| ZIP Codes: | 4 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Codes: | 208 / 986 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:11:57 PM |
| Population: | 16,055 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 16047 |
| Land Area: | 746 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 6 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 42.8915, -114.8412 |
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16,055 residents live across 4 ZIPs covering 746 sq mi, served by 4 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 15,178 to 16,055 from 2014 to 2024 — a +5.8% change. 2 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 83314 (Bliss, $66,771 median) and poorest ZIP 83330 (Gooding, $60,842) are 11.8 miles apart — a 1.1× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.4× across this county — from $226,200 in 83332 (Hagerman) to $311,100 in 83314 (Bliss).
Density varies 16× across the county — from 3 people/sq mi in 83314 (Bliss) to 46 in 83355 (Wendell).
Educational attainment ranges from 8.6% bachelor's+ in 83355 (Wendell) to 24.9% in 83332 (Hagerman) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within Idaho, this is the #20 most populous of 46 counties and ranks #33 for median household income with the #37 fastest decade growth .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $63,398 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
16.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (1,708 of 10,477 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.