Basalt vs Moreland

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

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

Moreland has the higher population (1,386 vs 511 in Basalt). Basalt has the higher median household income ($75,375 vs $60,048 in Moreland). Basalt has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $260,100 in Moreland).

Population, income & housing

	Basalt	Moreland
Population	511	1,386
Median age	36.5 yrs	29.3 yrs
Median household income	$75,375	$60,048
Median home value	$300,000	$260,100
Median gross rent	$1,025	—
Housing units	180	411
Homeownership rate	89.1%	98.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basalt	Moreland
Population	396 → 511 (+29.0%)	1,232 → 1,386 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $75,375 (+44.7%)	$56,324 → $60,048 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $300,000 (+119.8%)	$157,000 → $260,100 (+65.7%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $1,025 (+27.2%)	—

Basalt

Population

396511

Median household income

$52,083$75,375

Median home value

$136,500$300,000

Median gross rent

$806$1,025

Moreland

Population

1,2321,386

Median household income

$56,324$60,048

Median home value

$157,000$260,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basalt	Moreland
Under 5	6.3%	14.0%
5 to 17	26.8%	21.4%
18 to 24	5.7%	8.9%
25 to 34	5.3%	13.4%
35 to 44	17.2%	4.3%
45 to 54	8.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	18.0%	10.3%
65 to 74	6.8%	13.8%
75 and over	5.3%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basalt	Moreland
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	71.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	21.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basalt	Moreland
No high school diploma	11.2%	6.5%
High school graduate	32.9%	51.1%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basalt	Moreland
Drove alone	74.2%	82.5%
Carpooled	10.4%	2.3%
Public transit	0.4%	4.9%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	10.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basalt	Moreland
1-unit, detached	86.7%	89.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	10.9%

Poverty & households

	Basalt	Moreland
Poverty rate	1.8%	19.3%
Average household size	2.92	3.37
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1971	1974