
Elmore County · Idaho
ZIP code 83648
- Population
- 3,198
- Median income
- $72,411
- Median home
- —
- Sales tax
- 6%
ZCTA residents
Household, past 12 months
Owner-occupied value
Idaho state rate
Quick answer
ZIP 83648 sits in Elmore County, Idaho and is home to 3,198 people. Median household income is $72,411, the median home is worth — and median gross rent is $1,821. 0.4% of households own their home, and purchases are taxed at 6% (Idaho state rate).
- County
- Elmore County
- State
- Idaho (ID)
- Area codes
- Not published
- Metro area
- Outside covered metros
FIPS 16039
280 ZIPs covered
No NANPA match for this ZIP
Rate jurisdiction used for tax
The numbers for 83648
American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZCTA.
- Population
- 3,198ZIP 83648 residents
- Median household income
- $72,411Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- —Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $1,821Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 22.4 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 0.4%Owner-occupied households
ZIP 83648 in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
ZIP 83648 is a small town in Elmore County, Idaho, with 3,198 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #88 of 280 ranked by population — larger than 68% of them. The median age here is 22.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 ZIP 83648 earn a median of $72,411 a year, 7.8% below the national figure of $78,538. 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 2.1% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in ZIP 83648 is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs $1,821 a month, 29.5% above the national figure, or roughly $21,852 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 30.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is a stretch on median earnings. 0.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, a renter-majority market, so rent figures matter more here than the home-value line. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.
A median age of 22.4 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address.
The Census withheld home value for ZIP 83648 because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.
Reading ZIP 83648 in context
How 83648 sits inside Elmore County and Idaho.
ZIP 83648 is tabulated inside Elmore County, Idaho, one of 6 ZIP areas the Census publishes for that county and 280 across Idaho. Population sits in the small-town band, typically one main street plus the addresses that feed into it. County assignment on this page follows the largest share of the ZIP's land area, which matters where a delivery route crosses a county line: mail addressed to 83648 can be handled by a post office in a neighbouring county even though the tabulation area is filed here.
Against its own county, 83648 reports a median household income of $72,411, close to the $72,411 county median, and 6% above the $68,377 typical ID ZIP. Owner-occupied homes are valued at a median of not published. Rent is reported gross — the contract amount plus tenant-paid utilities — at $1,821 a month, which is why it reads higher than the advertised rent on a listing for the same unit.
Idaho charges 6% statewide, and local governments overlapping 83648 may add county, city or special-district levies on top. We publish the state floor for this ZIP rather than guessing a combined figure, because ZIP boundaries and taxing-district boundaries were drawn for different purposes and do not line up.
Everything above comes from the Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates for this ZIP Code Tabulation Area, with sales tax rates traced to the state revenue agency. Five-year estimates pool sixty months of responses, so they are stable enough to compare 83648 with its neighbours but always trail the current year, and any value the Census suppressed for sample size is shown as unpublished rather than filled in with a model.
Sales tax in 83648
What a purchase inside this ZIP costs at checkout.
Idaho levies 6% statewide, and counties, cities and special districts inside this ZIP can add their own local rate on top. Check the county page for the local component before you quote a price.
Affordability in this ZIP
Derived from the Census medians above — indicative, not an offer.
A rent burden above 30% is the federal threshold for cost-burdened households, and a price-to-income multiple above 4× is generally considered a stretched housing market. The mortgage figure is principal and interest only — taxes, insurance and HOA dues are extra.
How 83648 compares
ZIP 83648 against the median ZIP in Elmore County and across Idaho.
| Measure | ZIP 83648 | County median | State median | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $72,411 | $72,411 | $68,377 | +6% |
| Median home value | — | $353,100 | $296,900 | — |
| Median gross rent | $1,821 | $1,041 | $940 | +94% |
| Population | 3,198 | 2,418 | 1,358 | +135% |
Medians are computed across the 6 ZIP areas in Elmore County and the 280 ZIP areas in Idaho.
Statewide rank
Where this ZIP places among all 280 Idaho ZIP areas.
- Income
- #101
- Home value
- —
- Population
- #88
richer than 60% of 250 state ZIPs
Not published
larger than 69% of 280 state ZIPs
Comparable ZIP codes
Idaho ZIP areas with almost the same household income.
Nearby ZIP codes
Other ZIP codes filed under Elmore County.
Adjacent ZIP Codes
Other ZIP codes in Elmore County, Idaho.
ZIP 83648 questions
Common questions about this ZIP code.
- Where is ZIP code 83648?
- ZIP 83648 lies mostly in Elmore County, Idaho. County assignment follows the largest share of land area, so a ZIP straddling a county line is filed under its dominant county.
- What sales tax do I pay in 83648?
- Idaho charges 6% statewide, plus any county, city or district rate that applies locally.
- Is 83648 expensive to live in?
- Median rent runs $1,821 a month, about 30% of median household income, and the median home is worth — — — against the typical Idaho ZIP.
- Is a ZCTA the same as a postal ZIP code?
- Not exactly. The Census builds ZIP Code Tabulation Areas from the ZIP codes of addresses inside each census block, so a ZCTA can differ slightly from the USPS delivery route of the same number, and PO-box-only ZIPs have no ZCTA at all.
Keep going
Related pages for this area.
Sources & transparency
- US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates — 2019-2023 ACS 5-year — population, income, housing
- Census 2020 ZCTA-to-county relationship file — County assignment by largest land-area overlap
- Idaho State Tax Commission — Sales tax rates and local add-ons
Last reviewed December 2024. Figures are published for reference and can change; verify with the source agency before filing or contracting. How we build and check this data.