Bancroft, ID · standard
ZIP Code 83217
Caribou County, Idaho - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 843
- 1/sq mi
- $74,688
- Median income
- $259,500
- Median home value
- 26.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Bancroft pairs an above-median household income with above-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 46%
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 41%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 90%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 83217 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 83217 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Bancroft, Caribou County, Idaho, home to just 843 residents across 766.4 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Boise time zone.
ZIP 83217 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $74,688 (2% above the average Idaho ZIP), while per-capita income is $34,778. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 1.3% and unemployment is 0.0%. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $259,500 (32% below the average Idaho ZIP), and median rent is $1,083; owner occupancy is 90.0%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 26.8% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 30.1, and the average commute is 31 minutes. No nearby ZIP peer set is available for this delivery area, so the Idaho and national benchmarks above are the appropriate context for 83217.
Every figure on this page is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (including median rent) and the FHFA House Price Index, no estimates, no proprietary scoring. Verify with Census →
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates + ZIP Code Business Patterns + FHFA HPI ACS demographics and median rent, ZBP business establishments, FHFA HPI for ZIP 83217, Bancroft, ID · 2023 Census ACS 5-Year Estimates use a rolling 60-month sample for stable small-geography estimates; ZBP updated annually; FHFA HPI updated quarterly/annually.
Quick Facts
843
Population
766.4
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Boise
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 83217?
30.1
Median Age
44.9%
Male
55.1%
Female
1.0%
Foreign-Born
Hispanic or Latino is an ethnicity category from the Census Bureau and may overlap with other categories above.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
How much do residents earn?
$74,688
Median Household Income
+2% vs state ZIP avg
$34,778
Per Capita Income
1.3%
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Unemployment Rate
31.4 min
Mean Commute Time
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What is the education profile here?
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What does housing look like?
Housing stock: occupied vs vacant
352housing units
352
Total Housing Units
239
Occupied Units
113
Vacant Units
2.98
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$259,500
Median Home Value
-32% vs state ZIP avg
$1,083
Median Rent
1972
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 10 business establishments in ZIP 83217, employing approximately 42 people with a combined annual payroll of $1,889,000.
10
Businesses
42
Employees
$1.9M
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 83217, both outside ID so the neighborhoods are not geographic containment (Nearby and same-county blocks stay local).
Similar median household income
Nearest cross-state ZIPs by ACS median household income.