City safety & data profile

BlackfootID

Blackfoot, ID is a 12K-resident city in Bingham County with a median household income of $64,032.

Bingham County, Idaho. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Blackfoot, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Blackfoot has a population larger than 11% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $262,500, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

12K
Population (place)
Bottom 12%
By size
$64,032
Median income (place)
$262,500
Median home (place)
10.6%
Poverty rate (place)
My saved cities

The read on Blackfoot

Blackfoot posts a median household income higher than 28% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Blackfoot area.

Bottom 29%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Blackfoot

Where Blackfoot income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$64,032 Bottom 28% higher than 28% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Blackfoot $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in ID

Population among 21 ID places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Meridian is the largest ID city on this list; Eagle leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in ID

Median household income among the same 21-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Eagle posts the highest place-level median income in ID; Meridian is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Blackfoot, ID beyond the headline numbers

Blackfoot sits inside Bingham County, Idaho, at roughly 43.19°N, -112.34°W. Population 11,740, $64,032 median household income. Median home value $262,500, median rent $839. Poverty rate 10.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Blackfoot, 0 with an ER.

At 10.6%, poverty in Blackfoot, ID runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

A median home in Blackfoot runs about 4.1 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Only 4.5% of Blackfoot workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 13.7% in Blackfoot, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Blackfoot's median age is 34.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Blackfoot from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
11,740
Blackfoot · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$64,032
-28% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$262,500
-37% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Bingham County): Blackfoot's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
50K+9%
Median Income
$77,878+62%
Median Home Value
$293,300+117%
Poverty Rate
11.7%-23%
Unemployment
5.4%-29%

Economics

Economics indicators for Blackfoot, ID
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$839/mo
Poverty Rate
10.6% -15% vs avg
Unemployment 7.7%
Bachelor's Degree+ 24.7%
Work From Home 4.5%
Public Transit 1.4%

Population

White 81.2%
African American 0.3%
Asian 0.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
39.6%
Short Sleep Duration
34.4%
High Blood Pressure
33%
Physical Inactivity
26.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.7%
Frequent Physical Distress
15.4%
Current Smoking
14.9%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.2%
Binge Drinking
13.7%
Diabetes
11.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 61.8%
Annual Checkup 73.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.7%
Stroke
3.6%

What alerts and safety updates affect Blackfoot?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Blackfoot right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet ID-BLACKFOOT · Blackfoot

Blackfoot: 3 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 3 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Los Angeles

Tagged alert mix: Blackfoot

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 3 tagged notices on record for Blackfoot.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Los Angeles, CA (3 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Blackfoot; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Idaho state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (3 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Los Angeles, CA 3 alerts San Antonio, TX 3 alerts Austin, TX 3 alerts Oklahoma City, OK 3 alerts

Read with this city profile

Understanding Weather Alerts

Watch vs warning vs advisory, how NOAA labels map to action
All safety guides →

Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Blackfoot, ID? ▼
Blackfoot, ID has a population of 11,740 people, located in Bingham County, Idaho.
What is the median household income in Blackfoot? ▼
The median household income in Blackfoot, ID is $64,032 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 10.6%.
What is the median home value in Blackfoot? ▼
The median home value in Blackfoot, ID is $262,500. Median rent is $839/month.
What are the top health concerns in Blackfoot? ▼
The top health indicators in Blackfoot include Obesity (39.6%), Short Sleep Duration (34.4%), High Blood Pressure (33%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Blackfoot? ▼
Blackfoot has 3 hospitals. 0 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Blackfoot? ▼
The median age in Blackfoot, ID is 34.7 years. 24.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Blackfoot, both outside Idaho so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside ID (10.6% here).

Quincy, MA 10.6% Palm Coast, FL 10.6% Silver Spring, MD 10.6% South Whittier, CA 10.6%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside ID ($64,032 here).

Lakewood Park, FL $64,023 Hobbs, NM $64,021 Kenner, LA $64,020 Warren, MI $64,016

Compare Blackfoot with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Chubbuck, ID 14K Pocatello, ID 54K Idaho Falls, ID 59K Ammon, ID 15K Rexburg, ID 28K Conda, ID 21K Smithfield, UT 11K North Logan, UT 10K
All cities in Idaho → Compare Blackfoot vs Chubbuck → All comparisons → Browse all cities

Using Blackfoot's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Blackfoot area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Blackfoot against Idaho peers on any ranking lens. Explore Idaho

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Bingham County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.