What is the population of Salmon city?

Salmon city has 3,196 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #49 of 236 in Idaho.

What is the median household income in Salmon city?

Median household income in Salmon city is $40,875 a year, 48% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $584 a month and the median home value is $198,400, so rent absorbs about 17.1% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Salmon city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Salmon, ID population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Salmon, Idaho (Salmon, ID — Census place “Salmon city”) is 3,196 residents, ranking #49 of 236 places in Idaho. Median household income is $40,875, the median home is worth $198,400 and median gross rent runs $584 a month. Looking for the Salmon Idaho ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Salmon, ID: 83467.

Population: 3,196Salmon city residents
Median household income: $40,875Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $198,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $584Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 46.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 66%Owner-occupied households

Salmon ZIP codes (Idaho)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Salmon.

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

83467

What the numbers mean in Salmon city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Salmon city median would spend about 17.1% 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 4.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.3% of residents and 66% of households own their home.

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

Salmon city, ID in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Salmon city is a small town in Idaho, with 3,196 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #49 of 236 ranked by population — larger than 79% of them. The median age here is 46.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. 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 Salmon city earn a median of $40,875 a year, 48% below the national figure of $78,538 and 36% below the $63,864 median for the 100 Idaho cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 16.3% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Salmon city is valued at $198,400, 34.6% below the national figure and 27% below the $271,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $584 a month, 58.5% below the national figure, or roughly $7,008 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.1% 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 4.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 66% 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.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Salmon city?: Salmon city has 3,196 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #49 of 236 in Idaho.
What is the median household income in Salmon city?: Median household income in Salmon city is $40,875 a year, 48% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Salmon city?: Median gross rent is $584 a month and the median home value is $198,400, so rent absorbs about 17.1% of median household income.
Is Salmon city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Salmon city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Salmon 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.