Carey vs Ketchum

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

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

Ketchum has the higher population (3,551 vs 1,197 in Carey). Ketchum has the higher median household income ($87,658 vs $50,938 in Carey). Ketchum has the higher median home value ($756,200 vs $209,200 in Carey).

Population, income & housing

	Carey	Ketchum
Population	1,197	3,551
Median age	29.6 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$50,938	$87,658
Median home value	$209,200	$756,200
Median gross rent	$964	$1,190
Housing units	275	4,334
Homeownership rate	77.1%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	54.2%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carey	Ketchum
Population	993 → 1,197 (+20.5%)	2,791 → 3,551 (+27.2%)
Median household income	$63,500 → $50,938 (-19.8%)	$60,491 → $87,658 (+44.9%)
Median home value	$189,200 → $209,200 (+10.6%)	$760,500 → $756,200 (-0.6%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $964 (+31.5%)	$1,298 → $1,190 (-8.3%)

Carey

Population

9931,197

Median household income

$63,500$50,938

Median home value

$189,200$209,200

Median gross rent

$733$964

Ketchum

Population

2,7913,551

Median household income

$60,491$87,658

Median home value

$760,500$756,200

Median gross rent

$1,298$1,190

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carey	Ketchum
Under 5	10.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	25.4%	3.4%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	20.8%	18.1%
35 to 44	20.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	3.7%	22.8%
65 to 74	4.1%	19.4%
75 and over	3.4%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carey	Ketchum
White (non-Hispanic)	50.5%	89.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	49.5%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carey	Ketchum
No high school diploma	10.9%	4.0%
High school graduate	37.8%	13.0%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	42.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.3%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carey	Ketchum
Drove alone	86.4%	60.2%
Carpooled	7.0%	7.4%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	0.8%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	7.8%
Worked from home	4.9%	15.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carey	Ketchum
1-unit, detached	92.0%	41.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	23.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Carey	Ketchum
Poverty rate	5.6%	6.2%
Average household size	4.89	1.66
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1956	1981