Mountain Home AFB CDP Idaho Income Charts

This section shows the Mountain Home AFB CDP Idaho economy using the most recent economic analysis from the 2022 Census Bureau. Starting with Figure 1 which shows the median earnings per worker, Mountain Home AFB CDP depicts it has a Median earnings of $32,125 which is the second smallest as measured by median earnings per worker of all the other places in the metro area. The place with the highest median earnings per worker in the area is Kuna which shows a median earnings of $47,236 (47.0% larger). Comparing median earnings per worker to the United States average of $53,269, Mountain Home AFB CDP is approximately three-fourths the size. Also, measured against the state of Idaho, median earnings per worker of $46,126, Mountain Home AFB CDP is approximately three-fourths the size.

In Figure 2 a more complete view of income is shown which aggregates income from all members in the household and it has a Median household income of $54,545 which is the second most median income of all the places in the greater Mountain Home AFB CDP region. The place with the highest median household income in the area is Kuna which depicts a median income of $75,684 (38.8% larger). Comparing median household income to the United States average of $69,021, Mountain Home AFB CDP is approximately three-fourths the size. Also, measured against the state of Idaho, median household income of $63,377, Mountain Home AFB CDP is about 16.2% smaller.

The next section examines a variety of different income statistics for the Mountain Home AFB CDP metropolitan area. In Figure 3 we see that it has the percentage of earnings less than $10,000 the second smallest when ranked by median earnings of less than $10,000 of all the other places in the local area at 3.2% of the total. Second, it has the largest proportion of earnings between $50,000 and $74,999 at 11.9% of the total and is ranked #1. Dividing median annual worker earnings by the average number of hours worked in a year in Figure 4 shows that it has a Avg Hrly Earnings of $14.27 which is the second smallest when sorted by average hourly earnings of all the other places in the local area. The place with the highest average hourly earnings in the area is Kuna which depicts an average hourly earnings of $22.88 (60.4% larger). Comparing average hourly earnings to the United States average of $26.40, Mountain Home AFB CDP is approximately half the size. Also, compared with the state of Idaho, average hourly earnings of $23.16, Mountain Home AFB CDP is approximately three-fourths the size.

Figure 5 examines the number of self employed people in the Mountain Home AFB CDP metro area based on the number of people who reported any self employment income. Mountain Home AFB CDP depicts it has a Self Employed of 8.6% which is in the center range of other places in the metro area. The place with the highest percentage of people self employed in the area is Melba which depicts a percentage self employed of 9.9% (15.8% larger).

The next chart (Figure 7) shows the percentage of households that had retirement income over the last 12 months and it has a With Retirement Income of 2.3% which is the smallest when ranked by households with retirement income of all the other places in the metro area. The place with the highest households with retirement income in the area is Grand View which shows a households with retirement income of 30.4% ( considerably bigger).

The percentage of full-time workers are compared to the number of part-time workers in Figure 8. Mountain Home AFB CDP depicts full time employees considerably bigger as the part time employees.

Similar to the last chart is Figure 9 which shows the number of people who are self employed but in more detailed industry categories such as manufacturing, retail sales, residential real estate, commercial real estate, health care, exports/imports, and advanced industries, etc. Mountain Home AFB CDP depicts it has the hightest entrepreneurs of 100% for the self employed in professional, scientific, management, administrative services aggregate.

Figure 10 shows the cost of living and other consumer spending categories for a variety of cost components from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mountain Home AFB CDP shows it has the hightest cost of 119.8 for the cost of housing classification.

Mountain Home AFB CDP Idaho Poverty Charts

In Figure 11 the percentage of people earning less than the poverty level is shown and compared across the group of places. Mountain Home AFB CDP depicts it has a Percent of Population In Poverty of 5.9% which is the second smallest when sorted by percent of people earning less than the poverty level of all the other places in the greater region. The place with the highest percent of people earning less than the poverty level in the area is Glenns Ferry which shows a percent of people in poverty of 41.7% ( very much bigger). Additionally, Figure 12 looks at the percentage of people who receive some form of public assistance including general assistance, temporary assistance or food stamps (i.e. SNAP.) Mountain Home AFB CDP depicts it has a Public Assistance Percent of 5.3% which is the smallest as measured by households with public assistance of all the other places in the area. The place with the highest households with public assistance in the area is Murphy CDP which shows a households with public assistance of 36.7% ( substantially bigger).

Mountain Home AFB CDP Idaho Labor Force Charts

The table in Figure 13, shows Mountain Home AFB CDP employment data in terms of job categories and salary data.

The next two charts look at monthly trended employment related performance using data estimated by economists at the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). The BLS tracks unemployment statistics for a large number of areas throughout the country on a month to month basis. However, not every location in the U.S. is tracked by the BLS so the chart will only show the closest location available (which may be the same location.) Figure 14 shows the monthly unemployment rate for the area as well as a comparison to the overall national economy measure for the United States. Note that in March to April 2022, the Covid 19 recession occurred and affects this metric. The monthly unemployment rate shows that from February 2017 to before the Coronavirus Pandemic it went from 3.4% to 2.3% in December 2019. This represents a decrease in the monthly unemployment rate of 32.4%. Since that time, the monthly unemployment rate has gone to 2.3%. This represents an increase in the monthly unemployment rate of very little.

Mountain Home AFB CDP Idaho Jobs Charts

In the jobs section of economic activity charts in Figure 15 shows the average annual earnings for very high level job industry categories for full time and year round employed.

Figure 16 shows the average median earnings for different categories of jobs.

Mountain Home AFB CDP Idaho Work Commute Charts

The following set of charts detail a variety of metrics that have economic impact, economic grow factors and economic development metrics in the Mountain Home AFB CDP community and has an impact on other factors such as economic growth, population growth, economic recovery, job growth, etc.. Figure 17 shows a high level view of how the population commutes to work (including the percent of people who work from home.) Mountain Home AFB CDP has the largest proportion of people who drive a car or motorcycle to work at 3% of the total and is ranked #1. Figure 18 shows a more detailed view of how the population commutes to work for (for example to downtown Mountain Home AFB CDP or elsewhere.) Mountain Home AFB CDP has the largest proportion of people who take a Subway or elevated rail at 3% of the total and is ranked #1. Second, it has the largest proportion of people who bike at 0% of the total and is ranked #1.

Figure 19 is provided for comparison purposes to the previous chart. It shows how people get to work overall on average in the United States.

The average commute time is shown in Figure 21. Mountain Home AFB CDP depicts it has a Avg Commute Time of 9 which is the second smallest as measured by average commute time of all the other places in the greater region.