Twin Falls County, Idaho

• White (non-Hispanic) 70,557 75.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,912 18.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 766 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,060 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,469 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 254 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 293 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 423 0.5%

• Under 18 24,672 26.3%
• 18–24 8,170 8.7%
• 25–44 24,831 26.5%
• 45–64 20,513 21.9%
• 65 and over 15,548 16.6%

Median household income

$73,098

90% interval $66,075–$80,121

−$7,754 vs ID · 17th of 44

Below poverty line

10.9%

90% interval 8.8%–13.0%

+0.5 pp vs ID · 28th of 44

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.21 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.9B

4.61% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,136

Establishments

3,995

• Education & health services 10,896 25.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,785 20.6%
• Manufacturing 5,137 12.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,805 11.3%
• Professional & business services 3,966 9.3%
• Natural resources & mining 2,586 6.1%
• Construction 2,285 5.4%
• Public administration 1,573 3.7%
• Financial activities 1,354 3.2%
• Other services 16 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 97.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.5%

−1.6 pp vs ID · 36th of 44

Median gross rent

$1,089

−$149 vs ID · 11th of 44

Owner-occupied

24,488

Renter-occupied

10,266

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $66,276/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,974/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 27,304 73.1%
• Democratic 9,064 24.3%
• Other / third-party 1,005 2.7%

• Spanish 9,774 11.1%
• Arabic 555 0.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 288 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 155 0.2%
• Chinese 147 0.2%
• Korean 88 0.1%
• Tagalog 82 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 71 0.1%
• Vietnamese 42 0.0%

Households

34,754

Family households

24,427

70.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,845

32.1% of families

Single-mother families

2,392

9.8% of families

Veterans

5,096

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 23,382 26.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 9,110 10.1%
• Catholic 6,726 7.5%
• Mainline Protestant 3,618 4.0%
• Orthodox 51 0.1%

Health insured

89.8%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

10.2%

±1.3 pp

22nd of 44

With a disability

14.4%

±1.1 pp

28th of 44

Bachelor's or higher

23.5%

±1.7 pp

−8.3 pp vs ID · 20th of 44

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.9%

90% interval 11.7%–14.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

5th Judicial District Court

Judges

6 (District Court judges per district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); magistrate judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 isc.idaho.gov per-district directory.)

Court seats

Burley, Fairfield, Gooding, Hailey, Jerome, Rupert, Shoshone, Twin Falls

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

14

20.27 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13