Lava Hot Springs vs Tyhee

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

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

Tyhee has the higher population (1,475 vs 251 in Lava Hot Springs). Tyhee has the higher median household income ($89,500 vs $36,364 in Lava Hot Springs). Tyhee has the higher median home value ($417,800 vs $241,100 in Lava Hot Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Lava Hot Springs	Tyhee
Population	251	1,475
Median age	51.5 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$36,364	$89,500
Median home value	$241,100	$417,800
Median gross rent	$843	$1,171
Housing units	210	444
Homeownership rate	58.3%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	10.8%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lava Hot Springs	Tyhee
Population	232 → 251 (+8.2%)	1,192 → 1,475 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$38,000 → $36,364 (-4.3%)	$83,333 → $89,500 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$136,100 → $241,100 (+77.1%)	$225,000 → $417,800 (+85.7%)
Median gross rent	$655 → $843 (+28.7%)	$717 → $1,171 (+63.3%)

Lava Hot Springs

Population

232251

Median household income

$38,000$36,364

Median home value

$136,100$241,100

Median gross rent

$655$843

Tyhee

Population

1,1921,475

Median household income

$83,333$89,500

Median home value

$225,000$417,800

Median gross rent

$717$1,171

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lava Hot Springs	Tyhee
Under 5	3.2%	7.5%
5 to 17	8.0%	24.7%
18 to 24	4.4%	12.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.8%
45 to 54	29.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	7.2%
65 to 74	17.1%	8.6%
75 and over	12.0%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lava Hot Springs	Tyhee
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	75.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lava Hot Springs	Tyhee
No high school diploma	4.2%	8.0%
High school graduate	34.9%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	10.4%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lava Hot Springs	Tyhee
Drove alone	62.1%	82.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.1%
Public transit	0.0%	3.0%
Walked	8.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.2%	7.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lava Hot Springs	Tyhee
1-unit, detached	63.8%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Lava Hot Springs	Tyhee
Poverty rate	9.4%	12.9%
Average household size	1.86	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	30	23
Median year structure built	1964	1980