A high-desert military town where Elmore County's vote tilts sharply right
Mountain Home anchors Elmore County, home to Mountain Home Air Force Base, whose personnel and veteran population shape a consistently Republican-leaning electorate in Idaho's otherwise sparsely settled high desert.
| Group | Mountain Home, ID | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 75.0% | 57.4% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(12) | 15.0% | 19.3% |
Multiracial / Other | 3.5% | 4.0% |
▶Black / African American(5) | 2.8% | 12.2% |
▶Asian(5) | 2.1% | 6.0% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(4) | 1.6% | 0.9% |
▶Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander(2) | 0.1% | 0.2% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(3) | 0.1% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: +9.2pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Catholic-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Democratic-leaning urban and suburban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.2% | 36.6% | — | — | |
| 11.5% | 32.0% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 10.0% | 27.7% | — | — |
| 8.3% | 22.9% | — | — | |
| 3.1% | 8.5% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 63.9% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Mountain Home, ID metro area? 113,345 residents across 4 counties.
17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 16pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+22 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate vs Governor | R+46.1 | R+48.8 | 2.7pp |