Boundary County vs Teton County

A side-by-side comparison of Boundary County and Teton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boundary County has the higher population (12,695 vs 12,101 in Teton County). Teton County has the higher median household income ($90,740 vs $62,438 in Boundary County). Teton County has the higher median home value ($595,900 vs $344,100 in Boundary County).

Population, income & housing

	Boundary County	Teton County
Population	12,695	12,101
Median age	42.8 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,438	$90,740
Median home value	$344,100	$595,900
Median gross rent	$867	$1,196
Housing units	5,535	6,199
Homeownership rate	78.0%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	48.3%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boundary County	Teton County
Population	11,845 → 12,695 (+7.2%)	11,426 → 12,101 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$43,423 → $62,438 (+43.8%)	$74,216 → $90,740 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$205,000 → $344,100 (+67.9%)	$346,600 → $595,900 (+71.9%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $867 (+41.4%)	$881 → $1,196 (+35.8%)

Boundary County

Population

11,84512,695

Median household income

$43,423$62,438

Median home value

$205,000$344,100

Median gross rent

$613$867

Teton County

Population

11,42612,101

Median household income

$74,216$90,740

Median home value

$346,600$595,900

Median gross rent

$881$1,196

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boundary County	Teton County
Under 5	6.5%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.9%	17.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	6.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	12.2%
35 to 44	10.8%	17.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	13.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	15.2%	9.8%
75 and over	8.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boundary County	Teton County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	79.8%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.6%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boundary County	Teton County
No high school diploma	12.8%	7.4%
High school graduate	32.6%	16.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	34.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boundary County	Teton County
Drove alone	74.4%	70.0%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	1.4%
Walked	4.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	14.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boundary County	Teton County
1-unit, detached	82.4%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Boundary County	Teton County
Poverty rate	17.2%	9.4%
Average household size	2.59	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1990	2001