With 57,635 people, Pocatello is a city in Idaho. This skews young, with a median age of 33.1. The average commute runs 16 minutes. The foreign-born share is 4%. That trails the Idaho median by roughly 22%. Density works out to 1,717 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $60,418, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 33.1
US median: 38.9
Average education
33% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 79%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Pocatello
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$123,364 → $271,000(+120%)US over the same years: +67%
White share92.1% → 81.0%(−11.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)29.6%(842)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)25.3%(719)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era31.7%(901)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.1%(116)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II2.8%(79)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,844 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Pocatello, decade by decade
Pocatello population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
46,058
$59,894
$123,364
22.2%
18.7
2000
51,466
$62,530
$151,380
27.9%
22.5
2010
54,255
$59,793
$182,698
29.6%
29.9
2020
56,320
$56,823
$186,654
28.2%
42.4
2024
57,635
$60,418
$271,000
32.6%
41.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
