City safety & data profile
MoscowID
Moscow, ID is a 25K-resident city in Latah County with a median household income of $57,022.
Latah County, Idaho. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Moscow, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Moscow has a population larger than 56% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $376,400, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-08-10
- 25K
- Population (place)
- Top 44%
- By size
- $57,022
- Median income (place)
- $376,400
- Median home (place)
- 25.1%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Moscow
Moscow posts a median household income higher than 18% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Moscow area.
- Bottom 19%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Moscow
Where Moscow income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$57,022 Bottom 18% higher than 18% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
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
The quick read
Reading Moscow, ID beyond the headline numbers
Moscow sits inside Latah County, Idaho, at roughly 46.73°N, -117.00°W. Population 25,060, $57,022 median household income. Median home value $376,400, median rent $927. Poverty rate 25.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Moscow, 3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.
25.1% of Moscow, ID residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.
The median home in Moscow costs around 6.6 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.
Remote work covers 10.2% of Moscow workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, diabetes departs furthest from its peer median: 6.3% in Moscow, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,711 cities reporting that measure.
Public transit carries 0.1% of Moscow workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Moscow's median age is 25.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Moscow 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.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Latah County): Moscow'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.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 25.1% +102% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 7.9% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 50% |
| Work From Home | 10.2% |
| Public Transit | 0.1% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
Hospitals 1 total
Alerts & News - Moscow Area
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Moscow right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
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Safety Context
Moscow, ID is located in Latah County, Idaho. With a population of 25K and a $57,022 median household income, the community faces health challenges including short sleep duration and obesity. Residents have access to 1 hospital with an average rating of 3/5 stars. Safety alerts for the Moscow area are monitored from federal and state agencies including FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC.
Safety Guides
Primary source data
EPA Outdoor Air Quality Data
Federal monitoring network, every measurement we report
AirNow - Idaho
Real-time AQI for every monitored Idaho location
National Weather Service
NOAA active watches, warnings, advisories
CDC Air Quality & Health
Health-impact reference for every AQI category
EPA NAAQS standards
National Ambient Air Quality Standards, the regulatory thresholds
Nearby Cities 8
Using Moscow'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 Moscow 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 Moscow 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 (Latah 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.