Horseshoe Bend vs Idaho City

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

Horseshoe Bend and Idaho City 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 556 in Idaho City). Horseshoe Bend has the higher median household income ($54,236 vs $41,111 in Idaho City). Horseshoe Bend has the higher median home value ($205,300 vs $94,500 in Idaho City).

Population, income & housing

	Horseshoe Bend	Idaho City
Population	756	556
Median age	46.5 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,236	$41,111
Median home value	$205,300	$94,500
Median gross rent	$883	$776
Housing units	422	381
Homeownership rate	64.4%	66.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Horseshoe Bend	Idaho City
Population	862 → 756 (-12.3%)	520 → 556 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$43,500 → $54,236 (+24.7%)	$47,031 → $41,111 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$115,100 → $205,300 (+78.4%)	$133,000 → $94,500 (-28.9%)
Median gross rent	$766 → $883 (+15.3%)	$482 → $776 (+61.0%)

Horseshoe Bend

Population

862756

Median household income

$43,500$54,236

Median home value

$115,100$205,300

Median gross rent

$766$883

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)

	Horseshoe Bend	Idaho City
Under 5	6.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	4.6%	0.5%
25 to 34	20.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	6.0%	21.4%
45 to 54	12.6%	9.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	9.2%
65 to 74	13.8%	8.6%
75 and over	13.9%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Idaho City
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	4.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	5.8%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Horseshoe Bend	Idaho City
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	39.5%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.2%	8.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Idaho City
Drove alone	62.7%	64.2%
Carpooled	14.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	23.3%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Horseshoe Bend	Idaho City
1-unit, detached	59.0%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.9%	30.7%

Poverty & households

	Horseshoe Bend	Idaho City
Poverty rate	17.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.12	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	37	26
Median year structure built	1978	1975