Garden Valley vs Robie Creek

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

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

Robie Creek has the higher population (1,240 vs 364 in Garden Valley). Robie Creek has the higher median household income ($117,946 vs $91,042 in Garden Valley). Since 2019, Robie Creek's population has grown faster (-5.5% vs -25.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Garden Valley	Robie Creek
Population	364	1,240
Median age	36.8 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$91,042	$117,946
Median home value	—	$524,400
Median gross rent	$938	—
Housing units	214	636
Homeownership rate	76.7%	99.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.2%	44.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garden Valley	Robie Creek
Population	489 → 364 (-25.6%)	1,312 → 1,240 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$62,132 → $91,042 (+46.5%)	$105,069 → $117,946 (+12.3%)
Median home value	$265,000 → $294,600 (+11.2%)	$277,500 → $524,400 (+89.0%)
Median gross rent	$730 → $938 (+28.5%)	—

Garden Valley

Population

489364

Median household income

$62,132$91,042

Median home value

$265,000$294,600

Median gross rent

$730$938

Robie Creek

Population

1,3121,240

Median household income

$105,069$117,946

Median home value

$277,500$524,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Garden Valley	Robie Creek
Under 5	4.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.3%	8.6%
18 to 24	15.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	5.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	12.3%
45 to 54	5.8%	10.1%
55 to 64	21.2%	31.3%
65 to 74	14.0%	16.5%
75 and over	0.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garden Valley	Robie Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	80.5%	84.0%
Black or African American	3.8%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	8.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garden Valley	Robie Creek
No high school diploma	4.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	22.3%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	35.5%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.8%	18.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garden Valley	Robie Creek
Drove alone	64.1%	78.8%
Carpooled	11.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	18.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	15.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garden Valley	Robie Creek
1-unit, detached	85.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Garden Valley	Robie Creek
Poverty rate	9.3%	2.4%
Average household size	2.41	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	10	38
Median year structure built	1993	1994