Osburn vs Smelterville

A side-by-side comparison of Osburn and Smelterville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Osburn has the higher population (1,728 vs 670 in Smelterville). Smelterville has the higher median household income ($46,597 vs $44,583 in Osburn). Osburn has the higher median home value ($182,800 vs $117,600 in Smelterville).

Population, income & housing

	Osburn	Smelterville
Population	1,728	670
Median age	42.5 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$44,583	$46,597
Median home value	$182,800	$117,600
Median gross rent	$794	$825
Housing units	847	343
Homeownership rate	81.8%	79.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Osburn	Smelterville
Population	1,593 → 1,728 (+8.5%)	738 → 670 (-9.2%)
Median household income	$51,000 → $44,583 (-12.6%)	$36,667 → $46,597 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $182,800 (+71.5%)	$68,200 → $117,600 (+72.4%)
Median gross rent	$741 → $794 (+7.2%)	$753 → $825 (+9.6%)

Osburn

Population

1,5931,728

Median household income

$51,000$44,583

Median home value

$106,600$182,800

Median gross rent

$741$794

Smelterville

Population

738670

Median household income

$36,667$46,597

Median home value

$68,200$117,600

Median gross rent

$753$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Osburn	Smelterville
Under 5	11.0%	3.7%
5 to 17	15.5%	11.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	11.2%
25 to 34	10.9%	6.6%
35 to 44	9.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	14.9%
55 to 64	10.4%	17.8%
65 to 74	15.2%	20.4%
75 and over	8.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Osburn	Smelterville
White (non-Hispanic)	84.5%	86.9%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	9.4%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Osburn	Smelterville
No high school diploma	6.5%	19.2%
High school graduate	36.5%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	41.4%
Bachelor's degree	9.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Osburn	Smelterville
Drove alone	73.6%	75.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	16.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Osburn	Smelterville
1-unit, detached	77.9%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	28.6%

Poverty & households

	Osburn	Smelterville
Poverty rate	18.5%	19.9%
Average household size	2.07	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1962	1947