Bellevue vs Carey

A side-by-side comparison of Bellevue and Carey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bellevue has the higher population (2,571 vs 1,197 in Carey). Bellevue has the higher median household income ($72,242 vs $50,938 in Carey). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($482,600 vs $209,200 in Carey).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Carey
Population	2,571	1,197
Median age	38.9 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,242	$50,938
Median home value	$482,600	$209,200
Median gross rent	$1,503	$964
Housing units	774	275
Homeownership rate	71.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	19.2%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Carey
Population	2,747 → 2,571 (-6.4%)	993 → 1,197 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$63,867 → $72,242 (+13.1%)	$63,500 → $50,938 (-19.8%)
Median home value	$307,700 → $482,600 (+56.8%)	$189,200 → $209,200 (+10.6%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,503 (+83.1%)	$733 → $964 (+31.5%)

Bellevue

Population

2,7472,571

Median household income

$63,867$72,242

Median home value

$307,700$482,600

Median gross rent

$821$1,503

Carey

Population

9931,197

Median household income

$63,500$50,938

Median home value

$189,200$209,200

Median gross rent

$733$964

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Carey
Under 5	7.1%	10.2%
5 to 17	10.4%	25.4%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.6%	20.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	20.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	5.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	3.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	4.1%
75 and over	4.7%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Carey
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	50.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.8%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	49.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Carey
No high school diploma	9.1%	10.9%
High school graduate	36.3%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Carey
Drove alone	83.0%	86.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Carey
1-unit, detached	83.3%	92.0%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Carey
Poverty rate	9.9%	5.6%
Average household size	3.38	4.89
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1988	1956