Weiser, ID

Census Place

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2024 Population
5,935
US Senator
Mike Crapo
Republican Party
US Senator
Jim Risch
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
41.1
8.73% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
20.5%
8.44% 1-year increase
2024 Median Household Income
$45,292
0.376% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$223,400
13.9% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
2,204
4.45% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Weiser, 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.

93.2% of the residents in Weiser, ID are U.S. citizens.

In 2024, the median property value in Weiser, ID was $223,400, and the homeownership rate was 62.8%.

Most people in Weiser, ID drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 16.3 minutes. The average car ownership in Weiser, ID was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Weiser, ID is home to a population of 5.94k people, from which 93.2% are citizens. As of 2024, 9.74% of Weiser, ID residents were born outside of the country (578 people).

In 2024, there were 5.18 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.96k people) in Weiser, ID than any other race or ethnicity. There were 764 Other (Hispanic) and 506 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

93.2%
2024 Citizenship
93.6%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 93.2% of Weiser, ID residents were US citizens, which is lower than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Weiser, ID was 93.6%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Weiser, ID
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    3.96k ± 174
  2. Other (Hispanic)
    764 ± 309
  3. Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
    506 ± 223
26.5%
Hispanic Population
1.58k people

In 2024, there were 5.18 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (3.96k people) in Weiser, ID than any other race or ethnicity. There were 764 Other (Hispanic) and 506 Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

26.5% of the people in Weiser, ID are hispanic (1.58k people).

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

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for Idaho.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    52,214 ± 5,532 people
  2. Canada
    6,433 ± 1,966 people
  3. 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.

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Foreign-Born Population

9.74%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
578 people
8.58%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
498 people

As of 2024, 9.74% of Weiser, ID residents (578 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 Weiser, ID was 8.58%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    139 ± 84
  2. Vietnam
    135 ± 74
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    55 ± 44

Weiser, ID has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 1.03 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Weiser, ID employs 2.2k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Weiser, ID were Manufacturing (380 people), Construction (284 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (280 people), and the highest paying industries were Public Administration ($71,125), Finance & Insurance ($66,250), and Other Services Except Public Administration ($65,164).

Occupations

2.2k
2024 Value
± 325
4.45%
1 Year growth
± 20.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Weiser, ID grew at a rate of 4.45%, from 2.11k employees to 2.2k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Weiser, ID, are Production Occupations (285 people), Material Moving Occupations (255 people), and Management Occupations (239 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Weiser, ID.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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

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Employment by Industries

2.2k
2024 Value
± 325
4.45%
1 Year growth
± 20.3%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Weiser, ID grew at a rate of 4.45%, from 2.11k employees to 2.2k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Weiser, ID, are Manufacturing (380 people), Construction (284 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (280 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Weiser, ID, though some of these residents may live in Weiser, ID and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$47,937
Median earning men ± $10,874
$28,310
Median earning women ± $11,795

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Public Administration ($79,444), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($56,250), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($49,881).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($66,250), Public Administration ($58,971), and Manufacturing ($33,182).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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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.

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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.

US Senators from Idaho

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Mike Crapo
Senator from Idaho3
Assumed office on January 3, 1999
Jim Risch
Senator from Idaho2
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.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Weiser, ID was $223,400 in 2024, which is 0.671 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $196,200 to $223,400, a 13.9% increase. The homeownership rate in Weiser, ID is 62.8%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Weiser, ID have an average commute time of 16.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Weiser, ID is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$223,400
Median Property Value 2024
±$22,657
$1,437
Median Property Taxes
±$239

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 Weiser, ID the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

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

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Rent vs Own

62.8%
Homeownership
2024
62.1%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 62.8% of the housing units in Weiser, ID were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 61.7%.

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$45,292
Median Household Income
± $4,323
2.29k
Number of Households
± 316

In 2024, the median household income of the 2.29k households in Weiser, ID declined from $45,292 from the previous year's value of $45,463.

The following chart displays the households in Weiser, 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 $60k - $75k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Weiser, 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.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (69.8%)
  2. Carpooled (15.2%)
  3. Bicycle (5.42%)

In 2024, 69.8% of workers in Weiser, ID drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (15.2%) and those who used a bicycle to get to work (5.42%).

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Commute Time

16.3 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Weiser, ID have a shorter commute time (16.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.49% of the workforce in Weiser, ID have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

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

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Poverty & Diversity

20.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Weiser, ID (1.19k out of 5.79k 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 Males < 5, followed by Males 35 - 44 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Weiser, ID is White, followed by Hispanic and Other.

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.

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Health

88.4% of the population of Weiser, ID has health coverage, with 30.7% on employee plans, 23.3% on Medicaid, 15.7% on Medicare, 15.4% on non-group plans, and 3.28% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Idaho see 1,619 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,619 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1534 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 371 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.3% were men and 48.7% were women.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 23.2% under 18 years, 21.4% between 18 and 34 years, 30.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 24.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 51.3% were men and 48.7% were women.

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Uninsured People

11.6%
Uninsured
30.7%
Employer Coverage
23.3%
Medicaid
15.7%
Medicare
15.4%
Non-Group
3.28%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Weiser, ID grew by 5.15% from 11% to 11.6%.

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