What is the population of Emmett city?

Emmett city has 7,948 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #29 of 236 in Idaho.

What is the median household income in Emmett city?

Median household income in Emmett city is $58,523 a year, 25.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $854 a month and the median home value is $299,000, so rent absorbs about 17.5% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Emmett city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Emmett, ID population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Emmett, Idaho (Emmett, ID — Census place “Emmett city”) is 7,948 residents, ranking #29 of 236 places in Idaho. Median household income is $58,523, the median home is worth $299,000 and median gross rent runs $854 a month. Looking for the Emmett Idaho ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Emmett, ID: 83617.

Population: 7,948Emmett city residents
Median household income: $58,523Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $299,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $854Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 37 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.6%Owner-occupied households

Emmett ZIP codes (Idaho)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Emmett.

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

83617

What the numbers mean in Emmett city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Emmett city median would spend about 17.5% 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 5.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.1% of residents and 64.6% of households own their home.

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

Emmett city, ID in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Emmett city is a mid-size town in Idaho, with 7,948 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #29 of 236 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 37 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Emmett city earn a median of $58,523 a year, 25.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% below the $63,864 median for the 100 Idaho cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 13.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Emmett city is valued at $299,000, 1.5% below the national figure and 10% above the $271,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $854 a month, 39.3% below the national figure, or roughly $10,248 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.5% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 64.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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 Emmett city?: Emmett city has 7,948 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #29 of 236 in Idaho.
What is the median household income in Emmett city?: Median household income in Emmett city is $58,523 a year, 25.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Emmett city?: Median gross rent is $854 a month and the median home value is $299,000, so rent absorbs about 17.5% of median household income.
Is Emmett city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Emmett city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.5% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Emmett city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.