Bannock County vs Bingham County

A side-by-side comparison of Bannock County and Bingham County: population, income, housing, and more.

Bannock County and Bingham County are counties in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bannock County has the higher population (88,457 vs 48,993 in Bingham County). Bingham County has the higher median household income ($76,842 vs $64,080 in Bannock County). Bannock County has the higher median home value ($267,200 vs $258,000 in Bingham County).

Population, income & housing

	Bannock County	Bingham County
Population	88,457	48,993
Median age	35.0 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$64,080	$76,842
Median home value	$267,200	$258,000
Median gross rent	$879	$845
Housing units	35,683	17,268
Homeownership rate	68.6%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.2%	20.8%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bannock County	Bingham County
Population	85,765 → 88,457 (+3.1%)	45,839 → 48,993 (+6.9%)
Median household income	$51,734 → $64,080 (+23.9%)	$55,472 → $76,842 (+38.5%)
Median home value	$160,000 → $267,200 (+67.0%)	$160,100 → $258,000 (+61.1%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $879 (+27.2%)	$662 → $845 (+27.6%)

Bannock County

Population

85,76588,457

Median household income

$51,734$64,080

Median home value

$160,000$267,200

Median gross rent

$691$879

Bingham County

Population

45,83948,993

Median household income

$55,472$76,842

Median home value

$160,100$258,000

Median gross rent

$662$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bannock County	Bingham County
Under 5	6.3%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.2%	22.7%
18 to 24	10.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.2%
75 and over	5.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bannock County	Bingham County
White (non-Hispanic)	81.1%	74.1%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	4.8%
Asian	1.5%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.6%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bannock County	Bingham County
No high school diploma	6.2%	10.8%
High school graduate	25.7%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	37.9%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bannock County	Bingham County
Drove alone	75.1%	78.5%
Carpooled	9.1%	12.2%
Public transit	1.2%	1.4%
Walked	2.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.5%	5.9%
Other means	1.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bannock County	Bingham County
1-unit, detached	66.6%	76.4%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	13.1%

Poverty & households

	Bannock County	Bingham County
Poverty rate	12.2%	11.0%
Average household size	2.56	3.03
Mean commute (minutes)	18	22
Median year structure built	1975	1977