Blackfoot vs Shelley

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

Blackfoot and Shelley 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 4,987 in Shelley). Blackfoot has the higher median household income ($69,091 vs $63,864 in Shelley). Shelley has the higher median home value ($267,200 vs $225,900 in Blackfoot).

Population, income & housing

	Blackfoot	Shelley
Population	12,628	4,987
Median age	35.6 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$69,091	$63,864
Median home value	$225,900	$267,200
Median gross rent	$798	$1,212
Housing units	4,706	1,787
Homeownership rate	72.2%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	10.9%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackfoot	Shelley
Population	11,907 → 12,628 (+6.1%)	4,372 → 4,987 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $69,091 (+41.7%)	$52,500 → $63,864 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$136,700 → $225,900 (+65.3%)	$155,300 → $267,200 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $798 (+22.8%)	$759 → $1,212 (+59.7%)

Blackfoot

Population

11,90712,628

Median household income

$48,750$69,091

Median home value

$136,700$225,900

Median gross rent

$650$798

Shelley

Population

4,3724,987

Median household income

$52,500$63,864

Median home value

$155,300$267,200

Median gross rent

$759$1,212

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackfoot	Shelley
Under 5	7.5%	11.1%
5 to 17	20.0%	21.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	11.8%
25 to 34	13.4%	13.1%
35 to 44	11.0%	15.3%
45 to 54	10.0%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	6.8%
65 to 74	9.0%	7.9%
75 and over	7.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackfoot	Shelley
White (non-Hispanic)	72.1%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackfoot	Shelley
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	35.5%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackfoot	Shelley
Drove alone	78.1%	80.4%
Carpooled	12.7%	9.3%
Public transit	2.4%	0.6%
Walked	3.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	6.9%
Other means	0.2%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackfoot	Shelley
1-unit, detached	72.9%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Blackfoot	Shelley
Poverty rate	10.3%	9.2%
Average household size	2.73	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1970	1976