Minidoka vs Paul

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

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

Paul has the higher population (1,615 vs 132 in Minidoka). Paul has the higher median household income ($62,830 vs $41,875 in Minidoka). Paul has the higher median home value ($251,200 vs $109,600 in Minidoka).

Population, income & housing

	Minidoka	Paul
Population	132	1,615
Median age	21.0 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$41,875	$62,830
Median home value	$109,600	$251,200
Median gross rent	—	$788
Housing units	47	717
Homeownership rate	59.5%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Minidoka	Paul
Population	120 → 132 (+10.0%)	1,320 → 1,615 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$45,391 → $41,875 (-7.7%)	$49,286 → $62,830 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$84,000 → $109,600 (+30.5%)	$128,100 → $251,200 (+96.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,071 → $1,097 (+2.4%)	$652 → $788 (+20.9%)

Minidoka

Population

120132

Median household income

$45,391$41,875

Median home value

$84,000$109,600

Median gross rent

$1,071$1,097

Paul

Population

1,3201,615

Median household income

$49,286$62,830

Median home value

$128,100$251,200

Median gross rent

$652$788

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Minidoka	Paul
Under 5	19.7%	11.1%
5 to 17	25.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	16.2%
25 to 34	5.3%	9.5%
35 to 44	19.7%	10.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.1%
55 to 64	6.8%	10.5%
65 to 74	8.3%	4.7%
75 and over	5.3%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Minidoka	Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	9.1%	57.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.5%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	70.5%	35.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Minidoka	Paul
No high school diploma	76.7%	22.9%
High school graduate	3.3%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	38.4%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Minidoka	Paul
Drove alone	93.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	6.5%	17.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Minidoka	Paul
1-unit, detached	72.3%	75.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	14.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.3%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Minidoka	Paul
Poverty rate	20.5%	11.2%
Average household size	3.57	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	18	24
Median year structure built	1953	1974