Leadore vs Salmon

A side-by-side comparison of Leadore and Salmon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Salmon has the higher population (3,196 vs 145 in Leadore). Salmon has the higher median household income ($40,875 vs $31,023 in Leadore). Salmon has the higher median home value ($198,400 vs $88,300 in Leadore).

Population, income & housing

	Leadore	Salmon
Population	145	3,196
Median age	51.9 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,023	$40,875
Median home value	$88,300	$198,400
Median gross rent	—	$584
Housing units	60	1,687
Homeownership rate	93.0%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	1.0%	16.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leadore	Salmon
Population	93 → 145 (+55.9%)	3,096 → 3,196 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$31,250 → $31,023 (-0.7%)	$38,634 → $40,875 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$92,800 → $88,300 (-4.8%)	$123,200 → $198,400 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$444 → $1,063 (+139.4%)	$631 → $584 (-7.4%)

Leadore

Population

93145

Median household income

$31,250$31,023

Median home value

$92,800$88,300

Median gross rent

$444$1,063

Salmon

Population

3,0963,196

Median household income

$38,634$40,875

Median home value

$123,200$198,400

Median gross rent

$631$584

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leadore	Salmon
Under 5	2.1%	5.9%
5 to 17	11.7%	10.0%
18 to 24	20.0%	12.8%
25 to 34	7.6%	7.6%
35 to 44	2.8%	11.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.2%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.6%
65 to 74	21.4%	10.7%
75 and over	9.7%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leadore	Salmon
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	12.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leadore	Salmon
No high school diploma	12.5%	7.8%
High school graduate	51.0%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	39.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.0%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leadore	Salmon
Drove alone	64.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	2.9%	15.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	7.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	23.5%	2.3%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leadore	Salmon
1-unit, detached	53.3%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	16.7%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	30.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Leadore	Salmon
Poverty rate	26.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.65	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	15	12
Median year structure built	1959	1976