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PantryPath Research · Senior Hunger Atlas

Senior Food Insecurity in
Idaho

Idaho's senior poverty rate is 8.3%, and 23.6% of seniors 65+ live alone — across 44 counties. Use the interactive map to see how senior food-insecurity risk varies within the state.

8.3%

Senior poverty (65+)

23.6%

Seniors living alone

33.9%

Senior SNAP take-up

$56,607

Senior median income

Idaho by county

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Idaho at a glance

Seniors in poverty

26K

Ages 65+

Senior poverty rate

8.3%

Ages 65+

Living alone

23.6%

1-person HH, 65+

Senior SNAP

33.9%

HH with 60+ member

Senior median income

$56,607

Householder 65+

Isolation index

0.25

Blended 0–1

County-level hotspots

Top five counties across 44 counties in Idaho.

Highest senior poverty

Ages 65+, rate

  1. 1 Adams 17.5%
  2. 2 Lewis 17.5%
  3. 3 Butte 16.3%
  4. 4 Camas 15.1%
  5. 5 Valley 15.1%

Most seniors living alone

1-person HH, 65+

  1. 1 Clark 42.2%
  2. 2 Camas 33.7%
  3. 3 Teton 33.5%
  4. 4 Oneida 32.7%
  5. 5 Butte 32.6%

Largest senior population

Absolute count, 65+

  1. 1 Ada 78K
  2. 2 Kootenai 34K
  3. 3 Canyon 34K
  4. 4 Bonneville 17K
  5. 5 Twin Falls 15K

Every county in Idaho

All 44 counties across the five senior-hunger metrics plus senior population counts.

County Senior poverty Living alone Senior SNAP Senior income Seniors (count) Isolation idx
Ada 7.0% 24.0% 33.9% $65,452 77,829 0.23
Adams 17.5% 17.7% 75.0% $50,602 1,397 0.33
Bannock 9.2% 26.4% 29.9% $51,208 12,951 0.33
Bear Lake 9.1% 23.2% 20.5% $52,981 1,319 0.26
Benewah 7.9% 18.8% 45.0% $51,036 2,245 0.13
Bingham 7.8% 22.0% 26.7% $54,678 7,012 0.20
Blaine 5.4% 25.1% 49.8% $80,176 5,302 0.21
Boise 7.3% 24.6% 55.1% $55,239 2,197 0.25
Bonner 8.0% 22.7% 43.6% $51,988 12,728 0.22
Bonneville 6.9% 24.4% 29.4% $58,953 17,060 0.23
Boundary 13.5% 31.3% 49.3% $41,563 2,953 0.54
Butte 16.3% 32.6% 38.3% $38,203 510 0.63
Camas 15.1% 33.7% 0.0% $53,750 172 0.63
Canyon 9.0% 20.3% 31.8% $55,486 33,994 0.19
Caribou 4.0% 27.3% 23.3% $45,625 1,243 0.23
Cassia 7.9% 19.3% 46.8% $52,580 3,293 0.14
Clark 2.9% 42.2% 0.0% $48,438 102 0.50
Clearwater 11.7% 22.9% 41.0% $46,629 2,474 0.31
Custer 6.8% 19.0% 45.1% $51,111 1,568 0.11
Elmore 12.1% 27.4% 42.1% $47,726 4,000 0.42
Franklin 8.1% 16.7% 34.1% $54,079 2,039 0.12
Fremont 5.8% 18.1% 30.9% $56,799 2,392 0.07
Gem 11.1% 25.0% 48.3% $49,417 4,358 0.34
Gooding 13.4% 25.4% 39.3% $41,196 2,812 0.40
Idaho 10.0% 21.6% 66.7% $45,688 4,832 0.24
Jefferson 7.9% 23.5% 19.1% $51,875 3,684 0.24
Jerome 13.0% 20.5% 31.0% $47,018 3,259 0.28
Kootenai 6.6% 21.8% 33.2% $60,190 34,157 0.17
Latah 7.2% 26.3% 27.9% $61,265 5,677 0.28
Lemhi 12.0% 30.5% 67.9% $37,278 2,432 0.49
Lewis 17.5% 26.8% 52.4% $40,926 1,014 0.53
Lincoln 11.8% 25.0% 53.4% $41,944 779 0.36
Madison 9.6% 14.5% 11.9% $67,788 2,679 0.15
Minidoka 14.0% 25.4% 27.9% $45,906 3,395 0.42
Nez Perce 8.0% 28.4% 35.5% $52,738 8,259 0.35
Oneida 14.9% 32.7% 66.4% $44,063 880 0.60
Owyhee 8.3% 23.2% 57.4% $47,782 2,285 0.24
Payette 7.7% 22.7% 20.5% $55,008 4,931 0.21
Power 10.3% 22.9% 16.2% $50,781 1,221 0.28
Shoshone 10.7% 32.0% 43.8% $40,103 2,936 0.49
Teton 13.0% 33.5% 39.3% $80,484 1,625 0.58
Twin Falls 8.1% 25.9% 36.1% $47,019 14,639 0.30
Valley 15.1% 19.4% 78.1% $52,236 3,182 0.31
Washington 14.3% 23.1% 54.7% $42,590 2,701 0.37

Senior food help in Idaho

SNAP, CSFP senior boxes, Meals on Wheels, and senior-specific pantry programs.

Seniors Resource Guide

Idaho senior SNAP

Senior-specific SNAP rules, how to apply in Idaho, and benefit amounts.

Idaho SNAP guide

Find a food pantry

Search Idaho's verified pantries — many serve seniors with home delivery or box programs.

Idaho food pantries