New Plymouth vs Payette

A side-by-side comparison of New Plymouth and Payette: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Payette has the higher population (8,358 vs 1,863 in New Plymouth). New Plymouth has the higher median household income ($59,875 vs $55,455 in Payette). Payette has the higher median home value ($247,700 vs $199,200 in New Plymouth).

Population, income & housing

	New Plymouth	Payette
Population	1,863	8,358
Median age	32.4 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,875	$55,455
Median home value	$199,200	$247,700
Median gross rent	$988	$846
Housing units	801	3,004
Homeownership rate	69.0%	55.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.1%	14.3%
Unemployment rate	8.4%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Plymouth	Payette
Population	1,493 → 1,863 (+24.8%)	7,487 → 8,358 (+11.6%)
Median household income	$41,622 → $59,875 (+43.9%)	$47,607 → $55,455 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$115,400 → $199,200 (+72.6%)	$118,200 → $247,700 (+109.6%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $988 (+39.2%)	$760 → $846 (+11.3%)

New Plymouth

Population

1,4931,863

Median household income

$41,622$59,875

Median home value

$115,400$199,200

Median gross rent

$710$988

Payette

Population

7,4878,358

Median household income

$47,607$55,455

Median home value

$118,200$247,700

Median gross rent

$760$846

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Plymouth	Payette
Under 5	6.9%	9.8%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	8.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	16.2%	16.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	10.3%	9.3%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	9.0%	12.2%
75 and over	5.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Plymouth	Payette
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	67.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	2.4%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.1%	24.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Plymouth	Payette
No high school diploma	6.6%	14.8%
High school graduate	24.8%	38.4%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.1%	8.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Plymouth	Payette
Drove alone	81.8%	90.2%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.5%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Plymouth	Payette
1-unit, detached	74.4%	70.0%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	13.4%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	8.6%	12.6%

Poverty & households

	New Plymouth	Payette
Poverty rate	9.0%	13.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	26	22
Median year structure built	1976	1973