Mountain Home is a somewhat small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 11,458 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Mountain Home is the 14th largest community in Idaho.

13.71% of the workforce is employed in the armed forces, making the military a huge focus of life in Mountain Home. Even though it is a military town, the civilian sector still plays an important role in the local economy. The Retail and Education industries respectively employ 13.31% and 10.94% of the civilian workforce.

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

Mountain Home Information and Demographics

The education level of Mountain Home citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 19.28% of adults in Mountain Home have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Mountain Home in 2000 was $17,029, 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 $68,116 for a family of four.

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

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