Garden Valley vs Horseshoe Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Garden Valley and Horseshoe Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

Garden Valley and Horseshoe Bend are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Horseshoe Bend has the higher population (756 vs 364 in Garden Valley). Garden Valley has the higher median household income ($91,042 vs $54,236 in Horseshoe Bend). Since 2019, Horseshoe Bend's population has grown faster (-12.3% vs -25.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Valley	Horseshoe Bend
Population	364	756
Median age	36.8 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$91,042	$54,236
Median home value	—	$205,300
Median gross rent	$938	$883
Housing units	214	422
Homeownership rate	76.7%	64.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Valley	Horseshoe Bend
Population	489 → 364 (-25.6%)	862 → 756 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$62,132 → $91,042 (+46.5%)	$43,500 → $54,236 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$265,000 → $294,600 (+11.2%)	$115,100 → $205,300 (+78.4%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $938 (+28.5%)	$766 → $883 (+15.3%)

Garden Valley

Population

489364

Median household income

$62,132$91,042

Median home value

$265,000$294,600

Median gross rent

$730$938

Horseshoe Bend

Population

862756

Median household income

$43,500$54,236

Median home value

$115,100$205,300

Median gross rent

$766$883

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Valley	Horseshoe Bend
Under 5	4.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	11.8%
18 to 24	15.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	14.0%	20.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	6.0%
45 to 54	5.8%	12.6%
55 to 64	21.2%	11.1%
65 to 74	14.0%	13.8%
75 and over	0.0%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Valley	Horseshoe Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	81.0%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	4.1%
Two or more races	11.0%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Valley	Horseshoe Bend
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.6%
High school graduate	22.3%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	17.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Valley	Horseshoe Bend
Drove alone	64.1%	62.7%
Carpooled	11.5%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.2%	10.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	6.3%	11.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Valley	Horseshoe Bend
1-unit, detached	85.5%	59.0%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	5.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	33.9%

Poverty & households

	Garden Valley	Horseshoe Bend
Poverty rate	9.3%	17.1%
Average household size	2.41	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	10	37
Median year structure built	1993	1978