Driggs is a very small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 2,263 people and two associated neighborhoods, Driggs is the 76th largest community in Idaho. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Driggs, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Driggs, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Driggs’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Driggs does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $82,434.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Driggs is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Driggs is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Driggs who work in office and administrative support (16.37%), management occupations (12.90%), and healthcare (11.26%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 11.43% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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 education level of Driggs ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Driggs, 45.82% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree. The per capita income in Driggs in 2022 was $37,683, which is wealthy relative to Idaho, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $150,732 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 36.35% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Driggs include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Dutch. Driggs also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 24.86%. The most common language spoken in Driggs is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
