Paris, ID · standard
ZIP Code 83261
Bear Lake County, Idaho - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 536
- 10/sq mi
- $95,000
- Median income
- $267,300
- Median home value
- 23.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Paris pairs an upper-quartile household income with above-median home values, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 23%
- household income, US ZIPs
- Top 39%
- home value, US ZIPs
- 10
- people per sq mi
- 92%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 83261 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 83261 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Paris, Bear Lake County, Idaho, home to just 536 residents across 54.1 square miles, a density of 10 people per square mile, in the Boise time zone.
ZIP 83261 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $95,000 (30% above the average Idaho ZIP), while per-capita income is $32,312. Both reported hardship measures are comparatively low in absolute terms: poverty is 2.0% and unemployment is 0.5%. Home values sit below the statewide ZIP benchmark: the median is $267,300 (29% below the average Idaho ZIP), and median rent is $1,069; owner occupancy is 92.4%.
Educational attainment sits below the national norm: 23.3% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 39.1, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 3 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 6 more in Bear Lake County, so 83261 can be compared with both its immediate and county-level context.
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 83261, Paris, 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
536
Population
54.1
Area (sq mi)
10
People / sq mi
Boise
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 83261?
39.1
Median Age
46.8%
Male
53.2%
Female
2.0%
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?
$95,000
Median Household Income
+30% vs state ZIP avg
$32,312
Per Capita Income
2.0%
Poverty Rate
0.5%
Unemployment Rate
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
319housing units
319
Total Housing Units
170
Occupied Units
149
Vacant Units
3.31
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
$267,300
Median Home Value
-29% vs state ZIP avg
$1,069
Median Rent
1976
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 16 business establishments in ZIP 83261, employing approximately 44 people with a combined annual payroll of $1,085,000.
16
Businesses
44
Employees
$1.1M
Annual Payroll
2
Industry Sectors
| Industry | Establishments | % of Total |
|---|---|---|
| Retail trade | 3 | 18.8% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 3 | 18.8% |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ZIP Code Business Patterns (ZBP), 2023. Employment figures may include noise for disclosure avoidance.
Nearby ZIP Codes
Want a side-by-side? Compare 83261 vs 83223 →
ZIP 83261 vs its nearest neighbors, by population
Resident population of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 83261
Paris (83261)
536 residents
- 83272
Saint Charles (83272)
313 residents
- 83223 139
Bloomington (83223)
139 residents
- 83220 137
Bern (83220)
137 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 83261 ranks the most populous - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 83261 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 83261
Paris (83261)
$95,000 median income
- 83223
Bloomington (83223)
$79,583 median income
- 83220
Bern (83220)
$78,021 median income
- 83272
Saint Charles (83272)
$77,614 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 83261 ranks the highest of 4 neighboring ZIPs, local affluence varies block to block, not just metro to metro.
Nationwide ZIPs with similar ACS profiles
Two Census-derived peer sets for ZIP 83261, 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.