City · Bonneville County, Idaho

Ucon, Idaho

Ucon is a city in Bonneville County, Idaho, part of the Idaho Falls, ID metro area. It has 1,606 residents. Ucon, Idaho has a quality-of-life score of 72 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,332 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Idaho it ranks #29 of 101 cities and towns. It ranks best on loneliness (low), effective property tax rate (low) and preventable hospital stays (low). It ranks worst on drought exposure (high), distance to an Amtrak station (high) and social associations (low).

72High

Quality-of-life score: #4,332 of 15,651 cities and towns
Idaho: #29 of 101 in ID
Population: 1,606 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,761.6 /mi²
FIPS code: 1683350

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 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.

Safety53#7,420/15,637
Economy83#2,583/15,631
Housing63#5,588/14,977
Health60#6,217/15,609
Healthcare57#6,705/15,650
Environment97#474/15,453
Education44#8,821/15,649
Infrastructure73#4,272/15,650
Community50#7,886/15,651
Leisure & amenities45#8,630/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Loneliness · low30.3%
99/100Idaho 29.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Effective property tax rate · low0.25%
98/100Idaho 0.50%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090High uncertainty
Preventable hospital stays · low1,383 /100k
98/100Idaho 1,575 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBonneville County value
Median Air Quality Index · low22
97/1002025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBonneville County value
Hot days · low3 days
92/100Idaho 13 daysUnited States 42 days2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationBonneville County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.9 µg/m³
91/100Idaho 8.2 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyBonneville County value

Weaknesses

Drought exposure · high99%
2/100Idaho 73%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAABonneville County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high189 mi
3/100Idaho 155 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauBonneville County value
Social associations · low4.6 /10k
5/100Idaho 7.2 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteBonneville County value
Grocery stores · low0.8 /10k
8/100Idaho 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsBonneville County value
Students per teacher · high19.4×
9/100Idaho 17.8×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsBonneville County value
New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
13/100Idaho 9.2 /1kUnited States 4.2 /1kSep 2025–Aug 2026U.S. Census BureauProvisional data

Trends

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

New homes permittedWorsening
5.2 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
54.3% (2015-2019) → 37.5% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
35.4% (2015-2019) → 19.7% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.4× (2015-2019) → 3.8× (2020-2024)
+57%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Child poverty rateImproving
17.1% (2015-2019) → 7.9% (2020-2024)
−9.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$61,250 (2015-2019) → $89,079 (2020-2024)
+45%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Ucon, Idaho improved on 2 of 9 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 6 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.

Improved2

Poverty−8.9 points13.1% → 4.2%
Household income+45%$61,250 → $89,079

Declined1

Price / income+1.4×2.4× → 3.8×

All 9 measures

Change of every measure of Ucon, Idaho between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.8 min2015-2019	20.4 min2020-2024	+1.6 min	Within the margin of error	31%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%2015-2019	22.8%2020-2024	+2.5 points	Within the margin of error	47%
Broadband subscriptions	91.8%2015-2019	91.2%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	7%
High school diploma or higher	89.2%2015-2019	93.9%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	80%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	3.8×2020-2024	+1.4×	Declined	11%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3522015-2019	0.4492020-2024	+0.097	Within the margin of error	5%
Median household income	$61,2502015-2019	$89,0792020-2024	+45%	Improved	80%
Poverty rate	13.1%2015-2019	4.2%2020-2024	−8.9 points	Improved	91%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.6%2015-2019	7.7%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	82%

“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 Ucon, Idaho five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ucon, 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, Ucon, Idaho itself moved −14.6 points in standing on average over the same 7 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

1,606 residents (±349)

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

548 households (±122)

Ucon, Idaho
Idaho share

Under $25k4.7%†26
$25k–50k14%†79
$50k–75k22%

Homes

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

Owners and renters

548 households (±122)

Ucon, Idaho
Idaho share

Own93%508
Rent7.3%†40

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+12.3 points).

† 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

860 workers (±215)

Ucon, Idaho
Idaho share

Drive alone69%596
Carpool9.0%†77
Public transit3.1%†27

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 Idaho Falls, 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 Bonneville County, the county holding most of Ucon's residents.

Bonneville County has 4,197 employer establishments, 319 for every 10,000 residents (1.29× the US rate of 248; 1.08× Idaho's), with 63,119 paid employees at an average annual pay of $60,106. The Census Bureau also counts 11,589 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 4,197; 11,589 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 319; US 248 · Idaho 295
Paid employees: 63,119
Average annual pay: $60,106; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	583	44.3	2.13×More than typical	5,104	$59,054	590
Specialty trade contractors	421	32	2.07×More than typical	2,390	$54,628	845
Restaurants and other eating places	230	17.5	0.95×About typical	5,277	$19,411	34
Offices of physicians	214	16.3	2.51×More than typical	1,934	$79,074	126
Offices of other health practitioners	198	15.1	2.48×More than typical	877	$41,145	302
Lessors of real estate	187	14.2	1.15×About typical	1,120	$63,788	1,455
Building finishing contractors	148	11.3	2.96×More than typical	677	$42,121	290
Construction of buildings	141	10.7	1.42×More than typical	674	$61,550	343
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	126	9.6	3.04×More than typical	531	$52,032	146
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	110	8.4	2.05×More than typical	796	$44,985	181
Services to buildings and dwellings	107	8.1	1.21×About typical	667	$35,195	531
Real estate agents and brokers	105	8	1.64×More than typical	190	$39,800	284

Rank places for an industry Open Bonneville County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 131,513 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: Ucon is mostly in Bonneville County.

See federal money in Bonneville 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.

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

House

Michael K. SimpsonR-ID-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 95%Missed 2.1%

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.

Bonneville County87100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Idaho Falls, ID86

Other cities and towns in Bonneville 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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