Bingham County vs Bonner County

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

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

Bonner County has the higher population (49,456 vs 48,993 in Bingham County). Bingham County has the higher median household income ($76,842 vs $65,168 in Bonner County). Bonner County has the higher median home value ($433,400 vs $258,000 in Bingham County).

Population, income & housing

	Bingham County	Bonner County
Population	48,993	49,456
Median age	34.8 yrs	48.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,842	$65,168
Median home value	$258,000	$433,400
Median gross rent	$845	$1,059
Housing units	17,268	26,623
Homeownership rate	80.6%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bingham County	Bonner County
Population	45,839 → 48,993 (+6.9%)	43,611 → 49,456 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$55,472 → $76,842 (+38.5%)	$50,256 → $65,168 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$160,100 → $258,000 (+61.1%)	$254,200 → $433,400 (+70.5%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $845 (+27.6%)	$853 → $1,059 (+24.2%)

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

Bonner County

Population

43,61149,456

Median household income

$50,256$65,168

Median home value

$254,200$433,400

Median gross rent

$853$1,059

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bingham County	Bonner County
Under 5	7.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.6%	9.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	11.1%	16.0%
65 to 74	9.2%	16.9%
75 and over	5.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bingham County	Bonner County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	90.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bingham County	Bonner County
No high school diploma	10.8%	8.4%
High school graduate	32.0%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	18.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bingham County	Bonner County
Drove alone	78.5%	72.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	8.1%
Public transit	1.4%	1.0%
Walked	1.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.5%
Worked from home	5.9%	11.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bingham County	Bonner County
1-unit, detached	76.4%	74.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.2%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Bingham County	Bonner County
Poverty rate	11.0%	10.7%
Average household size	3.03	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1977	1990