Basalt, Idaho - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	395
Male Share of the Population	50.4%
Female Share of the Population	49.6%
Senior Citizens	18.5%
Employed Population 16+	177
Age of the Population	39

Families

% of people married	63.7%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	12.1%
Median Earnings25+	$30,625
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$26,477
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$35,833

Wealth

Median Family Income	$50,714
% Above Poverty Level	86.6%
% Below Poverty Level	13.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	21 minutes
% Working from Home	1.7%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.6%
% Using Public Transportation	0.6%

Housing

People Living Alone	14.7%
Median Gross Rent	$780
Median House Value	$131,900

Ancestry

English	19.5%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	12.7%
German	11.9%
Irish	8.6%
French Except Basque	4.6%
Danishn	3.5%
Norwegian	2.8%
Swiss	2.5%
Dutch	2.3%
Scottish	1.3%
Russian	1.3%
Welsh	1%
Swedish	1%
Italian	0.8%
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Basalt Almanac

Category	Value
County	Bingham County
P.O. Box Zip Codes	83218
Phone Area Codes	208
Time Zone	America/Boise
Approximate Latitude	43.32
Approximate Longitude	-112.17

Basalt Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	BLACKFOOT 1 SE
Distance	12 miles
Jan Temp	14 to 31 F
Apr Temp	31 to 59 F
Jul Temp	50 to 85 F
Oct Temp	32 to 62 F
Annual Precip	9.6 inches

Station	FORT HALL 1 NNE
Distance	22.4 miles
Jan Temp	13 to 31 F
Apr Temp	31 to 57 F
Jul Temp	49 to 84 F
Oct Temp	30 to 61 F
Annual Precip	12 inches

Station	ABERDEEN EXPERIMNT STN
Distance	42.2 miles
Jan Temp	12 to 31 F
Apr Temp	30 to 58 F
Jul Temp	49 to 85 F
Oct Temp	29 to 62 F
Annual Precip	9.2 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Ammon	15,403	$77,450
Blackfoot	11,854	$62,205
Firth	498	$62,813
Idaho Falls	60,147	$62,127
Iona	2,451	$85,201
Shelley	4,370	$58,788

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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