Bingham County vs Madison County

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

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

Madison County has the higher population (53,578 vs 48,993 in Bingham County). Bingham County has the higher median household income ($76,842 vs $58,259 in Madison County). Madison County has the higher median home value ($365,000 vs $258,000 in Bingham County).

Population, income & housing

	Bingham County	Madison County
Population	48,993	53,578
Median age	34.8 yrs	21.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,842	$58,259
Median home value	$258,000	$365,000
Median gross rent	$845	$965
Housing units	17,268	14,769
Homeownership rate	80.6%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bingham County	Madison County
Population	45,839 → 48,993 (+6.9%)	39,100 → 53,578 (+37.0%)
Median household income	$55,472 → $76,842 (+38.5%)	$39,160 → $58,259 (+48.8%)
Median home value	$160,100 → $258,000 (+61.1%)	$219,100 → $365,000 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$662 → $845 (+27.6%)	$723 → $965 (+33.5%)

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

Madison County

Population

39,10053,578

Median household income

$39,160$58,259

Median home value

$219,100$365,000

Median gross rent

$723$965

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bingham County	Madison County
Under 5	7.0%	6.9%
5 to 17	22.7%	13.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	45.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.3%	5.6%
45 to 54	10.6%	4.9%
55 to 64	11.1%	4.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	3.1%
75 and over	5.6%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bingham County	Madison County
White (non-Hispanic)	74.1%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.8%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.2%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	17.6%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bingham County	Madison County
No high school diploma	10.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	15.0%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	41.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bingham County	Madison County
Drove alone	78.5%	59.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	14.7%
Public transit	1.4%	1.1%
Walked	1.5%	12.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	5.9%	11.6%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bingham County	Madison County
1-unit, detached	76.4%	38.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.1%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	12.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	19.6%
20 or more units	0.6%	21.7%
Mobile home & other	13.1%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Bingham County	Madison County
Poverty rate	11.0%	26.8%
Average household size	3.03	3.45
Mean commute (minutes)	22	17
Median year structure built	1977	2002