Demographics of Payette city, Idaho

Payette city, Idaho had 8,813 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +616 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Payette city, in four figures

8,813
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 8,536 ±30.; +7.5%
Change since July 2020: +616 people.; 36.5 ±4.7
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $55,208 ±$5,636
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Payette city, Idaho's population grew 7.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Payette city, Idaho's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Payette city, Idaho's population grew 7.5% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Payette city, Idaho's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	8,197	100.0	100.0
2021	8,442	103.0	100.2
2022	8,586	104.7	100.7
2023	8,648	105.5	101.6
2024	8,754	106.8	102.5
2025	8,813	107.5	103.1

Population of Payette city, Idaho on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	8,197	—
2021	8,442	+245
2022	8,586	+144
2023	8,648	+62
2024	8,754	+106
2025	8,813	+59

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 36.5 ±4.7: for men 40.1 ±3.8 and for women 32.4 ±3.6. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Payette city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Idaho	United States
Under 5	813 ±166	9.5% ±1.9	5.9% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	1,288 ±269	15.1% ±3.1	18.2% ±0.2	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	679 ±209	8.0% ±2.4	9.8% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	2,212 ±342	25.9% ±4.0	26.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	1,784 ±329	20.9% ±3.9	23.0% ±0.2	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	1,760 ±363	20.6% ±4.3	17.0% ±0.2	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $55,208 ±$5,636, and income per person $26,782 ±$2,060, in 2024 dollars. The median is $77,800 ±$743 in Idaho and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Payette city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Idaho	United States
Under $25,000	341 ±125	10.8% ±3.9	12.5% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	1,000 ±282	31.6% ±8.5	17.6% ±0.4	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	729 ±238	23.1% ±7.3	18.1% ±0.4	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	560 ±226	17.7% ±7.0	14.7% ±0.4	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	326 ±110	10.3% ±3.4	19.3% ±0.4	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	57 to 225	1.8% to 7.1%	8.7% ±0.3	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1 to 125	< 0.1% to 3.9%	9.2% ±0.3	13.4% ±0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Payette city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Idaho	United States
All ages	1,167 ±428	13.9% ±5.1	10.6% ±0.3	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	461 ±189	22.1% ±8.2	12.4% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	500 ±197	12.6% ±4.8	10.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	206 ±98	8.8% ±3.9	9.1% ±0.4	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Payette city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Payette city	Idaho	United States
Housing units	3,193 ±263	795,014 ±223	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	99.0% ±0.6	89.7% ±0.3	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	0% to 2.7%	10.3% ±0.3	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	59.2% ±6.6	72.1% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	40.8% ±8.0	27.9% ±0.4	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$276,500 ±$40,660	$418,600 ±$2,550	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$837 ±$127	$1,238 ±$16	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1972 ±3	1991 ±1	1980 ±1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Payette city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Idaho	United States
Hispanic or Latino	2,224 ±388	26.1% ±4.5	13.6% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	5,616 ±487	65.8% ±5.7	78.6% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	0 to 34	0% to 0.4%	0.7% ±<0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	0 to 17	0% to 0.2%	1.3% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	2 to 42	< 0.1% to 0.5%	0.7% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 17	0% to 0.2%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	0 to 449	0% to 5.3%	0.6% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	438 ±154	5.1% ±1.8	4.2% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Payette city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Idaho	United States
Born in the state	2,648 ±447	31.0% ±5.2	43.9% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	5,206 ±488	61.0% ±5.7	49.1% ±0.3	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	6 to 84	0.1% to 1.0%	1.0% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	637 ±236	7.5% ±2.8	5.9% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	60 to 220	0.7% to 2.6%	2.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	497 ±232	5.8% ±2.7	3.2% ±0.2	6.8% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Payette city among the places of Idaho

28th of 36 places of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Idaho page.

Places of Idaho near Payette city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Burley city	11,958 ±194
Rathdrum city	10,874 ±26
Middleton city	10,649 ±28
Hailey city	9,665 ±18
Sandpoint city	9,637 ±28
Payette city	8,536 ±30
Emmett city	8,275 ±22
Fruitland city	6,663 ±28
Rupert city	6,190 ±26
Weiser city	5,935 ±22
Preston city	5,928 ±27

Rankings this appears in

No. 2 Places in Idaho by median age
No. 3 Places in Idaho by poverty rate
No. 4 Places in Idaho by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 5 Places in Idaho by foreign-born share
No. 13 Places in Idaho by homeownership rate
No. 22 Places in Idaho by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026