Garden Valley vs Idaho City

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

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

Idaho City has the higher population (556 vs 364 in Garden Valley). Garden Valley has the higher median household income ($91,042 vs $41,111 in Idaho City). Since 2019, Idaho City's population has grown faster (+6.9% vs -25.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Valley	Idaho City
Population	364	556
Median age	36.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$91,042	$41,111
Median home value	—	$94,500
Median gross rent	$938	$776
Housing units	214	381
Homeownership rate	76.7%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Valley	Idaho City
Population	489 → 364 (-25.6%)	520 → 556 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$62,132 → $91,042 (+46.5%)	$47,031 → $41,111 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$265,000 → $294,600 (+11.2%)	$133,000 → $94,500 (-28.9%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $938 (+28.5%)	$482 → $776 (+61.0%)

Garden Valley

Population

489364

Median household income

$62,132$91,042

Median home value

$265,000$294,600

Median gross rent

$730$938

Idaho City

Population

520556

Median household income

$47,031$41,111

Median home value

$133,000$94,500

Median gross rent

$482$776

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Valley	Idaho City
Under 5	4.4%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.3%	17.6%
18 to 24	15.4%	0.5%
25 to 34	14.0%	8.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	21.4%
45 to 54	5.8%	9.5%
55 to 64	21.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	8.6%
75 and over	0.0%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Valley	Idaho City
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	86.7%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	11.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Valley	Idaho City
No high school diploma	4.0%	4.1%
High school graduate	22.3%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Valley	Idaho City
Drove alone	64.1%	64.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.2%	23.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Valley	Idaho City
1-unit, detached	85.5%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	30.7%

Poverty & households

	Garden Valley	Idaho City
Poverty rate	9.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.41	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	10	26
Median year structure built	1993	1975