Blackfoot vs Riverside

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

Blackfoot and Riverside 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 1,126 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($103,125 vs $69,091 in Blackfoot). Riverside has the higher median home value ($241,500 vs $225,900 in Blackfoot).

Population, income & housing

	Blackfoot	Riverside
Population	12,628	1,126
Median age	35.6 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$69,091	$103,125
Median home value	$225,900	$241,500
Median gross rent	$798	—
Housing units	4,706	342
Homeownership rate	72.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackfoot	Riverside
Population	11,907 → 12,628 (+6.1%)	1,149 → 1,126 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $69,091 (+41.7%)	$70,893 → $103,125 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $225,900 (+65.3%)	$166,000 → $241,500 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $798 (+22.8%)	—

Blackfoot

Population

11,90712,628

Median household income

$48,750$69,091

Median home value

$136,700$225,900

Median gross rent

$650$798

Riverside

Population

1,1491,126

Median household income

$70,893$103,125

Median home value

$166,000$241,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackfoot	Riverside
Under 5	7.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.0%	28.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	12.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	4.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	10.0%	14.7%
55 to 64	13.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	9.0%	3.9%
75 and over	7.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackfoot	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackfoot	Riverside
No high school diploma	10.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	35.5%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackfoot	Riverside
Drove alone	78.1%	71.3%
Carpooled	12.7%	19.2%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	9.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackfoot	Riverside
1-unit, detached	72.9%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Blackfoot	Riverside
Poverty rate	10.3%	7.9%
Average household size	2.73	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1970	1986