Saint Charles, ID · standard
ZIP Code 83272
Bear Lake County, Idaho - Census ACS demographics, housing tenure, and business patterns, benchmarked against every US ZIP.
- 313
- 1/sq mi
- $77,614
- Median income
- 12.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
National ZIP placement
Saint Charles pairs an above-median household income, in a rural, homeowner-dominated area.
- Top 41%
- household income, US ZIPs
- 1
- people per sq mi
- 99%
- owner-occupied homes
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates (2019–2023). Percentiles rank ZIP 83272 against every reporting US ZIP.
ZIP code 83272 is a sparsely populated ZIP (a standard USPS delivery area) in Saint Charles, Bear Lake County, Idaho, home to just 313 residents across 347.8 square miles, a density of 1 people per square mile, in the Boise time zone.
ZIP 83272 lands in the middle-income range, with a median household income of $77,614 (6% above the average Idaho ZIP), while per-capita income is $43,339. Unemployment is 15.9%, an important qualifier alongside the household-income figure. The ACS does not report a median home value for this ZIP, so housing cost context is limited to the available tenure and rent fields.
Formal educational attainment runs low here: just 12.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, the median age is 46.3, and the average commute is -. The page also surfaces 4 ZIP codes within roughly 10 miles and 6 more in Bear Lake County, so 83272 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 83272, Saint Charles, 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
313
Population
347.8
Area (sq mi)
1
People / sq mi
Boise
Time Zone
standard
ZIP Type
Who lives in ZIP 83272?
46.3
Median Age
47.9%
Male
52.1%
Female
0.0%
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?
$77,614
Median Household Income
+6% vs state ZIP avg
$43,339
Per Capita Income
7.8%
Poverty Rate
15.9%
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
350housing units
350
Total Housing Units
65
Occupied Units
285
Vacant Units
3.37
Avg Household Size
Occupancy Type
1977
Median Year Built
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year Estimates (2023)
What businesses operate in this ZIP?
Census Bureau data shows 6 business establishments in ZIP 83272, employing approximately 9 people with a combined annual payroll of $512,000.
6
Businesses
9
Employees
$512K
Annual Payroll
0
Industry Sectors
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 83272 vs 83287 →
ZIP 83272 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
- 83287
Fish Haven (83287)
299 residents
- 83223 139
Bloomington (83223)
139 residents
- 83233 109
Dingle (83233)
109 residents
What this shows Among its immediate neighbors, ZIP 83272 ranks #2 by population - useful context the national average alone can't give.
ZIP 83272 vs its nearest neighbors, by median income
Median household income of this ZIP and the closest reporting ZIP codes within ~10 miles.
- 83287
Fish Haven (83287)
$102,059 median income
- 83261
Paris (83261)
$95,000 median income
- 83223
Bloomington (83223)
$79,583 median income
- 83272
Saint Charles (83272)
$77,614 median income
What this shows By household income, ZIP 83272 ranks #4 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 83272, 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.