Cassia County vs Payette County

A side-by-side comparison of Cassia County and Payette County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Payette County has the higher population (26,190 vs 25,165 in Cassia County). Cassia County has the higher median household income ($67,042 vs $65,723 in Payette County). Payette County has the higher median home value ($310,700 vs $257,300 in Cassia County).

Population, income & housing

	Cassia County	Payette County
Population	25,165	26,190
Median age	33.1 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,042	$65,723
Median home value	$257,300	$310,700
Median gross rent	$920	$874
Housing units	8,992	9,950
Homeownership rate	70.0%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cassia County	Payette County
Population	23,690 → 25,165 (+6.2%)	23,260 → 26,190 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$52,935 → $67,042 (+26.6%)	$50,579 → $65,723 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $257,300 (+58.7%)	$165,600 → $310,700 (+87.6%)
Median gross rent	$647 → $920 (+42.2%)	$735 → $874 (+18.9%)

Cassia County

Population

23,69025,165

Median household income

$52,935$67,042

Median home value

$162,100$257,300

Median gross rent

$647$920

Payette County

Population

23,26026,190

Median household income

$50,579$65,723

Median home value

$165,600$310,700

Median gross rent

$735$874

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cassia County	Payette County
Under 5	7.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	23.4%	19.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.2%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	10.8%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.1%	11.3%
75 and over	5.6%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cassia County	Payette County
White (non-Hispanic)	65.2%	76.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cassia County	Payette County
No high school diploma	14.6%	13.3%
High school graduate	27.1%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	37.4%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cassia County	Payette County
Drove alone	81.3%	86.2%
Carpooled	7.8%	5.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.5%
Worked from home	7.7%	5.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cassia County	Payette County
1-unit, detached	79.1%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	1.5%
20 or more units	1.2%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Cassia County	Payette County
Poverty rate	10.3%	9.0%
Average household size	3.00	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1975	1978