Bonneville County vs Canyon County

A side-by-side comparison of Bonneville County and Canyon County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Canyon County has the higher population (242,405 vs 127,056 in Bonneville County). Bonneville County has the higher median household income ($76,646 vs $72,355 in Canyon County). Canyon County has the higher median home value ($350,300 vs $327,000 in Bonneville County).

Population, income & housing

	Bonneville County	Canyon County
Population	127,056	242,405
Median age	33.3 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,646	$72,355
Median home value	$327,000	$350,300
Median gross rent	$1,054	$1,259
Housing units	46,425	85,583
Homeownership rate	71.6%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonneville County	Canyon County
Population	114,392 → 127,056 (+11.1%)	217,633 → 242,405 (+11.4%)
Median household income	$60,615 → $76,646 (+26.4%)	$52,134 → $72,355 (+38.8%)
Median home value	$181,200 → $327,000 (+80.5%)	$178,300 → $350,300 (+96.5%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,054 (+28.7%)	$896 → $1,259 (+40.5%)

Bonneville County

Population

114,392127,056

Median household income

$60,615$76,646

Median home value

$181,200$327,000

Median gross rent

$819$1,054

Canyon County

Population

217,633242,405

Median household income

$52,134$72,355

Median home value

$178,300$350,300

Median gross rent

$896$1,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonneville County	Canyon County
Under 5	7.6%	6.8%
5 to 17	22.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.5%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	10.9%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.9%
75 and over	5.4%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonneville County	Canyon County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	67.7%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	0.8%
Two or more races	3.0%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonneville County	Canyon County
No high school diploma	7.9%	12.3%
High school graduate	24.4%	30.0%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonneville County	Canyon County
Drove alone	74.7%	74.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.7%
Public transit	2.2%	0.2%
Walked	1.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.2%	11.7%
Other means	1.4%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonneville County	Canyon County
1-unit, detached	71.1%	79.1%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	2.7%
20 or more units	4.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Bonneville County	Canyon County
Poverty rate	9.5%	10.1%
Average household size	2.89	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1985	1998