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SheetID-KIMBERLY-ID · Kimberly, ID 4,883 pop · income 58th pct
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 Kimberly
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Kimberly on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Chula Vista C… · lowest
33,750
Chula Vista C… · lowest
33,750 median HH income
18.7% of the leader · rank #1
Kimberly · this city
76,587
Kimberly · this city
76,587 median HH income
42.4% of the leader · rank #2
Solomon · near
76,587
Solomon · near
76,587 median HH income
42.4% of the leader · rank #3
Douglasville · near
76,591
Douglasville · near
76,591 median HH income
42.4% of the leader · rank #4
Shepherd · near
76,591
Shepherd · near
76,591 median HH income
42.4% of the leader · rank #5
Randolph · near
76,591
Randolph · near
76,591 median HH income
42.4% of the leader · rank #6
Harrington Pa… · highest
180,515
Harrington Pa… · highest
180,515 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 Kimberly 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: 4,883.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Kimberly - the verdict
Nationally, Kimberly sits in the 58th percentile for household income and the 89th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
58th
percentile, household income
63rd
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
89th
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: Kimberly, ID
Idaho's Kimberly is a small town, with 4,883 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Kimberly brings in $76,587 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 15.3%. Typical homes in Kimberly are valued around $289,500, and the median resident age is 32.1 years. About 21.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 72.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 83 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 108% from five years earlier. Kimberly reports a comparatively low crime rate: per-100,000 total crime stands at 409.4 in FBI UCR data, below the national average (a voluntary reporting program, read this as reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Idaho run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Idaho scores 95.5 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,173 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $170 across Idaho, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Workers in Kimberly report an average commute of 15.0 minutes, with 73.2% driving alone and 13.3% working from home. Natural-hazard exposure scores 38.5 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Kimberly'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 comparison shortlist to housing and income to schools and households to work and mobility to population change to reported crime; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Kimberly, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Comparison shortlist
Which cities make useful reference points for Kimberly?
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.
Within Idaho, the closest population matches are Shelley (4,987 residents, $63,864 income); American Falls (4,636 residents, $58,376 income); Buhl (4,624 residents, $46,217 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Harrington Park, NJ (4,883 residents); Needles, CA (4,882 residents); Chula Vista CDP (Maverick County), TX (4,884 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Kimberly?
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. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.8 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 15.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
The NCES join finds 6 public schools within the city match. 21.8% 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Kimberly?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 73.2%. The reported mean trip to work is 15.0 minutes.
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.
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.
Population change
Is Kimberly growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,150 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +24.7% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 83 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
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.
2020 estimate
4,648
2025 estimate
5,798
Period change
+24.7%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Kimberly?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 409.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 82% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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.
Total reported rate
409.4
Violent rate
53.4
Property rate
356.0
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
Above median income · poverty 15.3% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
95.5 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Idaho average
C-
City profile score · Kimberly, ID
53/100
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.
Violent crime A-
53 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
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.
Household income C
$76,587
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share D
21.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate F
15.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Kimberly profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 83/100 (A-) · 53 /100k
Cost of living: 61/100 (C+) · 95.5 index
Household income: 56/100 (C) · $76,587
Bachelor's+ share: 40/100 (D) · 21.8%
Poverty rate: 22/100 (F) · 15.3%
Where Kimberly sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Kimberly'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 - Kimberly highlighted among 11 peers.Read the chart values
Kimberly, ID (this city): home $289,500, crime 409/100k
Harrington Park, NJ : home $709,200, crime 212/100k
Needles, CA : home $134,400, crime 3,278/100k
Baldwin City, KS : home $242,100, crime 1,309/100k
Wahoo, NE : home $227,100, crime 635/100k
Shelley, ID : home $267,200, crime 1,093/100k
American Falls, ID : home $172,800, crime 556/100k
Buhl, ID : home $192,600, crime 420/100k
Rigby, ID : home $267,200, crime 1,355/100k
Preston, ID : home $280,500, crime 446/100k
Weiser, ID : home $196,200, crime 178/100k
How does Kimberly compare to other US cities?
Kimberly measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income58% higher than other cities
Home value63% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety89% 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, Kimberly ranks #6 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 Kimberly 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 Kimberly near the bottom of Idaho's cities
Among the 215 Idaho cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Kimberly ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Kimberly only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#49 of 206
76th percentile in Idaho
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 215
0th percentile in Idaho
Median Home Value
#66 of 204
68th percentile in Idaho
Poverty Rate
#33 of 215
85th percentile in Idaho
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#89 of 215
58th 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
58th percentile nationally for median household income · 89th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Kimberly's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Kimberly'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 Kimberly's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$289,50037th percentilemore affordable than 37% 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
Kimberly's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.8×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#9,986 of 15,516
More affordable than 36% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#7,901 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.8×, Kimberly sits in the moderate band:
national rank #9,986 of 15,516 and #7,901 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$76,587Kimberly, ID median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Kimberly, 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 Kimberly, ID.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)15.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)72.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,883
Median Income
$76,587
Median Home Value
$289,500
Median Age
32.1
Poverty Rate
15.3%
Labor force participation
72.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
21.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
409.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
53.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
356.0
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.
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
Kimberly's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,648 residents
2021
4,844 residents
2022
5,088 residents
2023
5,372 residents
2024
5,582 residents
2025
5,798 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
83
housing units authorized
Single-Family
63
detached homes
Multifamily
20
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
17
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
40
38
2
$4.3M
2020
72
72
0
$11.1M
2021
96
94
2
$25.6M
2022
94
92
2
$26.6M
2023
69
51
18
$19.8M
2024
83
63
20
$22.3M
Permit volume increased 108% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
15.0 minutes
Drive Alone
73.2%
Carpool
13.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
13.3%
Based on 2,211 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 Kimberly. 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 Kimberly 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 Kimberly sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Kimberly 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, 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.