Magic Valley Times

Jerome ranked 150th among cities in Idaho by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Jerome residents was an inflation-adjusted $20,438 per year. Jerome had 3,866 households in 2017, with a population of 11,306.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Hidden Springs. Hidden Springs's median income was $65,161 per year after adjusting for inflation – $44,723 more than Jerome. It had 852 households in 2017 and a population of 2,515.

Rexburg had the lowest annual resident income among cities in Idaho, with a median income of only $9,772 per year. That was $10,666 less than the median income in Jerome at the time. Rexburg had 7,942 households in 2017 and a population of 27,369.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Hidden Springs	65,161
2	Robie Creek	44,622
3	Eagle	37,638
4	Murtaugh	37,000
5	Hayden Lake	36,736
6	Placerville	36,563
7	Rockford Bay	36,375
8	Ketchum	36,069
9	Victor	35,356
10	Star	34,873
11	Princeton	34,000
12	Dalton Gardens	33,722
13	Blanchard	33,472
14	St. Charles	33,214
15	Lincoln	33,042
16	Kuna	32,722
17	Meridian	31,956
18	Lava Hot Springs	31,375
19	Dover	31,016
20	Driggs	30,863
21	Iona	30,810
22	Tetonia	30,694
23	Genesee	30,407
24	Bellevue	30,145
25	Moore	29,625
26	Chubbuck	29,423
27	Kendrick	29,423
28	Boise City	28,626
29	Arimo	28,250
30	Hailey	27,971
31	Swan Valley	27,917
32	Hauser	27,500
33	Sun Valley	27,305
34	Grace	27,284
35	Hayden	27,201
36	Post Falls	27,081
37	Tyhee	27,045
38	Ammon	26,980
39	Heyburn	26,942
40	Hope	26,875
41	Parker	26,818
42	Irwin	26,786
43	Potlatch	26,726
44	Ferdinand	26,719
45	Mud Lake	26,713
46	Atomic City	26,667
47	Mountain Home	26,449
48	Arbon Valley	26,442
49	McCammon	26,303
50	Weston	26,250
51	Oakley	26,190
52	Filer	26,127
53	Rathdrum	26,054
54	Lewiston	26,032
55	Newdale	25,921
56	Onaway	25,903
57	Paul	25,852
58	Worley	25,735
59	American Falls	25,698
60	Fairfield	25,682
61	East Hope	25,625
62	Carey	25,556
63	Harrison	25,500
64	Downey	25,469
65	Malta	25,313
66	Elk River	25,250
67	Pierce	25,240
68	Mountain Home AFB	25,166
69	Coeur d'Alene	25,001
70	Wardner	25,000
71	Rockford	24,861
72	Troy	24,813
73	Paris	24,808
74	Soda Springs	24,806
75	Middleton	24,787
76	Shelley	24,653
77	Albion	24,583
78	Garden City	24,417
79	Inkom	24,417
80	Juliaetta	24,375
81	Reubens	24,375
82	Kimberly	24,362
83	Osburn	24,329
84	Payette	24,271
85	Nezperce	24,063
86	Kellogg	24,010
87	Mullan	23,958
88	Groveland	23,870
89	Franklin	23,846
90	Deary	23,750
91	Eden	23,750
92	Bancroft	23,750
93	Idaho Falls	23,590
94	Riggins	23,542
95	Midvale	23,523
96	Horseshoe Bend	23,482
97	Dayton	23,472
98	McCall	23,397
99	Grangeville	23,266
100	Menan	23,264

* All values are inflation-adjusted