Montpelier, ID

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Montpelier, ID: 1 USPS ZIP, population 3,617. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet MONTPELIER-ID · Montpelier, ID 1 ZIPs · 3,617 pop · #15478/25278 · Bear Lake County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-HIGH · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-MID

  • INC-MID $64,839
  • RANK-LOWER #15478/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Saint Charles
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-HIGH 86% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 3,617
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-MID $253,800

Nearest income peer: Saint Charles, ID (+ $12,775 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Montpelier

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Montpelier on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-06

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Montpelier, ID sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

39th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
3,617
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$64,839
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $64,839 and poverty 6.4% concentrate in 83254.

Owner-occupancy here runs high (86.2%) - tenure is stable enough that the ZIP detail's owner share is the right next click, not a renter-heavy compare.

Within Idaho, Hagerman is the closest lower-income city and Mesa the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Montpelier.

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ZIP Codes in Montpelier, ID

These ZIP codes sit in Bear Lake County, which covers 9 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Montpelier. See the Bear Lake County roll-up →

Every one of the 7 cities sharing Bear Lake County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Montpelier, Georgetown, Paris and Saint Charles among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Fish Haven marks the far end of that range at $102,059, 57% above Montpelier.

ZIP Code Population Density Timezone
83254 3,617 3 America/Boise

On a short ZIP footprint the city roll-up and the primary ZIP nearly coincide. Start at the Census ACS tables for Montpelier, then BLS wages if you need the labor-market side of the same small geography.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year Estimates (2023). Verify with Census Bureau →

Source: HUD USPS Crosswalk (ZIP-to-county mapping) and Source: simplemaps.com (ZIP coordinates & timezones). Verify with HUD →

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