Elk City vs Grangeville

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

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

Grangeville has the higher population (3,443 vs 270 in Elk City). Elk City has the higher median household income ($59,643 vs $59,013 in Grangeville). Elk City has the higher median home value ($356,700 vs $262,000 in Grangeville).

Population, income & housing

	Elk City	Grangeville
Population	270	3,443
Median age	40.4 yrs	48.1 yrs
Median household income	$59,643	$59,013
Median home value	$356,700	$262,000
Median gross rent	—	$783
Housing units	188	1,811
Homeownership rate	65.8%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	31.7%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk City	Grangeville
Population	147 → 270 (+83.7%)	3,187 → 3,443 (+8.0%)
Median household income	$36,438 → $59,643 (+63.7%)	$43,053 → $59,013 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $356,700 (+360.3%)	$139,100 → $262,000 (+88.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$687 → $783 (+14.0%)

Elk City

Population

147270

Median household income

$36,438$59,643

Median home value

$77,500$356,700

Grangeville

Population

3,1873,443

Median household income

$43,053$59,013

Median home value

$139,100$262,000

Median gross rent

$687$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk City	Grangeville
Under 5	18.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	7.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	12.1%
25 to 34	23.0%	4.5%
35 to 44	2.6%	4.7%
45 to 54	3.0%	15.0%
55 to 64	34.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	9.5%
75 and over	0.0%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk City	Grangeville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	85.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.4%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk City	Grangeville
No high school diploma	14.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	13.0%	33.3%
Some college or associate's	64.0%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk City	Grangeville
Drove alone	83.7%	79.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk City	Grangeville
1-unit, detached	46.3%	80.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	53.7%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Elk City	Grangeville
Poverty rate	12.6%	16.0%
Average household size	3.46	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1978	1967