City safety & data profile
JeromeID
Jerome, ID is a 11K-resident city in Jerome County with a median household income of $66,894.
Jerome County, Idaho. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Jerome, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Jerome has a population larger than 7% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $225,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
- 11K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 8%
- By size
- $66,894
- Median income (place)
- $225,400
- Median home (place)
- 11.2%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Jerome
Jerome posts a median household income higher than 32% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Jerome area.
- Bottom 33%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Jerome
Composite score · Jerome, ID
38/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2024
A transparent index Areazine derives from Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published, not an official Census Bureau or FBI rating. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move to or avoid any place. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents. State-level rate (per-city UCR reporting is incomplete/voluntary): every city in the state shares this value; lower is stronger on this axis.
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis. ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Median household income vs cities tracked on Areazine; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS 5-Year Estimates.
Compare against every tracked city: Healthiest Cities in America (health outcomes only) · Community Wellbeing Cities (this page's blended composite).
Where Jerome income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$66,894 Bottom 32% higher than 32% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20,000-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
21 ID places (10,000+ residents, ACS income on record), sorted by population. Hover a bar for its income rank in this pool.
- Meridian
Meridian, ID
90,739 residents
- Nampa
Nampa, ID
89,839 residents
- Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls, ID
59,184 residents
- Pocatello
Pocatello, ID
54,441 residents
- Caldwell
Caldwell, ID
51,686 residents
- Coeur d'Alene
Coeur d'Alene, ID
49,122 residents
- Twin Falls
Twin Falls, ID
47,468 residents
- Lewiston 32,544
Lewiston, ID
32,544 residents
- Post Falls 30,453
Post Falls, ID
30,453 residents
- Rexburg 27,663
Rexburg, ID
27,663 residents
What this shows Meridian is the largest ID city on this list; Eagle leads median income.
Income ranking: ID
Median household income among the same 21-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.
- Eagle
Eagle, ID
$122,894 median
- Meridian
Meridian, ID
$100,795 median
- Kuna
Kuna, ID
$96,219 median
- Ammon
Ammon, ID
$86,121 median
- Chubbuck
Chubbuck, ID
$82,977 median
- Hayden
Hayden, ID
$82,958 median
- Post Falls
Post Falls, ID
$82,183 median
- Nampa
Nampa, ID
$74,279 median
- Idaho Falls
Idaho Falls, ID
$73,110 median
- Caldwell
Caldwell, ID
$73,058 median
What this shows Eagle leads this pool on median income; Meridian is the population leader instead.
The quick read
Reading Jerome, ID beyond the headline numbers
Jerome sits inside Jerome County, Idaho, at roughly 42.72°N, -114.52°W. Population 11,184, $66,894 median household income. Median home value $225,400, median rent $947. Poverty rate 11.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Jerome, 0 with an ER. Climate: 50.1°F annual average, 10.4" precipitation.
Among the CDC measures on this page, lack of health insurance departs furthest from its peer median: 24% in Jerome, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Jerome's median age is 30.9 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
11% of Jerome adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the lowest quarter of reporting cities.
Only 4.7% of Jerome workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.
A typical renter in Jerome, ID pays $947/month, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities -- rent here is not what strains a local paycheck.
Public transit carries 0.1% of Jerome workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
The median home in Jerome costs roughly 3.4 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
Unemployment in Jerome sits at 4.6%, below the midpoint of reporting cities.
Poverty in Jerome, ID stands at 11.2%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Jerome 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.
Looking Back a Decade 2013–2024
County-level trend (Jerome County): Jerome'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.
Money & Work
What stands out most about Jerome's economic profile: median rent at $947/mo, 38% below the average across tracked places. Median household income also diverges: $66,894, 25% below average.
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 11.2% -10% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 4.6% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 11% |
| Work From Home | 4.7% |
| Public Transit | 0.1% |
Headcount
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Climate
NOAA 1991-2020 NormalsWhat alerts and safety updates affect Jerome?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Jerome right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet ID-JEROME · Jerome
Jerome: no area-tagged alerts on record. State hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Jerome; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Idaho state hubs · Methodology
Frequently Asked Questions 7
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Cities nationwide with a comparable poverty or income figure 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Jerome, both outside Idaho so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside ID (11.2% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside ID ($66,894 here).
Compare Jerome 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.
Nearby Cities 8
Next steps for Jerome
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 Jerome 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 Jerome against Idaho peers on any ranking lens. Explore Idaho
Place-level figures for population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) come from U.S. Census ACS; health data is CDC PLACES; hospital counts cover facilities in and around the city. Any county-level trend is labeled as such.
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 (Jerome 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 2026-09-16.