Basalt, Idaho

Demographics

People

Total Population	391
Male Share of the Population	45%
Female Share of the Population	55%
Senior Citizens	18.7%
Employed Population 16+	150
Age of the Population	36

Families

% of people married	63.6%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	9.7%
Median Earnings25+	$30,313
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$24,167
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$26,719

Wealth

Median Family Income	$44,792
% Above Poverty Level	91.8%
% Below Poverty Level	8.2%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	20 minutes
% Working from Home	4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0.7%
% Using Public Transportation	1.3%

Housing

People Living Alone	17.1%
Median Gross Rent	$738
Median House Value	$120,700

Ancestry

English	24.6%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	15.1%
German	13%
Irish	7.9%
French Except Basque	5.9%
Danishn	5.4%
Dutch	3.1%
Swiss	2.3%
Swedish	2%
Norwegian	2%
Scottish	1.8%
Russian	1.5%
Italian	1.3%
Canadian	0.8%
Finnish	0.5%
Egyptian	0.3%
Slovene	0.3%
Arab	0.3%
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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	14,767	$73,551
Blackfoot	11,878	$58,542
Firth	437	$55,000
Idaho Falls	58,933	$56,639
Iona	2,266	$67,857
Shelley	4,372	$56,909

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, 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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