Lincoln County vs Oneida County

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

Lincoln 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.

Lincoln County has the higher population (5,276 vs 4,681 in Oneida County). Oneida County has the higher median household income ($72,563 vs $66,038 in Lincoln County). Oneida County has the higher median home value ($228,100 vs $206,700 in Lincoln County).

Population, income & housing

	Lincoln County	Oneida County
Population	5,276	4,681
Median age	37.2 yrs	40.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,038	$72,563
Median home value	$206,700	$228,100
Median gross rent	$860	$1,009
Housing units	1,973	2,062
Homeownership rate	76.9%	87.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lincoln County	Oneida County
Population	5,350 → 5,276 (-1.4%)	4,385 → 4,681 (+6.8%)
Median household income	$50,053 → $66,038 (+31.9%)	$53,841 → $72,563 (+34.8%)
Median home value	$145,600 → $206,700 (+42.0%)	$167,100 → $228,100 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $860 (+34.6%)	$748 → $1,009 (+34.9%)

Lincoln County

Population

5,3505,276

Median household income

$50,053$66,038

Median home value

$145,600$206,700

Median gross rent

$639$860

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)

	Lincoln County	Oneida County
Under 5	6.2%	6.4%
5 to 17	19.8%	20.3%
18 to 24	7.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	14.3%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	12.1%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	11.4%
75 and over	5.7%	8.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lincoln County	Oneida County
White (non-Hispanic)	63.3%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	32.0%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lincoln County	Oneida County
No high school diploma	17.5%	5.8%
High school graduate	36.8%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.0%	17.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lincoln County	Oneida County
Drove alone	77.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	12.3%	9.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	12.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lincoln County	Oneida County
1-unit, detached	74.2%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	22.7%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Lincoln County	Oneida County
Poverty rate	9.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.84	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	35	26
Median year structure built	1987	1963