Blanchard vs Oldtown

A side-by-side comparison of Blanchard and Oldtown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Blanchard has the higher population (625 vs 572 in Oldtown). Oldtown has the higher median household income ($58,088 vs $55,212 in Blanchard). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($282,500 vs $260,700 in Oldtown).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Oldtown
Population	625	572
Median age	66.4 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,212	$58,088
Median home value	$282,500	$260,700
Median gross rent	—	$848
Housing units	351	229
Homeownership rate	91.3%	46.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.2%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Oldtown
Population	201 → 625 (+210.9%)	246 → 572 (+132.5%)
Median household income	$40,877 → $55,212 (+35.1%)	$51,250 → $58,088 (+13.3%)
Median home value	$541,700 → $282,500 (-47.8%)	$130,000 → $260,700 (+100.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$838 → $848 (+1.2%)

Blanchard

Population

201625

Median household income

$40,877$55,212

Median home value

$541,700$282,500

Oldtown

Population

246572

Median household income

$51,250$58,088

Median home value

$130,000$260,700

Median gross rent

$838$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Oldtown
Under 5	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	24.3%
18 to 24	0.0%	9.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	20.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	7.2%
45 to 54	4.3%	9.8%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.1%
65 to 74	39.2%	8.2%
75 and over	17.1%	1.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Oldtown
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	91.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Oldtown
No high school diploma	4.5%	13.5%
High school graduate	22.7%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Oldtown
Drove alone	91.7%	93.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Oldtown
1-unit, detached	42.5%	41.0%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	36.2%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.3%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	52.4%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Oldtown
Poverty rate	8.0%	15.9%
Average household size	1.93	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	2001	1976