Scores by category

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

Safety54#7,133/15,637
Economy74#4,110/15,631
Housing59#6,083/14,977
Health24#11,847/15,609
Healthcare23#12,011/15,650
Environment17#12,759/15,453
Education44#8,734/15,649
Infrastructure47#8,358/15,650
Community62#5,966/15,651
Leisure & amenities88#1,933/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Pinehurst, Idaho ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Shoshone 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

Restaurants and bars · high29.0 /10k
99/100Idaho 9.1 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsShoshone County value
Grocery stores · high4.3 /10k
99/100Idaho 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsShoshone County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100Idaho 13.2 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataShoshone County value
Public libraries · high4.3 /10k
98/100Idaho 0.9 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesShoshone County value
Loneliness · low31.7%
98/100Idaho 29.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Job growth · high3.6%
96/100Idaho 1.9%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataShoshone County value

Weaknesses

Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Idaho 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsShoshone County value
Injury deaths · high141 /100k
5/100Idaho 84 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteShoshone County value
Dental care shortage · high18.0
6/100Idaho 9.7United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationShoshone County value
Social associations · low5.0 /10k
6/100Idaho 7.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteShoshone County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low11.3%
9/100Idaho 31.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Comfortable days · low23.2%
9/100Idaho 24.2%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationShoshone County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,346 (2015-2019) → 2,120 (2020-2024)
+58%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
43.0% (2015-2019) → 0.5% (2020-2024)
−43 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$30,865 (2015-2019) → $68,676 (2020-2024)
+123%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
New homes permittedWorsening
2.2 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Poverty rateImproving
20.2% (2015-2019) → 7.5% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.8% (2015-2019) → 86.0% (2020-2024)
+9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Pinehurst, Idaho improved on 2 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 1 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.

Improved2

Household income+123%$30,865 → $68,676
Poverty−13 points20.2% → 7.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Pinehurst, Idaho between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	23.7 min2015-2019	28.8 min2020-2024	+5.1 min	Within the margin of error	10%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%2015-2019	11.2%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	31%
Broadband subscriptions	76.8%2015-2019	86.0%2020-2024	+9.2 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Effective property tax rate	0.81%2015-2019	0.51%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Little change	75%
High school diploma or higher	83.6%2015-2019	91.6%2020-2024	+8 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Home price to income ratio	4.4×2015-2019	4.3×2020-2024	−0.2×	Within the margin of error	85%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4322015-2019	0.3822020-2024	−0.051	Within the margin of error	84%
Median household income	$30,8652015-2019	$68,6762020-2024	+123%	Improved	99%
Poverty rate	20.2%2015-2019	7.5%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	96%
Rent as share of income	31.5%2015-2019	26.9%2020-2024	−4.6 points	Within the margin of error	81%
Rent-burdened households	52.2%2015-2019	43.9%2020-2024	−8.3 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	16.4%2015-2019	11.9%2020-2024	−4.5 points	Within the margin of error	85%

“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 Pinehurst, Idaho five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Pinehurst, 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, Pinehurst, Idaho itself moved +15.6 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

2,120 residents (±361)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (+6.5 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,120 residents (±361)

Pinehurst, Idaho
Idaho share

White87%1,845
Black0.1%†2
Hispanic or Latino2.4%†51
Asian1.7%†35
American Indian and Alaska Native1.9%†40
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.6%†13
Other or two or more races6.3%†134

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−9.4 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,609 residents (±272)

Pinehurst, Idaho
Idaho share

No high school diploma8.4%†135
High school or GED41%654
Some college29%†471
Associate degree10%†168
Bachelor's degree7.3%†118
Graduate degree3.9%†63

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−8.0 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

828 households (±152)

Pinehurst, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $25k16%†131
$25k–50k18%†149
$50k–75k18%†152
$75k–100k20%†167
$100k–150k19%†160
$150k–200k3.7%†31
$200k or more4.6%†38

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−19.9 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

828 households (±152)

Pinehurst, Idaho
Idaho share

Own78%649
Rent22%†179

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.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

173 households (±66)

Pinehurst, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $75031%†54
$750–1,00031%†53
$1,000–1,50031%†53

Home values

649 homes (±154)

Pinehurst, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $150k15%†98
$150k–250k15%†95
$250k–400k47%†307

Age of homes

845 homes (±157)

Pinehurst, Idaho
Idaho share

2010 or later3.6%†30
2000–20094.9%†41
1980–199914%†117

Size of homes

845 homes (±157)

Pinehurst, Idaho
Idaho share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom13%†109
2 bedrooms22%†183

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

962 workers (±193)

Pinehurst, Idaho
Idaho share

Drive alone76%731
Carpool12%†113
Public transit1.9%†18
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home10%†100
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.9 points).

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

862 workers (±200)

Pinehurst, Idaho
Idaho share

Under 15 min49%†425
15–29 min13%†116
30–44 min9.7%†84

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Shoshone County, the county holding most of Pinehurst's residents.

Shoshone County has 360 employer establishments, 257 for every 10,000 residents (1.03× the US rate of 248; 0.87× Idaho's), with 4,406 paid employees at an average annual pay of $49,166. The Census Bureau also counts 892 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 360; 892 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 257; US 248 · Idaho 295
Paid employees: 4,406
Average annual pay: $49,166; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	35	24.9	1.36×More than typical	363	$19,950	9
Specialty trade contractors	31	22.1	1.43×More than typical	74	$47,230	105
Full-service restaurants	21	15	1.95×More than typical	225	$21,778	—
Ambulatory health care services	16	11.4	0.55×Fewer than typical	247	$25,802	28
Construction of buildings	16	11.4	1.51×More than typical	94	$108,606	44
Lessors of real estate	15	10.7	0.87×About typical	30	$27,200	97
Gasoline stations	13	9.3	2.86×More than typical	62	$23,048	—
Other specialty trade contractors	13	9.3	3.69×More than typical	37	$46,541	42
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	12	8.6	7.05×More than typical	52	$18,077	—
Truck transportation	10	7.1	1.41×More than typical	22	$34,682	10
Grocery and convenience stores	9	6.4	2.16×Too few to compare	134	$31,254	4
Traveler accommodation	9	6.4	3.55×Too few to compare	313	$17,067	7

Rank places for an industry Open Shoshone County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,029 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

In FY2026, an estimated $549 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Pinehurst, Idaho: $0.26 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $549
Per resident: $0.26; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Bureau of Land Management$549100%

Top recipients

COSMOS FORESTRY, LLC$549100%

Spending by fiscal year

1.4KFY2017
492.2FY2018
29.1FY2019
222.8FY2020
548.7FY2026

What was bought

Facilities & utilities$549100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Support activities for forestry · 1153$549100%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Pinehurst, Idaho, so they do not add up across cities.

Pinehurst, Idaho's figures are part of those of Shoshone County, ID ($1.2M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

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

See federal money in Shoshone 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.

Pinehurst, 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.

Shoshone County48100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Shoshone 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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