Bingham County vs Jefferson County

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

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

Bingham County has the higher population (48,993 vs 32,234 in Jefferson County). Jefferson County has the higher median household income ($82,952 vs $76,842 in Bingham County). Jefferson County has the higher median home value ($335,000 vs $258,000 in Bingham County).

Population, income & housing

	Bingham County	Jefferson County
Population	48,993	32,234
Median age	34.8 yrs	32.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,842	$82,952
Median home value	$258,000	$335,000
Median gross rent	$845	$1,098
Housing units	17,268	10,499
Homeownership rate	80.6%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bingham County	Jefferson County
Population	45,839 → 48,993 (+6.9%)	28,534 → 32,234 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$55,472 → $76,842 (+38.5%)	$63,048 → $82,952 (+31.6%)
Median home value	$160,100 → $258,000 (+61.1%)	$203,700 → $335,000 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $845 (+27.6%)	$796 → $1,098 (+37.9%)

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

Jefferson County

Population

28,53432,234

Median household income

$63,048$82,952

Median home value

$203,700$335,000

Median gross rent

$796$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bingham County	Jefferson County
Under 5	7.0%	7.4%
5 to 17	22.7%	25.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.9%
35 to 44	13.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.2%	7.5%
75 and over	5.6%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bingham County	Jefferson County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.6%
Asian	0.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	10.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bingham County	Jefferson County
No high school diploma	10.8%	6.7%
High school graduate	32.0%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bingham County	Jefferson County
Drove alone	78.5%	78.6%
Carpooled	12.2%	9.5%
Public transit	1.4%	2.4%
Walked	1.5%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	7.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bingham County	Jefferson County
1-unit, detached	76.4%	84.9%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	7.3%

Poverty & households

	Bingham County	Jefferson County
Poverty rate	11.0%	9.2%
Average household size	3.03	3.24
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1977	1991