Elk City vs Ferdinand

A side-by-side comparison of Elk City and Ferdinand: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elk City has the higher population (270 vs 182 in Ferdinand). Ferdinand has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $59,643 in Elk City). Elk City has the higher median home value ($356,700 vs $215,400 in Ferdinand).

Population, income & housing

	Elk City	Ferdinand
Population	270	182
Median age	40.4 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,643	$61,250
Median home value	$356,700	$215,400
Median gross rent	—	$613
Housing units	188	69
Homeownership rate	65.8%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	31.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk City	Ferdinand
Population	147 → 270 (+83.7%)	162 → 182 (+12.3%)
Median household income	$36,438 → $59,643 (+63.7%)	$58,125 → $61,250 (+5.4%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $356,700 (+360.3%)	$122,200 → $215,400 (+76.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$625 → $613 (-1.9%)

Elk City

Population

147270

Median household income

$36,438$59,643

Median home value

$77,500$356,700

Ferdinand

Population

162182

Median household income

$58,125$61,250

Median home value

$122,200$215,400

Median gross rent

$625$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk City	Ferdinand
Under 5	18.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	7.4%	18.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.8%
25 to 34	23.0%	16.5%
35 to 44	2.6%	16.5%
45 to 54	3.0%	9.9%
55 to 64	34.4%	18.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	5.5%
75 and over	0.0%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk City	Ferdinand
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	87.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk City	Ferdinand
No high school diploma	14.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	13.0%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	64.0%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk City	Ferdinand
Drove alone	83.7%	77.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk City	Ferdinand
1-unit, detached	46.3%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.7%	20.3%

Poverty & households

	Elk City	Ferdinand
Poverty rate	12.6%	9.5%
Average household size	3.46	2.89
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1978	1956