Jerome County vs Minidoka County

A side-by-side comparison of Jerome County and Minidoka County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Jerome County has the higher population (24,788 vs 21,922 in Minidoka County). Minidoka County has the higher median household income ($70,060 vs $69,338 in Jerome County). Jerome County has the higher median home value ($254,000 vs $235,300 in Minidoka County).

Population, income & housing

	Jerome County	Minidoka County
Population	24,788	21,922
Median age	33.6 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,338	$70,060
Median home value	$254,000	$235,300
Median gross rent	$862	$909
Housing units	8,725	8,478
Homeownership rate	75.5%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jerome County	Minidoka County
Population	23,730 → 24,788 (+4.5%)	20,705 → 21,922 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$52,921 → $69,338 (+31.0%)	$53,370 → $70,060 (+31.3%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $254,000 (+54.3%)	$149,600 → $235,300 (+57.3%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $862 (+11.7%)	$701 → $909 (+29.7%)

Jerome County

Population

23,73024,788

Median household income

$52,921$69,338

Median home value

$164,600$254,000

Median gross rent

$772$862

Minidoka County

Population

20,70521,922

Median household income

$53,370$70,060

Median home value

$149,600$235,300

Median gross rent

$701$909

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Jerome County	Minidoka County
Under 5	7.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	22.1%
18 to 24	8.6%	8.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.3%
75 and over	4.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jerome County	Minidoka County
White (non-Hispanic)	57.5%	59.7%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.6%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	38.5%	36.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jerome County	Minidoka County
No high school diploma	26.6%	17.9%
High school graduate	27.2%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jerome County	Minidoka County
Drove alone	83.5%	80.8%
Carpooled	9.5%	11.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jerome County	Minidoka County
1-unit, detached	81.9%	79.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.7%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	9.9%

Poverty & households

	Jerome County	Minidoka County
Poverty rate	13.9%	14.9%
Average household size	3.00	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	21	17
Median year structure built	1983	1976