Aberdeen vs Basalt

A side-by-side comparison of Aberdeen and Basalt: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aberdeen has the higher population (2,418 vs 511 in Basalt). Basalt has the higher median household income ($75,375 vs $67,813 in Aberdeen). Basalt has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $144,700 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Basalt
Population	2,418	511
Median age	28.1 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$75,375
Median home value	$144,700	$300,000
Median gross rent	$663	$1,025
Housing units	760	180
Homeownership rate	81.7%	89.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	11.8%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Basalt
Population	2,088 → 2,418 (+15.8%)	396 → 511 (+29.0%)
Median household income	$46,825 → $67,813 (+44.8%)	$52,083 → $75,375 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$93,400 → $144,700 (+54.9%)	$136,500 → $300,000 (+119.8%)
Median gross rent	$483 → $663 (+37.3%)	$806 → $1,025 (+27.2%)

Aberdeen

Population

2,0882,418

Median household income

$46,825$67,813

Median home value

$93,400$144,700

Median gross rent

$483$663

Basalt

Population

396511

Median household income

$52,083$75,375

Median home value

$136,500$300,000

Median gross rent

$806$1,025

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Basalt
Under 5	9.8%	6.3%
5 to 17	25.4%	26.8%
18 to 24	14.1%	5.7%
25 to 34	13.4%	5.3%
35 to 44	10.0%	17.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	8.6%
55 to 64	7.6%	18.0%
65 to 74	4.8%	6.8%
75 and over	5.4%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Basalt
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	74.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	2.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	0.2%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	74.8%	14.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Basalt
No high school diploma	43.5%	11.2%
High school graduate	27.1%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	44.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	3.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Basalt
Drove alone	87.3%	74.2%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	2.4%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Basalt
1-unit, detached	73.4%	86.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Basalt
Poverty rate	7.4%	1.8%
Average household size	3.49	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1964	1971