Aberdeen vs Blackfoot

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

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

Blackfoot has the higher population (12,628 vs 2,418 in Aberdeen). Blackfoot has the higher median household income ($69,091 vs $67,813 in Aberdeen). Blackfoot has the higher median home value ($225,900 vs $144,700 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Blackfoot
Population	2,418	12,628
Median age	28.1 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$69,091
Median home value	$144,700	$225,900
Median gross rent	$663	$798
Housing units	760	4,706
Homeownership rate	81.7%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	10.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Blackfoot
Population	2,088 → 2,418 (+15.8%)	11,907 → 12,628 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$46,825 → $67,813 (+44.8%)	$48,750 → $69,091 (+41.7%)
Median home value	$93,400 → $144,700 (+54.9%)	$136,700 → $225,900 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$483 → $663 (+37.3%)	$650 → $798 (+22.8%)

Aberdeen

Population

2,0882,418

Median household income

$46,825$67,813

Median home value

$93,400$144,700

Median gross rent

$483$663

Blackfoot

Population

11,90712,628

Median household income

$48,750$69,091

Median home value

$136,700$225,900

Median gross rent

$650$798

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Blackfoot
Under 5	9.8%	7.5%
5 to 17	25.4%	20.0%
18 to 24	14.1%	8.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.4%
35 to 44	10.0%	11.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	10.0%
55 to 64	7.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	4.8%	9.0%
75 and over	5.4%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Blackfoot
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	72.1%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.2%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	74.8%	20.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Blackfoot
No high school diploma	43.5%	10.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	35.5%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	32.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Blackfoot
Drove alone	87.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.4%
Walked	2.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Blackfoot
1-unit, detached	73.4%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Blackfoot
Poverty rate	7.4%	10.3%
Average household size	3.49	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1964	1970