Custer County, ID

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2024 Population

4,470

US Senator

Mike Crapo

Republican Party

US Senator

Jim Risch

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

0.84% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

15.8%

36.6% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$67,574

18.6% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$381,700

29.1% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

1,876

0.428% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Custer County, ID reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.3% of the residents in Custer County, ID are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Custer County, ID was $381,700, and the homeownership rate was 76.8%.

Most people in Custer County, ID drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 17.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Custer County, ID was 2 cars per household.

Custer County, ID borders Blaine County, ID, Boise County, ID, Butte County, ID, Elmore County, ID, Lemhi County, ID, and Valley County, ID.

United States Idaho

Population & Diversity

Custer County, ID is home to a population of 4.47k people, from which 99.3% are citizens. As of 2024, 4.79% of Custer County, ID residents were born outside of the country (214 people).

In 2024, there were 28.8 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.95k people) in Custer County, ID than any other race or ethnicity. There were 137 Asian (Non-Hispanic) and 84 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.3%

2024 Citizenship

99.5%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.3% of Custer County, ID residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Custer County, ID was 99.5%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Custer County, ID compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Custer County, ID

White (Non-Hispanic)
3.95k ± 115
Asian (Non-Hispanic)
137 ± 90
Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
84 ± 55

4.5%

Hispanic Population

201 people

4.5% of the people in Custer County, ID are hispanic (201 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Custer County, ID as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the County level, so we are showing data for Idaho.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
52,214 ± 5,532 people
Canada
6,433 ± 1,966 people
Philippines
2,829 ± 1,305 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Idaho was Mexico, the natal country of 52,214 Idaho residents, followed by Canada with 6,433 and Philippines with 2,829.

Foreign-Born Population

4.79%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

214 people

3.15%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

139 people

As of 2024, 4.79% of Custer County, ID residents (214 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Custer County, ID was 3.15%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Custer County, ID compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
203 ± 102
Gulf War (1990s)
114 ± 78
Gulf War (2001-)
17 ± 26

Custer County, ID has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.78 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Custer County, ID.

Economy

The economy of Custer County, ID employs 1.88k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Custer County, ID were Accommodation & Food Services (311 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (277 people), and Retail Trade (258 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($85,938), Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($81,842), and Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services ($58,375).

Employment

Occupations

1.88k

2024 Value

± 357

0.428%

1 Year growth

± 26.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Custer County, ID grew at a rate of 0.428%, from 1.87k employees to 1.88k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Custer County, ID, are Healthcare Support Occupations (315 people), Management Occupations (287 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (249 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Custer County, ID.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Idaho.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Idaho (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

1.88k

2024 Value

± 357

0.428%

1 Year growth

± 26.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Custer County, ID grew at a rate of 0.428%, from 1.87k employees to 1.88k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Custer County, ID, are Accommodation & Food Services (311 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (277 people), and Retail Trade (258 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Custer County, ID, though some of these residents may live in Custer County, ID and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$24,554

Median earning men ± $15,325

$28,092

Median earning women ± $7,090

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($100,391), Manufacturing ($54,798), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($51,411).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($68,424), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($56,250), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($37,899).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Idaho.

Y-Axis

3.01%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 836k people employed in Idaho. This represents a 3.01% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 8.06%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Idaho.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

28
Construction
15
Accommodation and Food Services
15
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$7.35k
Accommodation and Food Services
$5.77k
Construction
$4.53k
Retail Trade

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Idaho went to Donald J. Trump with 66.9% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (30.4%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.42%).

Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are the senators currently representing the state of Idaho. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Idaho is currently represented by 2 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Custer County, ID. Showing the available data for Idaho.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (66.9%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (30.4%)
Democratic Party
Robert Kennedy (1.42%)
Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Idaho went to Donald J. Trump with 66.9% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (30.4%), followed by Robert Kennedy (1.42%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Idaho for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Idaho

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Idaho.

Mike Crapo

Senator from Idaho

Assumed office on January 3, 1999

Jim Risch

Senator from Idaho

Assumed office on January 3, 2009

Mike Crapo and Jim Risch are the senators currently representing Idaho.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Idaho over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Custer County, ID was $381,700 in 2024, which is 1.15 times larger than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $295,600 to $381,700, a 29.1% increase. The homeownership rate in Custer County, ID is 76.8%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Custer County, ID have an average commute time of 17.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Custer County, ID is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

In 2025, 11.7% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Custer County, ID. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 1.84%.

Housing

Property

$381,700

Median Property Value 2024

±$70,646

$1,492

Median Property Taxes

±$289

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Custer County, ID the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Custer County, ID compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

76.8%

Homeownership

2024

58.9%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 76.8% of the housing units in Custer County, ID were occupied by their owner. This percentage declined from the previous year's rate of 77.7%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Custer County, ID compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$67,574

Median Household Income

± $16,035

1.94k

Number of Households

± 345

In 2024, the median household income of the 1.94k households in Custer County, ID grew to $67,574 from the previous year's value of $56,957.

The following chart displays the households in Custer County, ID distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Custer County, ID is from Idaho.

0.468

2023 Wage GINI in Idaho

0.473

2022 Wage GINI in Idaho

In 2023, the income inequality in Idaho was 0.468 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.938% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Idaho was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Idaho in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Idaho across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (57.1%)
Worked At Home (27.3%)
Carpooled (12.3%)

In 2024, 57.1% of workers in Custer County, ID drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (27.3%) and those who carpooled to work (12.3%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

17.3 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Custer County, ID have a shorter commute time (17.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.444% of the workforce in Custer County, ID have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Custer County, ID compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Custer County, ID distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Custer County, ID have 2 cars.

Poverty

Severe Housing Problems

In 2025, 11.7% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Custer County, ID. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 1.84%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the population living with severe housing problems.

Poverty & Diversity

15.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Custer County, ID (696 out of 4.41k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 75+, followed by Males 75+ and then Females 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Custer County, ID is White, followed by Native American and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Children in Poverty

In 2025, 18.5% of the children was living in poverty in Custer County, ID. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 2.2%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Security

Crimes & Accidents

Indicator

In 2022, the number of reported violent crimes offenses per 100,000 population was 60.2 in Custer County, ID. From 2014 to 2022, the indicator declined 32.4 per 100,000 population.

The graph shows the trend in the number of reported violent crimes offenses per 100,000 population.

Health

87.9% of the population of Custer County, ID has health coverage, with 30.4% on employee plans, 12.9% on Medicaid, 26.6% on Medicare, 17.6% on non-group plans, and 0.521% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Custer County, ID see 0 patients per year on average, which represents a NaNk% change from the previous year (0 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 4506 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 1131 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.7% were men and 48.3% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

0 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Custer County, ID

Primary care physicians in Custer County, ID see an average of 0 patients per year. This represents a NaNk% change from the previous year (0 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Custer County, ID in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 14.4% under 18 years, 7.81% between 18 and 34 years, 41.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 36.1% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.7% were men and 48.3% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

12.1%

Uninsured

30.4%

Employer Coverage

12.9%

Medicaid

26.6%

Medicare

17.6%

Non-Group

0.521%

Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Custer County, ID declined by 14.7% from 14.1% to 12.1%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Custer County, ID changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.