83404Idaho Falls, Idaho

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 83404.

63out of 100
Area Score
Top 39% of 5,298 published profiles

How we calculate this

How this area ranks
OpportunityTop 38% of 6,210 published ZIP areas60
Schools3260th of 4,422 published ZIP areas33
GrowthTop 17% of 5,428 published ZIP areas68
Housing affordability3396th of 6,685 published ZIP areas80
Climate6624th of 6,789 published ZIP areas54
Physical resilienceTop 35% of 6,709 published ZIP areas70
AccessTop 32% of 6,791 published ZIP areas97
Economic stabilityTop 49% of 6,742 published ZIP areas60
The quick read

Unemployment is 3.4% and median household income $82,103, putting employment conditions in the middle range of published ZIP profiles.

Residential permitting has slowed: 854 units authorized over the past twelve months, 41% below the prior year.

A major airport is 7 miles away, giving the area unusually direct access to the national air network.

At a glance

Population
27,500
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$82,103
Top 35% nationally
Density
1,101/sq mi
25.0 sq mi of land
Median age
36.7
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Idaho Falls
Idaho
Metro area
Idaho Falls, ID
Nearest major airport
IDA
7 mi · Idaho Falls Rgnl
Median home value
$394,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 3.4% is lower than 89% of the 6,544 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment fell 2.9% over the past year, to 33,648 employed residents.

37% of adults hold a four-year degree, higher than 76% of measured US ZIP areas.

MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Median household income ±$7,272$82,103Top 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$4,823$39,871Top 40%2024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate8.3%Bottom 38%2024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute19.1 minBottom 11%2024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher37.1%Top 24%2024 ACS 5-Year
Employment33,648Bottom 34%June 2026
Employment change (3 years)-0.0%Bottom 49%June 2026
Employment change (year over year)-2.9%Bottom 10%June 2026
Labor force34,822Bottom 34%June 2026
Labor force participation59.6%Bottom 46%2024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wage$61,160Bottom 24%2025 OEWS
Median annual wage$46,800Bottom 19%2025 OEWS
Unemployment change (year over year)0.4%Top 36%June 2026
Unemployment rate3.4%Bottom 11%June 2026
Median household income, successive ACS releases
202120222023202482k71k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $82,103 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.
Largest occupations — Idaho Falls, ID
OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides2,930$34,050
Fast Food and Counter Workers2,610$28,680
General and Operations Managers2,480$80,380
Retail Salespersons2,090$32,320
Customer Service Representatives1,710$40,060
Office Clerks, General1,670$43,210

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Idaho Falls, ID, the city containing this ZIP code.

39% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 51% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 20.1 students for every full-time teacher, more than in most measured places.

Public schools
7
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
20.1
across all schools here
Math proficiency
38.7%
Bottom 36% in Idaho
Reading proficiency
51.1%
Bottom 39% in Idaho
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
TAYLORVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS DISTRICT75317.138%58%
LONGFELLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS DISTRICT57724.039%54%
SUNNYSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS DISTRICT56823.762%60%
EDGEMONT GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS DISTRICT56022.435%46%
ALTURAS PREPARATORY ACADEMY · charterALTURAS PREPARATORY ACADEMY INC46317.1
LINDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS DISTRICT40420.221%35%
THERESA BUNKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIDAHO FALLS DISTRICT29718.628%42%

42.0% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with rather than how the schools perform, which is why AreaProfile shows it and does not score it.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Schools are placed by ZIP code, so this is which schools are in this place rather than which one a particular address is zoned for — district boundaries do not follow municipal ones, and enrollment zones change. Fully virtual schools are excluded: they enroll students from across the state while reporting one administrative address, and counting them here would describe a school population this place does not have. The assessment covers grades 3 through 8, so a high school shows no proficiency figure — a dash in those columns means the test was not given at that school, not that it performed badly. Proficiency is measured against Idaho’s own standard, so it compares cleanly within the state and only broadly against other states; AreaProfile therefore ranks it within state. The directory is current, while the proficiency figures are from the last school year with national coverage before the pandemic interrupted testing.

Housing & affordability

How it’s calculated →

Median rent of $1,070 takes 16% of median household income, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened.

A median home costs 4.8 times median household income here, above the historic benchmark of about three times income.

Rent as a share of income
15.6%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
4.8×
median home value ÷ median income
Median gross rent
$1,070
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$394,300
2024 ACS 5-Year
MetricValueCompared with peersSource period
Home price to income4.80Top 18%2024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate74.3%Bottom 39%2024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±4729,867Top 17%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$108$1,070Top 45%2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$16,174$394,300Top 21%2024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income15.6%Bottom 35%2024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate4.9%Bottom 22%2024 ACS 5-Year

Both affordability measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with, so the comparison is like for like. They describe housing cost against local earnings and are not a cost-of-living index — transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not included, and a place can look affordable here and still be expensive to live in for reasons this does not capture.

Growth & development

How it’s calculated →
Development Momentum
68/ 100
Top 17% of 5,428 published city profiles

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

63% of recently permitted units are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses.

At 12.6 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is above the median for measured US ZIP areas.

Units permitted
854
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
12.6
Top 7% nationally
Year over year
−41%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
63.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Idaho Falls, ID, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

4 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 87°F and January a low of 12°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 10.1 inches.

Air quality measures a median index of 22, in the Good band, and no day in the year passed 100.

0°20°40°60°80°100°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station IDAHO FALLS FANNING FLD, 6.7 miles from this location.
Precipitation
JFMAMJJASOND1.6"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
90th percentile air quality index54.02024 calendar year
Annual precipitation10.1"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low12°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high87°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months41991-2020 Normals
Days above AQI 10002024 calendar year
Median air quality index22.02024 calendar year
Seasonal temperature swing48°F1991-2020 Normals
Air quality
Median air quality index
22
Good on a typical day
Worst tenth of days
54
90th percentile index
Days above 100
0
unhealthy for sensitive groups

A comfortable median and a bad tail are different problems. Wildfire smoke and summer ozone show up in the worst tenth of days, not in the middle of the year.

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. They describe what a typical year looks like rather than what the weather is doing today. Air quality is measured rather than modelled, by EPA monitors, and published by county only where a monitor sits — roughly half the counties AreaProfile publishes have one, and the rest show nothing rather than an estimate. Air masses are regional, so a county reading describes the air over a place reasonably well, but it is still the county reading.

Physical risk

70 / 100
Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, earthquake and heat wave.

EarthquakeElevated
WildfireModerate
HailModerate
Heat waveModerate
Inland floodingModerate
Volcanic activityModerate

Low or minimal exposure: landslide, avalanche, cold wave, lightning, winter weather, strong wind, ice storm, drought, tornado.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

These are deaths, not offences. AreaProfile does not publish reported crime, and this is not a substitute for it — it says nothing about burglary, theft or assault.

Bonneville County records 2.5 homicide deaths per 100,000 residents a year, near the middle of counties measured. The CDC does not publish this below county level.

Firearm deaths of all intents run at 17.5 per 100,000 — more than the homicide rate, because nationally most firearm deaths are suicides.

Drug overdose deaths run at 16.7 per 100,000 residents in Bonneville County.

Homicide
2.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Firearm deaths, all intents
17.5
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Drug overdose
16.7
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths
Suicide
19.8
per 100,000 residents · under 10 deaths

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides. The two columns overlap and should not be added.

Age-adjusted rates from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC for Bonneville County as a whole — these rates are not published below county level. A county can hold both a dense city centre and a suburb whose experience of it is nothing alike, so this describes the county around 83404 rather than 83404 itself. That is why AreaProfile shows these figures and does not put them in the Area Score. Where fewer than ten deaths were recorded the count is suppressed at source, and a rate built on single figures moves sharply between releases. What this measure has that reported crime does not: a death certificate is filed whether or not the local police agency submitted a return that year, so the figures stay comparable between places and over time.

What this profile does not cover

Three things people look for are missing from every AreaProfile page, and each is missing for a reason rather than by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them and the weighting is documented on the methodology page.

Reported crime
The FBI’s Crime Data Explorer is the only source for reported offences with national coverage and a published method, and it requires an API key AreaProfile does not hold. Arrest counts, news volume and commercial “safety scores” are not substituted in the meantime. What is published above under Safety is a different measurement — deaths rather than offences, from death certificates rather than police returns — and it covers no property crime at all.
Taxes
No tax dataset has met the source admission test for coverage, transparent methodology and update cadence. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Full cost of living
No public source publishes one with national coverage and a documented method. Housing affordability above is computed from published rent, price and income, and excludes transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes — commuting cost in particular tends to offset suburban housing savings.

Access

3 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest 7 miles away.

AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Idaho Falls RgnlIDA7 mi9,002 ft
Pocatello RgnlPIH46 mi9,059 ft
YellowstoneWYS98 mi8,400 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource periodUpdated
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle28-day NASR cycle
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)Periodic dataset versions (v1.20.0 current)
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 NormalsEvery ten years (next release follows the 2001–2030 period)
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
June 2026Monthly
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWSAnnual (spring release)
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimateAnnual (vintage released each spring)
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026Monthly, roughly three weeks after the reference month
Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-YearAnnual (5-year estimates released each December)
safetyU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics
Provisional county-level mortality by intent
April, 2025 to March, 2026Quarterly, with a rolling twelve-month window alongside complete calendar years
schoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2019-20 school year; 2024-25 school yearDirectory annually; assessment results as EDFacts releases them
ClimateU.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Air Quality System
Daily Air Quality Index by county
2024 calendar yearAnnually, once a calendar year is complete

Profile recalculated August 30, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology or browse every source.

83404 vs Idaho Falls

How this ZIP area compares with Idaho Falls as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like.

83404
Idaho Falls
Median household income
$82,103
vs
$73,110
Per capita income
$39,871
vs
$35,811
Population density
1,101/sq mi
vs
2,494/sq mi
Median home value
$394,300
vs
$335,500
Median gross rent
$1,070
vs
$1,075
Homeownership rate
74.3%
vs
64.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher
37.1%
vs
31.7%
Poverty rate
8.3%
vs
11.5%
Median age
36.7
vs
33.7

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.