Clark County, Idaho

County Distress Index: Elevated · 50.6 | 801 people · 10th most distressed in Idaho

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Clark County, ID registers elevated household financial distress with a score of 50.6 — 1545th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within Idaho, it ranks 10th of 44 counties. It scores higher than all 5 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Clark County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 76.1 — worse than roughly 76% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 76.1
Poverty Rate 63
Income vs. State Median 88
Child Poverty Rate 77
Community Vulnerability 68.6
Uninsured Rate 93
Disability Rate 44
Housing Cost Burden 46.9
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 35
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 6
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 57
Homeownership Rate 87
Rent-to-Income Ratio 49
Employment & Wages 34.0
Unemployment Rate 58
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 5
Business Formation Rate 38
Debt & Delinquency 27.5
Debt in Collections 23
Medical Debt 35
Student Loan Delinquency 24
Auto Loan Delinquency 20
Credit Card Delinquency 13
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 49

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Clark County compares to its 5 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Clark County
Clark County, ID 50.6 Elevated
Lemhi County, ID 47.1 Normal -3.5
Butte County, ID 42.3 Normal -8.3
Fremont County, ID 41.2 Normal -9.4
Beaverhead County, MT 38.6 Normal -12.0
Jefferson County, ID 27.6 Healthy -23.0

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Clark County
Bailey County, TX 50.6 Elevated -0.0
Iron County, WI 50.6 Elevated +0.0
Charles City County, VA 50.7 Elevated +0.1
Storey County, NV 50.5 Elevated -0.2
Pope County, IL 50.8 Elevated +0.2

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