Basalt vs Rockford

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

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

Basalt has the higher population (511 vs 305 in Rockford). Rockford has the higher median household income ($85,804 vs $75,375 in Basalt). Basalt has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $237,500 in Rockford).

Population, income & housing

	Basalt	Rockford
Population	511	305
Median age	36.5 yrs	17.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,375	$85,804
Median home value	$300,000	$237,500
Median gross rent	$1,025	—
Housing units	180	82
Homeownership rate	89.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basalt	Rockford
Population	396 → 511 (+29.0%)	229 → 305 (+33.2%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $75,375 (+44.7%)	$48,672 → $85,804 (+76.3%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $300,000 (+119.8%)	$134,200 → $237,500 (+77.0%)
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

Rockford

Population

229305

Median household income

$48,672$85,804

Median home value

$134,200$237,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Basalt	Rockford
Under 5	6.3%	10.2%
5 to 17	26.8%	40.3%
18 to 24	5.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	14.8%
35 to 44	17.2%	20.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	18.0%	8.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	2.3%
75 and over	5.3%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basalt	Rockford
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	48.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	23.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	28.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basalt	Rockford
No high school diploma	11.2%	17.9%
High school graduate	32.9%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	23.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basalt	Rockford
Drove alone	74.2%	75.9%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	18.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basalt	Rockford
1-unit, detached	86.7%	86.6%
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%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Basalt	Rockford
Poverty rate	1.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.92	4.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	—
Median year structure built	1971	1969