Mud Lake vs Rigby

A side-by-side comparison of Mud Lake and Rigby: population, income, housing, and more.

Mud Lake and Rigby are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Rigby has the higher population (5,251 vs 516 in Mud Lake). Rigby has the higher median household income ($78,278 vs $65,000 in Mud Lake). Rigby has the higher median home value ($267,200 vs $160,700 in Mud Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Mud Lake	Rigby
Population	516	5,251
Median age	29.1 yrs	30.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$78,278
Median home value	$160,700	$267,200
Median gross rent	$1,053	$1,035
Housing units	175	1,965
Homeownership rate	53.2%	65.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	37.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mud Lake	Rigby
Population	353 → 516 (+46.2%)	4,117 → 5,251 (+27.5%)
Median household income	$52,917 → $65,000 (+22.8%)	$49,467 → $78,278 (+58.2%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $160,700 (+53.8%)	$136,500 → $267,200 (+95.8%)
Median gross rent	$733 → $1,053 (+43.7%)	$763 → $1,035 (+35.6%)

Mud Lake

Population

353516

Median household income

$52,917$65,000

Median home value

$104,500$160,700

Median gross rent

$733$1,053

Rigby

Population

4,1175,251

Median household income

$49,467$78,278

Median home value

$136,500$267,200

Median gross rent

$763$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mud Lake	Rigby
Under 5	11.2%	14.7%
5 to 17	24.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.4%
25 to 34	17.4%	20.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	9.7%	5.8%
65 to 74	4.3%	7.7%
75 and over	1.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mud Lake	Rigby
White (non-Hispanic)	58.3%	83.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	39.9%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mud Lake	Rigby
No high school diploma	22.4%	7.8%
High school graduate	26.8%	23.1%
Some college or associate's	43.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	24.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	13.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mud Lake	Rigby
Drove alone	67.3%	87.3%
Carpooled	30.5%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	2.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mud Lake	Rigby
1-unit, detached	63.4%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	6.0%
2 to 4 units	10.9%	17.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	6.3%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	18.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Mud Lake	Rigby
Poverty rate	12.0%	11.9%
Average household size	3.27	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1970	1978