About Mountain Home Afb

Mountain Home Afb is a somewhat small town located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 8,894 people and just one neighborhood, Mountain Home Afb is the 21st largest community in Idaho.

Also of interest is that Mountain Home Afb has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

26.85% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Mountain Home Afb. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Retail and Healthcare industries respectively employ 22.21% and 19.98% of the civilian workforce.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 9.75 minutes getting to work every day.

Mountain Home Afb is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Mountain Home Afb Information and Demographics

The population of Mountain Home Afb overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 14.96%. Of adults 25 and older in Mountain Home Afb, 19.32% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mountain Home Afb in 2000 was $17,671, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $70,684 for a family of four.

Mountain Home Afb is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mountain Home Afb home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mountain Home Afb is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Mountain Home Afb include German, English, Irish, Italian, Polish, French, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Mountain Home Afb is English. Some people also speak Spanish.