Pocatello vs Tyhee

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

Pocatello and Tyhee 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 1,475 in Tyhee). Tyhee has the higher median household income ($89,500 vs $57,931 in Pocatello). Tyhee has the higher median home value ($417,800 vs $240,600 in Pocatello).

Population, income & housing

	Pocatello	Tyhee
Population	57,152	1,475
Median age	32.9 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,931	$89,500
Median home value	$240,600	$417,800
Median gross rent	$861	$1,171
Housing units	23,839	444
Homeownership rate	63.1%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.9%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pocatello	Tyhee
Population	55,525 → 57,152 (+2.9%)	1,192 → 1,475 (+23.7%)
Median household income	$46,617 → $57,931 (+24.3%)	$83,333 → $89,500 (+7.4%)
Median home value	$148,200 → $240,600 (+62.3%)	$225,000 → $417,800 (+85.7%)
Median gross rent	$656 → $861 (+31.3%)	$717 → $1,171 (+63.3%)

Pocatello

Population

55,52557,152

Median household income

$46,617$57,931

Median home value

$148,200$240,600

Median gross rent

$656$861

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)

	Pocatello	Tyhee
Under 5	6.4%	7.5%
5 to 17	18.0%	24.7%
18 to 24	12.4%	12.1%
25 to 34	16.1%	9.1%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.0%	7.2%
65 to 74	8.9%	8.6%
75 and over	4.9%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pocatello	Tyhee
White (non-Hispanic)	81.9%	75.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.3%	2.4%
Asian	2.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.7%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.2%	17.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pocatello	Tyhee
No high school diploma	6.3%	8.0%
High school graduate	24.6%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pocatello	Tyhee
Drove alone	75.7%	82.2%
Carpooled	8.1%	7.1%
Public transit	1.0%	3.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	7.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pocatello	Tyhee
1-unit, detached	61.8%	91.0%
1-unit, attached	6.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	4.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Pocatello	Tyhee
Poverty rate	13.9%	12.9%
Average household size	2.44	3.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	23
Median year structure built	1971	1980