Fernwood vs Plummer

A side-by-side comparison of Fernwood and Plummer: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Plummer has the higher population (1,055 vs 130 in Fernwood). Since 2019, Plummer's population has grown faster (-4.5% vs -41.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Fernwood	Plummer
Population	130	1,055
Median age	—	31.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$52,188
Median home value	—	$163,800
Median gross rent	—	$934
Housing units	72	436
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	—	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fernwood	Plummer
Population	222 → 130 (-41.4%)	1,105 → 1,055 (-4.5%)
Median household income	—	$46,042 → $52,188 (+13.3%)
Median home value	—	$110,100 → $163,800 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$797 → $934 (+17.2%)

Fernwood

Population

222130

Plummer

Population

1,1051,055

Median household income

$46,042$52,188

Median home value

$110,100$163,800

Median gross rent

$797$934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fernwood	Plummer
Under 5	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	15.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	8.8%
45 to 54	0.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	0.0%	19.3%
65 to 74	100.0%	4.3%
75 and over	0.0%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fernwood	Plummer
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	42.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	35.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fernwood	Plummer
No high school diploma	44.6%	17.4%
High school graduate	0.0%	36.0%
Some college or associate's	55.4%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fernwood	Plummer
Drove alone	—	82.1%
Carpooled	—	5.0%
Public transit	—	3.5%
Walked	—	6.9%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	2.1%
Other means	—	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fernwood	Plummer
1-unit, detached	100.0%	67.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.3%

Poverty & households

	Fernwood	Plummer
Poverty rate	0.0%	13.7%
Average household size	1.81	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	—	1979