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Pocatello city, Idaho: commercial real estate data.
Pocatello city is a Census city of 57,635 people across 33.97 square miles of land, lying across Bannock County and Power County. Median household income is $60,418, 64.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 112 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $37.2 m.
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Pocatello
What Pocatello is
- Census place typecity
- Land area33.97 sq mi
- Water area0.16 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,696
- County holding the largest share of its areaBannock County, 84.1 percent
- Counties this place lies inBannock County 84.1 percent, Power County 15.9 percent
Pocatello city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pocatello
How many people live in Pocatello
- Population57,635
- Median age33.1
- Population under 1814,090
- Share under 1824.4 percent
- Population 65 and over7,946
- Share 65 and over13.8 percent
- Households22,510
- Family households12,656
- Share of households that are families56.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pocatello
Income and work in Pocatello
- Median household income$60,418
- Per capita income$32,287
- Civilian labor force28,934
- Employed27,674
- Unemployed1,260 plus or minus 301
- Unemployment rate4.4 percent plus or minus 1.0
- Adults 25 and over36,696
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher32.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pocatello
Housing in Pocatello
- Housing units24,135
- Occupied units22,510
- Vacant units1,625 plus or minus 333
- Vacancy rate6.7 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Owner occupied14,517
- Renter occupied7,993
- Ownership rate64.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$271,000
- Median gross rent, monthly$948
- Annual rent as a share of median income18.8 percent
- Single family units16,771
- Share single family69.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more5,655
- Share in buildings of two or more23.4 percent
- Mobile homes1,652 plus or minus 346
- Median year structure built1971
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pocatello
How Pocatello gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute24,109
- Commuting under 15 minutes14,218
- Share commuting under 15 minutes59.0 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,758
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more11.4 percent
- Drove alone75.3 percent
- Carpooled8.2 percent
- Public transport0.9 percent plus or minus 0.4
- Walked2.8 percent plus or minus 0.8
- Worked from home11.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Pocatello
SBA 7(a) lending to Pocatello borrowers
- Approvals112
- Gross approval$37,222,100
- Average approval$332,340
- Median approval$145,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$929,800
- Largest approval$3,030,000
- Jobs supported1,112
- Jobs per approval9.9
- Loans with a final outcome21
- Paid in full20
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.8 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more15.2 percent
- Share to franchises10.7 percent
- Distinct lenders28
- Distinct industries by NAICS71
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Pocatello
SBA 504 lending to Pocatello borrowers
- Approvals62
- Gross approval$35,929,000
- Average approval$579,500
- Median approval$366,000
- Largest approval$2,374,000
- Jobs supported492
- Loans with a final outcome20
- Charged off0
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans0.0 percent
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs5
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bannock County, not Pocatello
Bannock County context, not Pocatello figures
These are Bannock County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Pocatello measurements.
- Establishments in Bannock County2,353
- Employment at those establishments, Bannock County28,575
- Covered employment, Bannock County37,594
- Average annual pay, Bannock County$47,720
- Average weekly wage, Bannock County$918
- Housing units permitted, Bannock County323
- Of those, single family, Bannock County277
- County product, 2024, Bannock County$4,410,217,000
- County product change over the prior year, Bannock County6.1 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Bannock County$54,420
Every figure in this section is published for Bannock County as a whole and is not a measurement of Pocatello. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Pocatello questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Pocatello, Idaho?
57,635, in 22,510 households. Pocatello city covers 33.97 square miles of land, which is 1,696 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Pocatello in?
Pocatello lies in more than one. By area it is 84.1 percent in Bannock County, 15.9 percent in Power County. This page sits under Bannock County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Pocatello?
$60,418. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $271,000. Median gross rent is $948 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Pocatello businesses?
112 7(a) approvals totalling $37.2 m, across 28 lenders, median approval $145,000, plus 62 504 approvals worth $35.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Pocatello, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Pocatello borrowers get paid back?
Of the 21 loans that have reached a final outcome, 20 were paid in full and 1 charged off, a charge off rate of 4.8 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Pocatello figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Bannock County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Pocatello.
Is zoning published for Pocatello?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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