City safety & data profile

PocatelloID

Pocatello, ID is a 54K-resident city in Bannock County with a median household income of $60,418.

Bannock County, Idaho. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Pocatello, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Pocatello has a population larger than 81% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $271,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

54K
Population (place)
Top 19%
By size
$60,418
Median income (place)
$271,000
Median home (place)
14.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Pocatello

Pocatello posts a median household income higher than 23% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Pocatello area.

Bottom 24%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Pocatello

Where Pocatello income ranks nationally

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

$60,418 Bottom 23% higher than 23% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Pocatello $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 Pocatello, ID beyond the headline numbers

Pocatello sits inside Bannock County, Idaho, at roughly 42.87°N, -112.45°W. Population 54,441, $60,418 median household income. Median home value $271,000, median rent $948. Poverty rate 14.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Pocatello, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Pocatello, ID stands at 14.8%, 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.

A median home in Pocatello runs about 4.5 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 11.1% of Pocatello workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, current asthma departs furthest from its peer median: 11.5% in Pocatello, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,722 cities reporting that measure.

Pocatello's median age is 33.1 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Pocatello 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)
54,441
Pocatello · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$60,418
-32% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$271,000
-34% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Bannock County): Pocatello'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
89K+8%
Median Income
$66,499+53%
Median Home Value
$300,700+111%
Poverty Rate
12.3%-21%
Unemployment
4.3%-48%

Economics

Economics indicators for Pocatello, ID
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$948/mo
Poverty Rate
14.8% +19% vs avg
Unemployment 4.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 32.6%
Work From Home 11.1%
Public Transit 0.9%

Population

White 84.2%
African American 1.3%
Asian 2.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 2.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
36.3%
Obesity
33.2%
High Blood Pressure
30.3%
Physical Inactivity
22.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.8%
Binge Drinking
15.1%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.4%
Current Smoking
13.3%
Current Asthma
11.5%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 63.6%
Annual Checkup 73.7%

Other Measures

Diabetes
9.5%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.8%
Stroke
3.1%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
PORTNEUF MEDICAL CENTER
POCATELLO · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Pocatello?

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

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Sheet ID-POCATELLO · Pocatello

Pocatello: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Pocatello

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Pocatello.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Pocatello; 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 (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Pocatello, ID? ▼
Pocatello, ID has a population of 54,441 people, located in Bannock County, Idaho.
What is the median household income in Pocatello? ▼
The median household income in Pocatello, ID is $60,418 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14.8%.
What is the median home value in Pocatello? ▼
The median home value in Pocatello, ID is $271,000. Median rent is $948/month.
What are the top health concerns in Pocatello? ▼
The top health indicators in Pocatello include Short Sleep Duration (36.3%), Obesity (33.2%), High Blood Pressure (30.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Pocatello? ▼
Pocatello has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Pocatello? ▼
The median age in Pocatello, ID is 33.1 years. 32.6% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside ID (14.8% here).

Long Beach, CA 14.8% Warren, MI 14.8% Clearwater, FL 14.8% Bradenton, FL 14.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside ID ($60,418 here).

Lawrence, MA $60,433 Lemay, MO $60,399 Myrtle Beach, SC $60,394 Dearborn Heights, MI $60,391

Compare Pocatello 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 Blackfoot, ID 12K Idaho Falls, ID 59K Ammon, ID 15K Conda, ID 21K Rexburg, ID 28K Smithfield, UT 11K North Logan, UT 10K
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Using Pocatello'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 Pocatello 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 Pocatello 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 (Bannock 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.