Rexburg vs Sugar City

A side-by-side comparison of Rexburg and Sugar City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rexburg has the higher population (39,589 vs 2,011 in Sugar City). Sugar City has the higher median household income ($71,944 vs $50,359 in Rexburg). Rexburg has the higher median home value ($384,000 vs $308,000 in Sugar City).

Population, income & housing

	Rexburg	Sugar City
Population	39,589	2,011
Median age	21.0 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$50,359	$71,944
Median home value	$384,000	$308,000
Median gross rent	$959	$1,307
Housing units	10,834	693
Homeownership rate	23.5%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	8.7%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rexburg	Sugar City
Population	28,414 → 39,589 (+39.3%)	1,567 → 2,011 (+28.3%)
Median household income	$31,128 → $50,359 (+61.8%)	$39,726 → $71,944 (+81.1%)
Median home value	$211,700 → $384,000 (+81.4%)	$192,400 → $308,000 (+60.1%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $959 (+33.8%)	$1,165 → $1,307 (+12.2%)

Rexburg

Population

28,41439,589

Median household income

$31,128$50,359

Median home value

$211,700$384,000

Median gross rent

$717$959

Sugar City

Population

1,5672,011

Median household income

$39,726$71,944

Median home value

$192,400$308,000

Median gross rent

$1,165$1,307

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rexburg	Sugar City
Under 5	6.7%	9.6%
5 to 17	8.9%	23.2%
18 to 24	57.5%	7.0%
25 to 34	14.2%	25.4%
35 to 44	3.5%	9.6%
45 to 54	3.3%	5.8%
55 to 64	2.7%	5.8%
65 to 74	1.2%	10.5%
75 and over	1.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rexburg	Sugar City
White (non-Hispanic)	82.4%	87.6%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	1.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	3.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	11.3%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rexburg	Sugar City
No high school diploma	2.5%	0.4%
High school graduate	12.7%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	44.0%	43.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.3%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rexburg	Sugar City
Drove alone	55.3%	65.8%
Carpooled	15.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	15.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	23.2%
Other means	0.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rexburg	Sugar City
1-unit, detached	21.9%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	15.0%	14.6%
5 to 19 units	26.2%	2.6%
20 or more units	29.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Rexburg	Sugar City
Poverty rate	35.5%	11.3%
Average household size	3.30	3.25
Mean commute (minutes)	15	17
Median year structure built	2005	1996