Driggs is a very small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 2,332 people and two associated neighborhoods, Driggs is the 76th largest community in Idaho. Driggs has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Driggs, where the median household income is $95,392.00.
Driggs home prices are not only among the most expensive in Idaho, but Driggs real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Also of interest is that Driggs has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 14.40% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Despite being a small city, Driggs has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.
The citizens of Driggs are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.13% of adults in Driggs have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Driggs in 2022 was $41,566, which is wealthy relative to Idaho, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $166,264 for a family of four. However, Driggs contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Driggs is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Driggs home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Driggs residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Driggs also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 33.27% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Driggs include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European.
In addition, Driggs has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (21.85%).
The most common language spoken in Driggs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.