Shoshone County vs Valley County

A side-by-side comparison of Shoshone County and Valley County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Shoshone County has the higher population (13,580 vs 12,136 in Valley County). Valley County has the higher median household income ($76,125 vs $49,975 in Shoshone County). Valley County has the higher median home value ($599,500 vs $222,700 in Shoshone County).

Population, income & housing

	Shoshone County	Valley County
Population	13,580	12,136
Median age	45.1 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$49,975	$76,125
Median home value	$222,700	$599,500
Median gross rent	$880	$1,011
Housing units	7,036	12,601
Homeownership rate	73.8%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Shoshone County	Valley County
Population	12,609 → 13,580 (+7.7%)	10,709 → 12,136 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$39,386 → $49,975 (+26.9%)	$64,475 → $76,125 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$127,900 → $222,700 (+74.1%)	$314,800 → $599,500 (+90.4%)
Median gross rent	$670 → $880 (+31.3%)	$773 → $1,011 (+30.8%)

Shoshone County

Population

12,60913,580

Median household income

$39,386$49,975

Median home value

$127,900$222,700

Median gross rent

$670$880

Valley County

Population

10,70912,136

Median household income

$64,475$76,125

Median home value

$314,800$599,500

Median gross rent

$773$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Shoshone County	Valley County
Under 5	6.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	3.8%
25 to 34	11.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.5%
45 to 54	11.5%	11.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	15.7%
65 to 74	14.0%	18.0%
75 and over	8.7%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Shoshone County	Valley County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Shoshone County	Valley County
No high school diploma	11.2%	9.0%
High school graduate	39.0%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Shoshone County	Valley County
Drove alone	79.2%	64.6%
Carpooled	8.4%	1.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.5%
Walked	4.6%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	6.1%	23.5%
Other means	1.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Shoshone County	Valley County
1-unit, detached	77.0%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Shoshone County	Valley County
Poverty rate	15.1%	14.2%
Average household size	2.34	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	20	15
Median year structure built	1958	1993