Hammett vs Mountain Home

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

Hammett 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 258 in Hammett). Mountain Home has the higher median household income ($58,486 vs $27,482 in Hammett). Mountain Home has the higher median home value ($270,700 vs $160,600 in Hammett).

Population, income & housing

	Hammett	Mountain Home
Population	258	16,265
Median age	63.1 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$27,482	$58,486
Median home value	$160,600	$270,700
Median gross rent	$1,065	$1,061
Housing units	141	6,648
Homeownership rate	70.9%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.8%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hammett	Mountain Home
Population	212 → 258 (+21.7%)	14,166 → 16,265 (+14.8%)
Median household income	$24,550 → $27,482 (+11.9%)	$49,404 → $58,486 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$135,900 → $160,600 (+18.2%)	$144,200 → $270,700 (+87.7%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,065 (+25.3%)	$789 → $1,061 (+34.5%)

Hammett

Population

212258

Median household income

$24,550$27,482

Median home value

$135,900$160,600

Median gross rent

$850$1,065

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)

	Hammett	Mountain Home
Under 5	2.7%	8.6%
5 to 17	2.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	12.0%	9.9%
25 to 34	3.5%	20.0%
35 to 44	22.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	4.3%	8.6%
55 to 64	36.0%	11.2%
65 to 74	16.7%	6.7%
75 and over	0.0%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hammett	Mountain Home
White (non-Hispanic)	71.7%	71.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.1%	0.8%
Asian	1.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	16.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	16.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hammett	Mountain Home
No high school diploma	3.8%	10.8%
High school graduate	58.2%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hammett	Mountain Home
Drove alone	59.2%	88.8%
Carpooled	40.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hammett	Mountain Home
1-unit, detached	17.7%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	16.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.0%
20 or more units	7.8%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	62.4%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Hammett	Mountain Home
Poverty rate	10.1%	12.4%
Average household size	1.83	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1984	1986