Glenns Ferry vs Mountain Home

A side-by-side comparison of Glenns Ferry and Mountain Home: population, income, housing, and more.

Glenns Ferry and Mountain Home are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mountain Home has the higher population (16,265 vs 1,443 in Glenns Ferry). Mountain Home has the higher median household income ($58,486 vs $51,625 in Glenns Ferry). Mountain Home has the higher median home value ($270,700 vs $189,400 in Glenns Ferry).

Population, income & housing

	Glenns Ferry	Mountain Home
Population	1,443	16,265
Median age	44.6 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$51,625	$58,486
Median home value	$189,400	$270,700
Median gross rent	$725	$1,061
Housing units	635	6,648
Homeownership rate	65.1%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	0.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenns Ferry	Mountain Home
Population	1,226 → 1,443 (+17.7%)	14,166 → 16,265 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$27,583 → $51,625 (+87.2%)	$49,404 → $58,486 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$103,000 → $189,400 (+83.9%)	$144,200 → $270,700 (+87.7%)
Median gross rent	$501 → $725 (+44.7%)	$789 → $1,061 (+34.5%)

Glenns Ferry

Population

1,2261,443

Median household income

$27,583$51,625

Median home value

$103,000$189,400

Median gross rent

$501$725

Mountain Home

Population

14,16616,265

Median household income

$49,404$58,486

Median home value

$144,200$270,700

Median gross rent

$789$1,061

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glenns Ferry	Mountain Home
Under 5	4.9%	8.6%
5 to 17	14.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	11.9%	9.9%
25 to 34	7.4%	20.0%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.8%	8.6%
55 to 64	17.7%	11.2%
65 to 74	12.5%	6.7%
75 and over	6.7%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenns Ferry	Mountain Home
White (non-Hispanic)	73.7%	71.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	22.3%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenns Ferry	Mountain Home
No high school diploma	12.6%	10.8%
High school graduate	35.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	40.9%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.6%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenns Ferry	Mountain Home
Drove alone	68.4%	88.8%
Carpooled	10.3%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.4%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.5%
Other means	0.8%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenns Ferry	Mountain Home
1-unit, detached	71.0%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	2.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	15.6%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenns Ferry	Mountain Home
Poverty rate	26.1%	12.4%
Average household size	2.55	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	1943	1986