Smelterville vs Wallace

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

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

Wallace has the higher population (1,127 vs 670 in Smelterville). Wallace has the higher median household income ($50,526 vs $46,597 in Smelterville). Wallace has the higher median home value ($219,200 vs $117,600 in Smelterville).

Population, income & housing

	Smelterville	Wallace
Population	670	1,127
Median age	49.2 yrs	40.7 yrs
Median household income	$46,597	$50,526
Median home value	$117,600	$219,200
Median gross rent	$825	$731
Housing units	343	647
Homeownership rate	79.2%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Smelterville	Wallace
Population	738 → 670 (-9.2%)	946 → 1,127 (+19.1%)
Median household income	$36,667 → $46,597 (+27.1%)	$36,000 → $50,526 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$68,200 → $117,600 (+72.4%)	$119,000 → $219,200 (+84.2%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $825 (+9.6%)	$701 → $731 (+4.3%)

Smelterville

Population

738670

Median household income

$36,667$46,597

Median home value

$68,200$117,600

Median gross rent

$753$825

Wallace

Population

9461,127

Median household income

$36,000$50,526

Median home value

$119,000$219,200

Median gross rent

$701$731

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Smelterville	Wallace
Under 5	3.7%	8.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	14.0%
18 to 24	11.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	6.6%	10.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	18.6%
45 to 54	14.9%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.8%	15.0%
65 to 74	20.4%	12.1%
75 and over	4.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Smelterville	Wallace
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	9.4%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Smelterville	Wallace
No high school diploma	19.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	39.4%	33.1%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Smelterville	Wallace
Drove alone	75.5%	68.3%
Carpooled	8.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Smelterville	Wallace
1-unit, detached	71.4%	67.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	28.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Smelterville	Wallace
Poverty rate	19.9%	20.2%
Average household size	2.14	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1947	1938