Heyburn vs Minidoka

A side-by-side comparison of Heyburn and Minidoka: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Heyburn has the higher population (3,678 vs 132 in Minidoka). Heyburn has the higher median household income ($70,078 vs $41,875 in Minidoka). Heyburn has the higher median home value ($205,300 vs $109,600 in Minidoka).

Population, income & housing

	Heyburn	Minidoka
Population	3,678	132
Median age	26.6 yrs	21.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,078	$41,875
Median home value	$205,300	$109,600
Median gross rent	$1,017	—
Housing units	1,290	47
Homeownership rate	55.7%	59.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heyburn	Minidoka
Population	3,320 → 3,678 (+10.8%)	120 → 132 (+10.0%)
Median household income	$52,321 → $70,078 (+33.9%)	$45,391 → $41,875 (-7.7%)
Median home value	$137,900 → $205,300 (+48.9%)	$84,000 → $109,600 (+30.5%)
Median gross rent	$847 → $1,017 (+20.1%)	$1,071 → $1,097 (+2.4%)

Heyburn

Population

3,3203,678

Median household income

$52,321$70,078

Median home value

$137,900$205,300

Median gross rent

$847$1,017

Minidoka

Population

120132

Median household income

$45,391$41,875

Median home value

$84,000$109,600

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,097

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heyburn	Minidoka
Under 5	8.2%	19.7%
5 to 17	30.3%	25.8%
18 to 24	4.4%	9.1%
25 to 34	19.1%	5.3%
35 to 44	16.8%	19.7%
45 to 54	7.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	6.1%	6.8%
65 to 74	6.5%	8.3%
75 and over	1.3%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heyburn	Minidoka
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	9.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	20.5%
Hispanic or Latino	29.0%	70.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heyburn	Minidoka
No high school diploma	18.5%	76.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	3.3%
Some college or associate's	15.5%	20.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	14.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heyburn	Minidoka
Drove alone	84.1%	93.5%
Carpooled	10.2%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	3.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heyburn	Minidoka
1-unit, detached	70.3%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.5%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	21.3%

Poverty & households

	Heyburn	Minidoka
Poverty rate	17.1%	20.5%
Average household size	2.97	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	1985	1953