Custer County vs Oneida County

A side-by-side comparison of Custer County and Oneida County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Oneida County has the higher population (4,681 vs 4,411 in Custer County). Oneida County has the higher median household income ($72,563 vs $56,957 in Custer County). Custer County has the higher median home value ($295,600 vs $228,100 in Oneida County).

Population, income & housing

	Custer County	Oneida County
Population	4,411	4,681
Median age	59.5 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$56,957	$72,563
Median home value	$295,600	$228,100
Median gross rent	$744	$1,009
Housing units	3,164	2,062
Homeownership rate	77.7%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.2%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Custer County	Oneida County
Population	4,169 → 4,411 (+5.8%)	4,385 → 4,681 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$40,875 → $56,957 (+39.3%)	$53,841 → $72,563 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$191,600 → $295,600 (+54.3%)	$167,100 → $228,100 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$608 → $744 (+22.4%)	$748 → $1,009 (+34.9%)

Custer County

Population

4,1694,411

Median household income

$40,875$56,957

Median home value

$191,600$295,600

Median gross rent

$608$744

Oneida County

Population

4,3854,681

Median household income

$53,841$72,563

Median home value

$167,100$228,100

Median gross rent

$748$1,009

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Custer County	Oneida County
Under 5	2.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	8.6%	20.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	8.5%
25 to 34	4.2%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.2%	12.9%
45 to 54	14.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	20.4%	12.6%
65 to 74	22.3%	11.4%
75 and over	13.9%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Custer County	Oneida County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Custer County	Oneida County
No high school diploma	6.4%	5.8%
High school graduate	28.8%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	39.6%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Custer County	Oneida County
Drove alone	56.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	25.0%	12.3%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Custer County	Oneida County
1-unit, detached	67.3%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Custer County	Oneida County
Poverty rate	11.5%	11.8%
Average household size	2.17	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	17	26
Median year structure built	1987	1963