Ammon vs Idaho Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Ammon and Idaho Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Idaho Falls has the higher population (66,672 vs 18,496 in Ammon). Ammon has the higher median household income ($84,154 vs $69,630 in Idaho Falls). Ammon has the higher median home value ($336,500 vs $298,600 in Idaho Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Ammon	Idaho Falls
Population	18,496	66,672
Median age	32.5 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$84,154	$69,630
Median home value	$336,500	$298,600
Median gross rent	$1,175	$992
Housing units	6,481	25,889
Homeownership rate	70.4%	64.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.7%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ammon	Idaho Falls
Population	15,859 → 18,496 (+16.6%)	61,459 → 66,672 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$67,545 → $84,154 (+24.6%)	$53,148 → $69,630 (+31.0%)
Median home value	$199,400 → $336,500 (+68.8%)	$164,500 → $298,600 (+81.5%)
Median gross rent	$903 → $1,175 (+30.1%)	$776 → $992 (+27.8%)

Ammon

Population

15,85918,496

Median household income

$67,545$84,154

Median home value

$199,400$336,500

Median gross rent

$903$1,175

Idaho Falls

Population

61,45966,672

Median household income

$53,148$69,630

Median home value

$164,500$298,600

Median gross rent

$776$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ammon	Idaho Falls
Under 5	8.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	23.9%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.9%	14.1%
45 to 54	11.9%	9.9%
55 to 64	7.2%	10.5%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.5%
75 and over	5.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ammon	Idaho Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	85.3%	77.6%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.5%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	16.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ammon	Idaho Falls
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.5%
High school graduate	20.6%	25.1%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.2%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	9.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ammon	Idaho Falls
Drove alone	74.3%	74.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	11.4%
Public transit	2.2%	2.6%
Walked	1.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.3%
Other means	1.9%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ammon	Idaho Falls
1-unit, detached	64.7%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	12.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	7.6%
20 or more units	10.6%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.5%

Poverty & households

	Ammon	Idaho Falls
Poverty rate	5.3%	12.0%
Average household size	2.98	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	2003	1977