City · Owyhee County, Idaho

Marsing, Idaho

Marsing is a city in Owyhee County, Idaho, part of the Boise City, ID metro area. It has 1,306 residents. Marsing, Idaho has a quality-of-life score of 21 out of 100 (low), ranking #12,390 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Idaho it ranks #98 of 101 cities and towns. It ranks best on preventable hospital stays (low), property crime rate (low) and loneliness (low). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), primary care physicians (low) and pharmacies (low).

21Low

Quality-of-life score: #12,390 of 15,651 cities and towns
Idaho: #98 of 101 in ID
Population: 1,306 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,918.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1650950

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety70#4,616/15,637
Economy56#6,864/15,631
Housing65#5,243/14,977
Health34#10,328/15,609
Healthcare2#15,301/15,650
Environment13#13,422/15,453
Education1#15,446/15,649
Infrastructure13#13,670/15,650
Community35#10,127/15,651
Leisure & amenities41#9,299/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Marsing, Idaho ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Owyhee County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Preventable hospital stays · low973 /100k
100/100Idaho 1,575 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOwyhee County value
Property crime rate · low151 /100k
100/100Idaho 605 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureOwyhee County value
Loneliness · low32.0%
97/100Idaho 29.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Public libraries · high3.1 /10k
96/100Idaho 0.9 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesOwyhee County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Idaho 1.6 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataOwyhee County value
Child care cost burden · low21.0%
92/100Idaho 20.9%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOwyhee County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low16 /100k
1/100Idaho 286 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOwyhee County value
Primary care physicians · low8 /100k
1/100Idaho 62 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteOwyhee County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Idaho 1.3 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsOwyhee County value
Distance to an emergency room · high22.9 mi
2/100Idaho 8.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesOwyhee County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low6.6%
3/100Idaho 31.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Natural hazard risk · high97.3
3/100Idaho 30.62025Federal Emergency Management AgencyOwyhee County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,434 (2015-2019) → 1,306 (2020-2024)
−8.9%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
42.9% (2015-2019) → 19.5% (2020-2024)
−23 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$34,081 (2015-2019) → $70,202 (2020-2024)
+106%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Poverty rateImproving
30.3% (2015-2019) → 10.2% (2020-2024)
−20 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
59.4% (2015-2019) → 73.9% (2020-2024)
+14 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Improving
32.3% (2015-2019) → 24.6% (2020-2024)
−7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Marsing, Idaho improved on 1 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Household income+106%$34,081 → $70,202

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Marsing, Idaho between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	26.3 min2015-2019	27.6 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Within the margin of error	34%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%2015-2019	6.6%2020-2024	−1.6 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Broadband subscriptions	59.4%2015-2019	73.9%2020-2024	+14 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Effective property tax rate	0.73%2015-2019	0.45%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
High school diploma or higher	69.8%2015-2019	66.3%2020-2024	−3.5 points	Within the margin of error	9%
Home price to income ratio	4.1×2015-2019	4.9×2020-2024	+0.8×	Within the margin of error	29%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3982015-2019	0.3372020-2024	−0.061	Within the margin of error	88%
Median household income	$34,0812015-2019	$70,2022020-2024	+106%	Improved	99%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	32.3%2015-2019	24.6%2020-2024	−7.7 points	Within the margin of error	93%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Marsing, Idaho five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Marsing, Idaho in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Marsing, Idaho itself moved +8.2 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,306 residents (±269)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

513 households (±123)

Marsing, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $25k16%†83
$25k–50k12%†64
$50k–75k28%†

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

513 households (±123)

Marsing, Idaho
Idaho share

Own57%292
Rent43%†221

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

618 workers (±149)

Marsing, Idaho
Idaho share

Drive alone72%447
Carpool24%†148
Public transit0.0%0

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Boise City, ID

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Owyhee County, the county holding most of Marsing's residents.

Owyhee County has 262 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.70× Idaho's), with 2,019 paid employees at an average annual pay of $43,763. The Census Bureau also counts 940 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 262; 940 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248 · Idaho 295
Paid employees: 2,019
Average annual pay: $43,763; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Owyhee County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	38	29.8	1.92×More than typical	175	$47,171	85
Truck transportation	28	21.9	4.34×More than typical	125	$48,584	59
Restaurants and other eating places	18	14.1	0.77×Fewer than typical	144	$14,854	6
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	15	11.8	3.73×More than typical	54	$32,444	15
Ambulatory health care services	13	10.2	0.49×Fewer than typical	91	$43,824	21
Construction of buildings	13	10.2	1.35×More than typical	71	$45,563	39
Other specialty trade contractors	11	8.6	3.43×More than typical	58	$67,776	30
Building equipment contractors	8	6.3	1.04×Too few to compare	33	$45,758	11
Limited-service restaurants	8	6.3	0.78×Too few to compare	89	$16,629	—
Services to buildings and dwellings	8	6.3	0.93×Too few to compare	7	$66,000	54
Full-service restaurants	7	5.5	0.71×Too few to compare	49	$11,980	3
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	6	4.7	2.69×Too few to compare	48	$39,688	—

Rank places for an industry Open Owyhee County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 12,765 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Marsing is mostly in Owyhee County.

See federal money in Owyhee County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Marsing, Idaho is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Russ FulcherR-ID-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Owyhee County27100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Boise City, ID82

Other cities and towns in Owyhee County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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