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Pocatello, ID
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Pocatello profile


Living in Pocatello



Pocatello is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 57,730 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Pocatello is the sixth largest community in Idaho.

Also of interest is that Pocatello has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.50% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Pocatello spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 16.63 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

The overall education level of Pocatello citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 31.69% of adults in Pocatello have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.

The per capita income in Pocatello in 2018 was $28,922, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,688 for a family of four. However, Pocatello contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Pocatello is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pocatello home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pocatello residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pocatello include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Pocatello is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.