City safety & data profile
RexburgID
Rexburg, ID is a 28K-resident city in Madison County with a median household income of $50,617.
Madison County, Idaho. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Rexburg, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Rexburg has a population larger than 60% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $395,100, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.
Data updated 2026-09-05
- 28K
- Population (place)
- Top 40%
- By size
- $50,617
- Median income (place)
- $395,100
- Median home (place)
- 32.5%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Rexburg
Rexburg posts a median household income higher than 10% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Rexburg area.
- Bottom 11%
- by median income, US cities
- 1
- hospital in & near Rexburg
Where Rexburg income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$50,617 Bottom 10% higher than 10% 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
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.
- 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.
Highest median incomes in 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 posts the highest place-level median income in ID; Meridian is largest by headcount.
The quick read
Reading Rexburg, ID beyond the headline numbers
Rexburg sits inside Madison County, Idaho, at roughly 43.83°N, -111.79°W. Population 27,663, $50,617 median household income. Median home value $395,100, median rent $1,004. Poverty rate 32.5%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
1 hospital in/around Rexburg, 0 with an ER.
32.5% of Rexburg, 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 Rexburg costs around 7.8 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.
13.7% of Rexburg workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, frequent mental distress departs furthest from its peer median: 25.2% in Rexburg, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Rexburg's median age is 21 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Rexburg 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 (Madison County): Rexburg'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 | 32.5% +162% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 8.8% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 42% |
| Work From Home | 13.7% |
| Public Transit | 0.2% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
What alerts and safety updates affect Rexburg?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Rexburg right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet ID-REXBURG · Rexburg
Rexburg: 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 Rexburg; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Idaho state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 6
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Rexburg, both outside Idaho so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside ID (32.5% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside ID ($50,617 here).
Compare Rexburg 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
Using Rexburg's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
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- Compare Rexburg 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 (Madison 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.