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SheetID-EMMETT-ID · Emmett, ID 7,948 pop · income 33rd pct · 4 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Emmett
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Emmett on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Crestwood · lowest
38,396
Crestwood · lowest
38,396 median HH income
34.3% of the leader · rank #1
Jan Phyl · near
58,520
Jan Phyl · near
58,520 median HH income
52.3% of the leader · rank #2
Emmett · this city
58,523
Emmett · this city
58,523 median HH income
52.3% of the leader · rank #3
New Vienna · near
58,523
New Vienna · near
58,523 median HH income
52.3% of the leader · rank #4
Port Clinton · near
58,524
Port Clinton · near
58,524 median HH income
52.3% of the leader · rank #5
Graham · near
58,525
Graham · near
58,525 median HH income
52.3% of the leader · rank #6
Waikele · highest
111,971
Waikele · highest
111,971 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Emmett on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 7,948.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Emmett - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Emmett lands in the 33rd percentile for household income and the 74th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
33rd
percentile, household income
65th
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
74th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Emmett, ID
7,948 people live in Emmett, Idaho - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Emmett households earn a median of $58,523 annually, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 7.5%. Home values in Emmett run a median of $299,000, and the median resident age is 37.0 years. 17.1% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 60.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 133 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 156% from five years earlier. Emmett reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 752.9 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score). The annual average temperature per NOAA climate normals runs 51.5°F with 13.3 inches of precipitation per year and 7.4 inches of snowfall.
Living costs in Idaho run below the national norm: the state registers 95.5 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,173 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $170 across Idaho, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 38.5 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Emmett's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to population change to work and mobility to within-city variation to comparison shortlist to climate and hazard context to reported crime to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Emmett, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Emmett?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 5.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 7.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,166 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +15.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 133 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
Which cities make useful reference points for Emmett?
Within Idaho, the closest population matches are Payette (8,358 residents, $55,455 income); Sandpoint (9,244 residents, $67,769 income); Hailey (9,439 residents, $83,084 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Waikele, HI (7,950 residents); Oak Grove, KY (7,945 residents); Carneys Point, NJ (7,945 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Emmett?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 76.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
0.4%
Work from home
9.4%
Drive alone
76.5%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 3,749 workers age 16+.
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 51.5°F, with 13.3 inches of precipitation and 7.4 inches of annual snowfall. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Idaho is 38.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
51.5°F
Annual precipitation
13.3 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
38.5
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Emmett?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 752.9 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 67% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
410.7
Violent rate
342.2
Total reported rate
752.9
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 17.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
6
Bachelor's degree+
17.1%
Poverty estimate
7.5%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Below median income · poverty 7.5% (Above-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
95.5 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Idaho average
D
City profile score · Emmett, ID
40/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living C+
95.5 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate C-
7.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income F
$58,523
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
342 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Emmett profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 61/100 (C+) · 95.5 index
Poverty rate: 50/100 (C-) · 7.5%
Household income: 32/100 (F) · $58,523
Violent crime: 27/100 (F) · 342 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 26/100 (F) · 17.1%
Where Emmett sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Emmett's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Emmett highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Emmett, ID (this city): home $299,000, crime 753/100k
Oak Grove, KY : home $143,500, crime 2,768/100k
Lexington, TN : home $173,200, crime 2,400/100k
Payette, ID : home $247,700, crime 1,286/100k
Sandpoint, ID : home $449,500, crime 1,086/100k
Hailey, ID : home $574,500, crime 657/100k
Fruitland, ID : home $286,300, crime 643/100k
Rupert, ID : home $182,500, crime 1,391/100k
Weiser, ID : home $196,200, crime 178/100k
How does Emmett compare to other US cities?
Where Emmett sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income33% higher than other cities
Home value65% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety74% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Idaho alone, Emmett ranks #24 of 53 Idaho cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Emmett against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Idaho only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Idaho-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Emmett near the bottom of Idaho's cities
Among the 215 Idaho cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Emmett ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Emmett only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#122 of 206
41st percentile in Idaho
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 215
0th percentile in Idaho
Median Home Value
#61 of 204
70th percentile in Idaho
Poverty Rate
#117 of 215
45th percentile in Idaho
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#124 of 215
42nd percentile in Idaho
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Idaho only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
33rd percentile nationally for median household income · 74th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Emmett's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Emmett's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Emmett's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$299,00035th percentilemore affordable than 35% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Emmett's home-value-to-income ratio: 5.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#13,085 of 15,516
More affordable than 16% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#9,869 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 5.1×, Emmett sits in the pressured band:
national rank #13,085 of 15,516 and #9,869 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$58,523Emmett, ID median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Emmett, ID median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Emmett, ID.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)7.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
7,948
Median Income
$58,523
Median Home Value
$299,000
Median Age
37.0
Poverty Rate
7.5%
Labor force participation
60.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
752.9
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
342.2
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
410.7
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
51.5°F
Annual Precipitation
13.3"
Annual Snowfall
7.4"
Schools
Total Schools
6
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Emmett's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
7,734 residents
2021
7,914 residents
2022
8,280 residents
2023
8,543 residents
2024
8,649 residents
2025
8,900 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
133
housing units authorized
Single-Family
133
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
16.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
52
46
6
$6.8M
2020
52
50
2
$7.1M
2021
122
122
0
$18.7M
2022
91
76
15
$14.1M
2023
47
47
0
$6.1M
2024
133
133
0
$20.9M
Permit volume increased 156% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
76.5%
Carpool
9.4%
Public Transit
0.4%
Walk
1.8%
Work from Home
9.4%
Other
2.5%
Based on 3,749 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Idaho statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $170
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Idaho at $170 (electricity about $80 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Idaho statewide averages, not a meter reading for Emmett. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Idaho's BEA cost-of-living index is 95.5 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Emmett is $1,173/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Idaho statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 38.5 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Idaho statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Emmett sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Emmett compares to similar-size Idaho cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.