What is the population of Buhl city?

Buhl city has 4,624 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #38 of 236 in Idaho.

What is the median household income in Buhl city?

Median household income in Buhl city is $46,217 a year, 41.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Buhl city?

Median gross rent is $1,265 a month and the median home value is $192,600, so rent absorbs about 32.8% of median household income.

Is Buhl city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Buhl city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 32.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Buhl, ID population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Buhl, Idaho (Buhl, ID — Census place “Buhl city”) is 4,624 residents, ranking #38 of 236 places in Idaho. Median household income is $46,217, the median home is worth $192,600 and median gross rent runs $1,265 a month. Looking for the Buhl Idaho ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Buhl, ID: 83316.

Population: 4,624Buhl city residents
Median household income: $46,217Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $192,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,265Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 35.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 78.6%Owner-occupied households

Buhl ZIP codes (Idaho)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Buhl.

The Buhl ID ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

83316

What the numbers mean in Buhl city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Buhl city median would spend about 32.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.2% of residents and 78.6% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Buhl city, ID in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Buhl city is a small town in Idaho, with 4,624 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #38 of 236 ranked by population — larger than 84% of them. The median age here is 35.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Buhl city earn a median of $46,217 a year, 41.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 28% below the $63,864 median for the 100 Idaho cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 7.2% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Buhl city is valued at $192,600, 36.5% below the national figure and 29% below the $271,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,265 a month, 10% below the national figure, or roughly $15,180 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 32.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 78.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Buhl city?: Buhl city has 4,624 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #38 of 236 in Idaho.
What is the median household income in Buhl city?: Median household income in Buhl city is $46,217 a year, 41.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Buhl city?: Median gross rent is $1,265 a month and the median home value is $192,600, so rent absorbs about 32.8% of median household income.
Is Buhl city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Buhl city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 32.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Buhl city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.