Jerome County vs Payette County

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

Jerome 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 24,788 in Jerome County). Jerome County has the higher median household income ($69,338 vs $65,723 in Payette County). Payette County has the higher median home value ($310,700 vs $254,000 in Jerome County).

Population, income & housing

	Jerome County	Payette County
Population	24,788	26,190
Median age	33.6 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$69,338	$65,723
Median home value	$254,000	$310,700
Median gross rent	$862	$874
Housing units	8,725	9,950
Homeownership rate	75.5%	74.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	19.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jerome County	Payette County
Population	23,730 → 24,788 (+4.5%)	23,260 → 26,190 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$52,921 → $69,338 (+31.0%)	$50,579 → $65,723 (+29.9%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $254,000 (+54.3%)	$165,600 → $310,700 (+87.6%)
Median gross rent	$772 → $862 (+11.7%)	$735 → $874 (+18.9%)

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

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)

	Jerome County	Payette County
Under 5	7.5%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.5%	19.3%
18 to 24	8.6%	7.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	13.2%	11.5%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	8.5%	11.3%
75 and over	4.8%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jerome County	Payette County
White (non-Hispanic)	57.5%	76.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.3%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	38.5%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jerome County	Payette County
No high school diploma	26.6%	13.3%
High school graduate	27.2%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	13.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jerome County	Payette County
Drove alone	83.5%	86.2%
Carpooled	9.5%	5.9%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	4.9%	5.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jerome County	Payette County
1-unit, detached	81.9%	74.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Jerome County	Payette County
Poverty rate	13.9%	9.0%
Average household size	3.00	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1983	1978