Blackfoot is a somewhat small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 10,436 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Blackfoot is the 16th largest community in Idaho.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Blackfoot is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Blackfoot is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Blackfoot who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.54%), sales jobs (10.73%), and management occupations (6.79%).

One of the benefits of Blackfoot is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.94 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Blackfoot is a small city, but even so, a number of people use public transportation - mainly the bus - to get around.

Blackfoot Information and Demographics

The education level of Blackfoot citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 16.85% of adults in Blackfoot have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Blackfoot in 2000 was $15,529, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $62,116 for a family of four.

Blackfoot is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Blackfoot home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Blackfoot is White, followed by Native American. Blackfoot also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.47% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Blackfoot include English, German, Irish, Danish, and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Blackfoot is English. Some people also speak Spanish.