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| Table 13-12a | |
| Selected Housing Characteristics, by County, 1980 and 1990, part a, (1980) | |
| 1980 | ||||||||
| Ada | Adams | Bannock | Bear Lake | Benewah | Bingham | Blaine | Boise | |
| Total housing units | 67,835 | 1,580 | 24,819 | 2,792 | 3,499 | 12,084 | 7,319 | 2,372 |
| Year-round | 67,785 | 1,379 | 24,686 | 2,641 | 3,196 | 11,934 | 6,665 | 1,452 |
| Median rooms | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Vacant | 4,646 | 167 | 2,197 | 430 | 264 | 1,162 | 2,687 | 345 |
| Single unit | 55,875 | 1,011 | 16,750 | 2,198 | 2,230 | 8,915 | 4,333 | 997 |
| % | 0.7 | 5.8 | 1.3 | 2 | 9.3 | 1.5 | 1 | 11.8 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 5,457 | 221 | 2,753 | 205 | 655 | 1,729 | 520 | 345 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 475 | 80 | 329 | 52 | 297 | 184 | 65 | 171 |
| % | 82.4 | 73.3 | 67.9 | 83.2 | 69.8 | 74.7 | 65 | 68.7 |
| Owner-occupied | 44,330 | 907 | 15,871 | 1,811 | 2,262 | 8,513 | 2,548 | 858 |
| Median value ($) | 54,900 | 33,500 | 44,500 | 37,500 | 35,000 | 41,400 | 71,900 | 44,500 |
| Vacancy rate | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.4 | 2 | 7.7 | 2.9 |
| Single unit | 39,735 | 708 | 13,052 | 1,615 | 1,700 | 6,947 | 2,025 | 595 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 3,936 | 158 | 2,166 | 155 | 492 | 1,322 | 318 | 233 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 89 | 36 | 66 | 13 | 170 | 67 | 16 | 47 |
| Renter-occupied | 18,809 | 305 | 6,618 | 400 | 670 | 2,259 | 1,430 | 249 |
| Median contract rent ($) | 219 | 103 | 170 | 149 | 139 | 149 | 253 | 133 |
| Vacancy rate | 10.3 | 7.6 | 13.8 | 11.3 | 8.7 | 16.9 | 26.3 | 21 |
| Single unit | 12,962 | 210 | 2,635 | 249 | 371 | 1,264 | 650 | 151 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 1,006 | 30 | 321 | 20 | 110 | 256 | 112 | 58 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 266 | 17 | 159 | 4 | 65 | 52 | 22 | |
| Bonner | Bonneville | Boundary | Butte | Camas | Canyon | Caribou | Cassia | |
| Total housing units | 13,055 | 23,492 | 2,755 | 1,280 | 527 | 30,616 | 3,105 | 7,010 |
| Year-round | 11,852 | 23,046 | 2,693 | 1,240 | 377 | 30,543 | 2,914 | 6,754 |
| Median rooms | 4.5 | 5.3 | 5 | 4.9 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| Vacant | 3,038 | 1,739 | 214 | 168 | 86 | 2,085 | 240 | 635 |
| Single unit | 8,973 | 17,444 | 2,126 | 853 | 312 | 24,418 | 2,043 | 5,155 |
| % | 75.7 | 75.7 | 78.9 | 68.8 | 82.8 | 79.9 | 70.1 | 76.3 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 1,447 | 1,930 | 374 | 250 | 38 | 2,807 | 563 | 778 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 992 | 200 | 215 | 28 | 6 | 361 | 51 | 126 |
| % | 8.4 | 0.9 | 8 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 1.8 | 1.9 |
| Owner-occupied | 6,941 | 15,599 | 1,949 | 834 | 221 | 20,167 | 2,009 | 4,406 |
| Median value ($) | 46,100 | 48,700 | 39,100 | 34,500 | 32,800 | 42,700 | 44,400 | 39,900 |
| Vacancy rate | 2.5 | 2 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 1.8 | 2 | 1.2 | 1.6 |
| Single unit | 5,611 | 13,732 | 1,625 | 625 | 190 | 17,625 | 1,568 | 3,768 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 1,001 | 1,474 | 279 | 184 | 19 | 2,033 | 395 | 514 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 533 | 25 | 130 | 3 | 2 | 125 | 12 | 24 |
| Renter-occupied | 1,873 | 5,708 | 530 | 238 | 70 | 8,291 | 665 | 1,713 |
| Median contract rent ($) | 164 | 194 | 144 | 109 | 105 | 159 | 156 | 141 |
| Vacancy rate | 17.7 | 11.3 | 10.6 | 14.1 | 7.9 | 9.9 | 11.5 | 10.5 |
| Single unit | 1,238 | 2,759 | 366 | 131 | 53 | 5,475 | 327 | 984 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 175 | 289 | 55 | 30 | 11 | 533 | 119 | 175 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 158 | 110 | 51 | 5 | 1 | 148 | 6 | 39 |
| Clark | Clearwater | Custer | Elmore | Franklin | Fremont | Gem | Gooding | |
| Total housing units | 445 | 4,112 | 2,100 | 8,055 | 3,047 | 5,376 | 4,578 | 4,591 |
| Year-round | 336 | 3,955 | 1,808 | 7,519 | 3,001 | 3,850 | 4,551 | 4,500 |
| Median rooms | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.5 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.2 | 5 |
| Vacant | 74 | 319 | 571 | 687 | 339 | 573 | 332 | 357 |
| Single unit | 206 | 2,608 | 1,071 | 4,982 | 2,674 | 2,937 | 3,727 | 3,568 |
| % | 61.3 | 65.9 | 59.2 | 66.3 | 89.1 | 76.3 | 81.9 | 79.3 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 64 | 937 | 346 | 1,030 | 114 | 517 | 489 | 510 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 21 | 160 | 208 | 120 | 42 | 112 | 78 | 84 |
| % | 6.3 | 4 | 11.5 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.9 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Owner-occupied | 179 | 2,680 | 896 | 3,748 | 2,197 | 2,698 | 3,397 | 3,169 |
| Median value ($) | 26,800 | 37,300 | 38,700 | 39,800 | 39,200 | 38,200 | 39,900 | 35,200 |
| Vacancy rate | 1.1 | 1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 3.5 | 1.7 | 1.5 |
| Single unit | 115 | 1,863 | 606 | 3,125 | 2,070 | 2,220 | 2,975 | 2,682 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 44 | 738 | 188 | 511 | 87 | 394 | 329 | 379 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 2 | 63 | 18 | 19 | 7 | 37 | 30 | 23 |
| Renter-occupied | 83 | 956 | 341 | 3,084 | 465 | 579 | 822 | 974 |
| Median contract rent ($) | 125 | 134 | 100 | 174 | 127 | 136 | 136 | 126 |
| Vacancy rate | 19.4 | 10.5 | 10 | 9.1 | 17.1 | 20.9 | 9.2 | 9.1 |
| Single unit | 47 | 561 | 180 | 1,555 | 345 | 345 | 556 | 663 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 7 | 47 | 26 | 47 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 21 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 11 | 136 | 50 | 342 | 15 | 57 | 92 | 88 |
| Idaho | Jefferson | Jerome | Kootenai | Latah | Lemhi | Lewis | Lincoln | |
| Total housing units | 6,344 | 4,994 | 5,531 | 26,959 | 11,013 | 3,452 | 1,807 | 1,343 |
| Year-round | 5,836 | 4,919 | 5,432 | 24,014 | 10,915 | 3,139 | 1,766 | 1,313 |
| Median rooms | 5 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 5 |
| Vacant | 686 | 482 | 348 | 2,610 | 659 | 458 | 256 | 128 |
| Single unit | 4,192 | 3,797 | 4,439 | 17,610 | 6,528 | 2,166 | 1,361 | 912 |
| % | 71.8 | 77.2 | 81.7 | 73.3 | 59.8 | 69 | 77.1 | 69.5 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 1,088 | 804 | 505 | 3,083 | 1,434 | 541 | 199 | 206 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 304 | 117 | 51 | 368 | 311 | 183 | 40 | 36 |
| % | 5.2 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 2.8 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| Owner-occupied | 3,903 | 3,652 | 3,805 | 16,033 | 6,019 | 1,981 | 1,115 | 889 |
| Median value ($) | 39,400 | 41,700 | 37,400 | 52,200 | 50,000 | 39,400 | 33,100 | 30,400 |
| Vacancy rate | 1.4 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 1 |
| Single unit | 2,999 | 3,008 | 3,337 | 13,235 | 4,618 | 1,513 | 932 | 688 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 788 | 568 | 353 | 2,369 | 1,089 | 350 | 148 | 144 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 118 | 31 | 12 | 169 | 88 | 55 | 14 | 4 |
| Renter-occupied | 1,247 | 785 | 1,279 | 5,371 | 4,237 | 700 | 395 | 296 |
| Median contract rent ($) | 131 | 151 | 136 | 202 | 171 | 132 | 109 | 104 |
| Vacancy rate | 15.7 | 12.4 | 8.3 | 13.3 | 4.1 | 9.9 | 13.9 | 8.4 |
| Single unit | 814 | 499 | 906 | 2,823 | 1,585 | 406 | 245 | 155 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 170 | 129 | 108 | 449 | 250 | 86 | 19 | 48 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 81 | 29 | 16 | 99 | 118 | 49 | 9 | 13 |
| Madison | Minidoka | Nez Perce | Oneida | Owyhee | Payette | Power | Shoshone | |
| Total housing units | 5,537 | 6,876 | 13,507 | 1,475 | 3,015 | 6,114 | 2,558 | 7,673 |
| Year-round | 5,489 | 6,682 | 13,457 | 1,376 | 2,856 | 6,060 | 2,441 | 7,479 |
| Median rooms | 5 | 5.1 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.9 | 5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| Vacant | 480 | 490 | 967 | 282 | 210 | 484 | 246 | 609 |
| Single unit | 3,044 | 5,509 | 9,824 | 1,213 | 2,222 | 4,707 | 1,616 | 5,412 |
| % | 55.5 | 82.4 | 73 | 88.2 | 77.8 | 77.7 | 66.2 | 72.4 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 606 | 549 | 1,128 | 69 | 441 | 753 | 575 | 928 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 53 | 89 | 222 | 62 | 129 | 76 | 23 | 227 |
| % | 1 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 3 |
| Owner-occupied | 3,141 | 4,913 | 8,318 | 913 | 1,942 | 4,173 | 1,666 | 4,973 |
| Median value ($) | 54,900 | 36,700 | 45,400 | 31,900 | 32,700 | 35,500 | 41,600 | 29,200 |
| Vacancy rate | 2.2 | 1.5 | 2 | 3.2 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1 |
| Single unit | 2,481 | 4,409 | 7,272 | 845 | 1,571 | 3,603 | 1,185 | 4,100 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 469 | 396 | 795 | 46 | 313 | 471 | 427 | 719 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 8 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 54 | 26 | 4 | 35 |
| Renter-occupied | 1,868 | 1,279 | 4,172 | 181 | 704 | 1,403 | 529 | 1,897 |
| Median contract rent ($) | 174 | 125 | 168 | 88 | 115 | 140 | 153 | 123 |
| Vacancy rate | 9.8 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 15 | 8.1 | 14.2 | 17.5 | 11.4 |
| Single unit | 364 | 790 | 1,976 | 135 | 515 | 849 | 295 | 967 |
| Mobile home, trailer | 78 | 92 | 223 | 7 | 100 | 180 | 89 | 141 |
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 17 | 19 | 85 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 85 |
| Teton | Twin Falls | Valley | Washington | |||||
| Total housing units | 1,245 | 20,528 | 5,107 | 3,605 | ||||
| Year-round | 1,079 | 20,270 | 3,035 | 3,521 | ||||
| Median rooms | 5.1 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||||
| Vacant | 188 | 1,382 | 972 | 357 | ||||
| Single unit | 871 | 16,456 | 2,293 | 2,819 | ||||
| % | 80.7 | 81.2 | 75.6 | 80.1 | ||||
| Mobile home, trailer | 124 | 1,456 | 334 | 288 | ||||
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 57 | 280 | 134 | 76 | ||||
| % | 5.3 | 1.4 | 4.4 | 2.2 | ||||
| Owner-occupied | 697 | 13,242 | 1,458 | 2,370 | ||||
| Median value ($) | 36,900 | 41,700 | 52,100 | 33,600 | ||||
| Vacancy rate | 3.6 | 1.5 | 4.5 | 2.4 | ||||
| Single unit | 582 | 11,673 | 1,185 | 2,078 | ||||
| Mobile home, trailer | 87 | 1,171 | 218 | 216 | ||||
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 22 | 46 | 34 | 23 | ||||
| Renter-occupied | 194 | 5,646 | 605 | 794 | ||||
| Median contract rent ($) | 141 | 158 | 163 | 123 | ||||
| Vacancy rate | 11.8 | 9.8 | 19.1 | 10.7 | ||||
| Single unit | 146 | 3,954 | 424 | 489 | ||||
| Mobile home, trailer | 17 | 191 | 52 | 40 | ||||
| Lack complete plumbing facilities[1] | 7 | 123 | 37 | 25 | ||||
| Source: | U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Housing; [yr.], General Housing Characteristics, vol. 1, part 14, 1980, 1990. |
| [1] | Data based on sample and subject to sampling variability. |
Compiled by: Bill Clark and Barbara Greever, updated
by: Lily Wai, data input assisted by: Michal McRenolds
Contact: Lily Wai
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