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Madison County / Rexburg, ID

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Madison County anchors Rexburg, in eastern Idaho on the edge of the Snake River Plain near the Big Hole Mountains. Brigham Young University-Idaho enrolled 24,111 campus-based students in fall 2024, more than half of Rexburg's population, on a year-round, three-track calendar rather than two semesters. The county is young, growing, and ranks among the most educated in the country.

Median Age: 24 years¹¹: The median resident is 24, younger than all but two of the nation's 3,143 counties. Brigham Young University-Idaho drives the gap. <99% of 3,143 counties
Educational Attainment: 36%: Only 94 counties have a higher share of bachelor's degree holders. Rexburg grew up around a four-year university. >96% of 3,143 counties
Unemployment Rate: 1.8%¹: Only 32 counties in the country post a lower unemployment rate. Idaho tracks the county separately from its neighbors. <98% of 3,142 counties
Mountains: 4,186'⁸: Local relief runs 4,186 feet, more than 88% of counties. The Big Hole Mountains rise from the Snake River Plain just east of town. >88% of 3,143 counties
The trade-off — Median Home Price: $407K⁴: The median home costs $407K, more expensive than 89% of counties, against a typical income that beats only 24% of counties. A buyer moving here without existing equity has to solve that gap first. >89% of 3,143 counties

Madison County is a county located in the U.S. state of Idaho. As of the 2020 census, the population was 52,913. The county seat and largest city is Rexburg. Madison County is part of the Rexburg, Idaho micropolitan area, which is also included in the Idaho Falls metropolitan area.

Demographics and county data

Each comparison is against the US counties that publish the same measurement. Measurements where too many counties share a single value to be ranked show no comparison at all.

Abortion Regulation: Illegal
ACT/SAT Scores: #40
Air Quality: 6.7¹
Alcohol Regulation: #3
All Occupations: $54K¹
American Indians/Alaskan Natives: ↓-1.7%
Amish, Mennonites, etc: ↓-2.8%⁷
Any Airport: 0h 41m
Any Natural Disaster: Very Low³
Architecture & Engineering: $85K¹⁰
Art Museums: 0
Arts, Design, Sports, Media & Entertainment: $55K¹⁰
Asian Americans: ↑0.1%
Asian Language Speakers: ↑1.5%
Avalanche: Low³
Average School Rating: 38.3⁶
Beergardens & Brewpubs: 2
Bike Score: 55
Blacks/African Americans: ↓-8.6%
Boating: 26
Broadband Internet: 76%
Buddhists: ↓-0.1%⁷
Building & Grounds Cleaning & Maintenance: $34K¹⁰
Business & Financial Operations: $71K¹⁰
Cannabis Regulation: Illegal
Cat Friendly Rentals: 40%
Catholics: ↓-13.3%⁷
City Population: 39K
Climate Change Risk: 1.8
Coastal Flooding: none³
Cold Wave: High³
Community & Social Service: $52K¹⁰
Commute Time: 15
Computer & Mathematical: $84K¹⁰
Construction & Extraction: $50K¹⁰
County Population: 54K
Cuisine Diversity: 19
Cycling: 7
Dentists: 6.0
Dog Friendly Rentals: 54%
Drought: Low³
Earthquakes: Very Low³
Education, Training, & Library: $52K¹⁰
Educational Attainment: 36%
Elevation: 5,581'⁸
English Speakers: ↑1.7%
Farmers Markets: 1
Farming, Fishing, & Forestry: $41K¹⁰
Fatal Dog Attacks: 0
Fatal Wildlife Attacks: 0
Fire Ants: none
Fishing: 16
Food Preparation & Serving Related: $28K¹⁰
Forests: 16%
Freshwater Access: 42
Gluten-Free Options: 2
Golf: 8
Gun Open Carry Regulation: Legal (Unrestricted)
Hail: Very Low³
Healthcare Practitioners & Technical: $88K¹⁰
Healthcare Support: $33K¹⁰
Heat Wave: none³
High School Graduation Rate: 91%¹
Hiking: 6
Hindus: ↓-0.1%⁷
Hispanics/Latinos: ↓-1.9%
History Museums: 1
Home Ownership Rate: 45%
Homelessness: 98
Homicide Rate: 0¹
Hospitals: 1
Hurricanes: none³
Ice Storms: Very Low³
Indo-European Language Speakers: ↑0.2%
Installation, Maintenance, & Repair: $51K¹⁰
Investment Potential: 20 / 100
Jehovah's Witnesses: ↓-0.9%⁷
Jews: ↓-0.1%⁷
Landslide: Very Low³
LDS / Mormons: ↑98.5%⁷
Legal: $78K¹⁰
Life Expectancy: 80¹
Life, Physical, & Social Science: $63K¹⁰
Lightning: Very Low³
Live Music: 0
Major Airport: 3h 42m
Major City Proximity: 3h 37m
Major League Soccer: 3h 50m
Management: $91K¹⁰
Median Age: 24 years
Median Home Price: $407K
Median Rental - 1 BR Apartment: $943
Median Rental - 2 BR Apartment: $1,044
Median Rental - 3 BR Apartment: $1,463
Median Rental - 4 BR Apartment: $1,715
Median Rental - Room: $630
Median Rental - Single Family Home: $1,605⁴
Median Rental - Studio Apartment: $908
Mental Health Providers: 15.8
Meth Labs: 0
Michelin Rated Restaurants: none
Minor League Baseball: 3h 39m
Mountains: 4,186'
Multiracials: ↓-0.4%
Muslims: ↓-0.2%⁷
National Parks: 1h 58m
Native Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders: ↑0.1%
NBA Basketball: 3h 38m
Not Religious / Atheists / Agnostics: ↓-8.0%
Nuclear Strike: Minor Fallout
Obesity Rate: 27%¹
Office & Administrative Support: $40K¹⁰
Orthodox Christians: ↓-0.2%⁷
Other Language Speakers: ↓-0.5%
Other Relocation Incentives: none
Park Score: 48%⁹
People 0-9 Years Old: ↑4.5%
People 10-19 Years Old: ↑5.4%
People 20-29 Years Old: ↑21.9%
People 30-39 Years Old: ↓-2.8%
People 40-49 Years Old: ↓-5.0%
People 50-59 Years Old: ↓-7.6%
People 60-69 Years Old: ↓-8.5%
People 70-79 Years Old: ↓-5.1%
People 80+ Years Old: ↓-2.9%
Performing Arts: 1
Personal Care & Service: $33K¹⁰
Political Orientation: 95% GOP
Population Density: 113
Population Growth: ↑1.9%
Poverty Rate: 14.3%
Primary Care Physicians: 6.4¹
Private/Home School Regulation: #24
Production: $43K¹⁰
Property Crime Rate: 416
Property Tax: 0.63%
Protective Service: $51K¹⁰
Protestants / Non-Denominationals: ↓-32.0%⁷
Rain: 15"
Regional Theatre: 0
River Flooding: Very Low³
Sales & Related: $45K¹⁰
Sales Tax: 6.0%
Same Sex Households: ↓-0.2%
Scenic Beauty: #16
Seasons: 55 °F
Shark Attacks: 0
Single Parent Households: ↓-17.1%
Skiing: 0h 40m
Small or Major Airport: 3h 42m
Smokers: 18%¹
Snow: 48"
Spanish Speakers: ↑0.2%
State Income Tax: 6.9%
Strong Wind: Very Low³
Summer Heat: 81 °F
Summer Mugginess: none
Sunny Days: 206
Termite Infestation: Light
Tobacco Regulation: #45
Top School Rating: 58.1⁶
Tornadoes: Very Low³
Traffic: 484K
Transportation & Material Moving: $42K¹⁰
Tsunami: none³
Typical Expenses: $70K⁵
Typical Expenses: $60K⁵
Typical Expenses: $79K⁵
Typical Expenses: $84K⁵
Typical Expenses: $109K⁵
Typical Expenses: $96K⁵
Typical Expenses: $82K⁵
Typical Expenses: $60K⁵
Typical Expenses: $87K⁵
Typical Expenses: $44K⁵
Typical Expenses: $110K⁵
Typical Expenses: $72K⁵
Unemployment Rate: 2.7%
Vegetarian Friendliness: 3
Violent Crime Rate: 54²
Volcanic Activity: none³
Walk Score: 42
Water Quality: 2/4
Whites: ↑12.4%
Wildfires: Very Low³
Windiness: 21 mph
Wineries: 1
Winter Cold: 26 °F
Winter Weather: Very Low³

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