Acequia vs Rupert

A side-by-side comparison of Acequia and Rupert: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rupert has the higher population (6,157 vs 223 in Acequia). Rupert has the higher median household income ($54,444 vs $51,042 in Acequia). Rupert has the higher median home value ($182,500 vs $86,700 in Acequia).

Population, income & housing

	Acequia	Rupert
Population	223	6,157
Median age	42.5 yrs	31.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,042	$54,444
Median home value	$86,700	$182,500
Median gross rent	—	$835
Housing units	81	2,338
Homeownership rate	96.1%	68.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	8.1%
Unemployment rate	17.1%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Acequia	Rupert
Population	225 → 223 (-0.9%)	5,796 → 6,157 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$58,125 → $51,042 (-12.2%)	$40,320 → $54,444 (+35.0%)
Median home value	$97,900 → $86,700 (-11.4%)	$113,000 → $182,500 (+61.5%)
Median gross rent	$713 → $817 (+14.6%)	$646 → $835 (+29.3%)

Acequia

Population

225223

Median household income

$58,125$51,042

Median home value

$97,900$86,700

Median gross rent

$713$817

Rupert

Population

5,7966,157

Median household income

$40,320$54,444

Median home value

$113,000$182,500

Median gross rent

$646$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Acequia	Rupert
Under 5	9.9%	7.0%
5 to 17	17.0%	23.6%
18 to 24	10.3%	8.8%
25 to 34	9.0%	15.6%
35 to 44	4.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	11.5%
55 to 64	20.2%	6.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	9.0%
75 and over	9.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Acequia	Rupert
White (non-Hispanic)	44.8%	45.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	48.4%	53.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Acequia	Rupert
No high school diploma	42.9%	21.4%
High school graduate	16.4%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Acequia	Rupert
Drove alone	87.5%	80.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.8%	3.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Acequia	Rupert
1-unit, detached	63.0%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	37.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Acequia	Rupert
Poverty rate	9.0%	24.1%
Average household size	2.90	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	14	15
Median year structure built	1976	1968