Bellevue vs Hailey

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

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

Hailey has the higher population (9,439 vs 2,571 in Bellevue). Hailey has the higher median household income ($83,084 vs $72,242 in Bellevue). Hailey has the higher median home value ($574,500 vs $482,600 in Bellevue).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Hailey
Population	2,571	9,439
Median age	38.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$72,242	$83,084
Median home value	$482,600	$574,500
Median gross rent	$1,503	$1,196
Housing units	774	4,107
Homeownership rate	71.0%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Hailey
Population	2,747 → 2,571 (-6.4%)	8,408 → 9,439 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$63,867 → $72,242 (+13.1%)	$51,158 → $83,084 (+62.4%)
Median home value	$307,700 → $482,600 (+56.8%)	$368,300 → $574,500 (+56.0%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $1,503 (+83.1%)	$671 → $1,196 (+78.2%)

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

Hailey

Population

8,4089,439

Median household income

$51,158$83,084

Median home value

$368,300$574,500

Median gross rent

$671$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Hailey
Under 5	7.1%	2.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	24.4%
18 to 24	13.0%	6.5%
25 to 34	16.6%	6.3%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.2%
75 and over	4.7%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Hailey
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
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%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	25.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Hailey
No high school diploma	9.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	36.3%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	27.9%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	32.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Hailey
Drove alone	83.0%	71.9%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	2.9%
Worked from home	6.0%	12.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Hailey
1-unit, detached	83.3%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	9.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Hailey
Poverty rate	9.9%	8.3%
Average household size	3.38	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	25	18
Median year structure built	1988	1994