava Hot Springs
Population	820 → 810 (-1.2%)	232 → 251 (+8.2%)
Median household income	$50,000 → $81,528 (+63.1%)	$38,000 → $36,364 (-4.3%)
Median home value	$126,400 → $250,500 (+98.2%)	$136,100 → $241,100 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	$739 → $1,036 (+40.2%)	$655 → $843 (+28.7%)

Inkom

Population

820810

Median household income

$50,000$81,528

Median home value

$126,400$250,500

Median gross rent

$739$1,036

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)

	Inkom	Lava Hot Springs
Under 5	4.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	27.5%	8.0%
18 to 24	4.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	13.5%	0.0%
35 to 44	24.8%	10.4%
45 to 54	8.8%	29.9%
55 to 64	6.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	4.6%	17.1%
75 and over	4.7%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inkom	Lava Hot Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inkom	Lava Hot Springs
No high school diploma	11.6%	4.2%
High school graduate	32.7%	34.9%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inkom	Lava Hot Springs
Drove alone	76.9%	62.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	1.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.3%	27.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inkom	Lava Hot Springs
1-unit, detached	85.9%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Inkom	Lava Hot Springs
Poverty rate	1.9%	9.4%
Average household size	3.70	1.86
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1974	1964