Grangeville vs Riggins

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

Grangeville and Riggins 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 236 in Riggins). Grangeville has the higher median household income ($59,013 vs $51,250 in Riggins). Riggins has the higher median home value ($347,300 vs $262,000 in Grangeville).

Population, income & housing

	Grangeville	Riggins
Population	3,443	236
Median age	48.1 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$59,013	$51,250
Median home value	$262,000	$347,300
Median gross rent	$783	$667
Housing units	1,811	243
Homeownership rate	63.3%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grangeville	Riggins
Population	3,187 → 3,443 (+8.0%)	258 → 236 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$43,053 → $59,013 (+37.1%)	$26,563 → $51,250 (+92.9%)
Median home value	$139,100 → $262,000 (+88.4%)	$162,500 → $347,300 (+113.7%)
Median gross rent	$687 → $783 (+14.0%)	$829 → $667 (-19.5%)

Grangeville

Population

3,1873,443

Median household income

$43,053$59,013

Median home value

$139,100$262,000

Median gross rent

$687$783

Riggins

Population

258236

Median household income

$26,563$51,250

Median home value

$162,500$347,300

Median gross rent

$829$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grangeville	Riggins
Under 5	7.3%	0.8%
5 to 17	15.8%	9.3%
18 to 24	12.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.5%	3.8%
35 to 44	4.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	15.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	16.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	31.4%
75 and over	15.0%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grangeville	Riggins
White (non-Hispanic)	85.8%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grangeville	Riggins
No high school diploma	9.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	33.3%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grangeville	Riggins
Drove alone	79.5%	53.2%
Carpooled	11.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	35.5%
Other means	2.7%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grangeville	Riggins
1-unit, detached	80.8%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	3.3%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Grangeville	Riggins
Poverty rate	16.0%	27.1%
Average household size	2.31	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1967	1979