Hazelton vs Jerome

A side-by-side comparison of Hazelton and Jerome: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jerome has the higher population (12,689 vs 988 in Hazelton). Jerome has the higher median household income ($65,343 vs $55,833 in Hazelton). Jerome has the higher median home value ($214,900 vs $148,400 in Hazelton).

Population, income & housing

	Hazelton	Jerome
Population	988	12,689
Median age	31.9 yrs	31.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,833	$65,343
Median home value	$148,400	$214,900
Median gross rent	$635	$900
Housing units	359	4,305
Homeownership rate	62.0%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	9.7%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazelton	Jerome
Population	764 → 988 (+29.3%)	11,653 → 12,689 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$37,222 → $55,833 (+50.0%)	$45,148 → $65,343 (+44.7%)
Median home value	$89,400 → $148,400 (+66.0%)	$128,800 → $214,900 (+66.8%)
Median gross rent	$520 → $635 (+22.1%)	$779 → $900 (+15.5%)

Hazelton

Population

764988

Median household income

$37,222$55,833

Median home value

$89,400$148,400

Median gross rent

$520$635

Jerome

Population

11,65312,689

Median household income

$45,148$65,343

Median home value

$128,800$214,900

Median gross rent

$779$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazelton	Jerome
Under 5	6.8%	8.6%
5 to 17	21.1%	23.8%
18 to 24	12.4%	8.7%
25 to 34	11.1%	15.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.8%
45 to 54	7.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	9.7%
65 to 74	10.1%	5.4%
75 and over	1.9%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazelton	Jerome
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	47.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	47.2%	48.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazelton	Jerome
No high school diploma	41.5%	33.1%
High school graduate	27.8%	25.4%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	31.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.8%	7.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.7%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazelton	Jerome
Drove alone	85.8%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.1%
Other means	0.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazelton	Jerome
1-unit, detached	74.1%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	17.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.8%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Hazelton	Jerome
Poverty rate	13.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.82	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1976	1979