Rexburg is a medium-sized city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 40,695 people and ten associated neighborhoods, Rexburg is the ninth largest community in Idaho. Rexburg 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 Rexburg, where the median household income is $50,359.00.Rexburg is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.51% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Rexburg is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Rexburg who work in food service (14.94%), teaching (12.79%), and sales jobs (12.18%). Also of interest is that Rexburg 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: 12.26% 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. Rexburg is also a major college town with a large number of people who are 18 years or older and attending college. As is often the case in college towns, the many students that live in Rexburg have a strong influence on the local culture and entertainment scene, which may seem dormant by comparison in the summer months when much of the student population is away. In the fall, the return of students has a reinvigorating effect on the community. Because colleges are lasting institutions, they have a stabilizing effect on the economy by providing direct local benefits such as jobs for faculty and staff and spending by students. Rexburg’s economy is one such example of this. Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.68 minutes getting to work every day.The education level of Rexburg ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Rexburg, 40.82% 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 Rexburg in 2022 was $21,283, which is low income relative to Idaho and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $85,132 for a family of four. However, Rexburg contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Rexburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.49% of its population below the federal poverty line.Rexburg is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Rexburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Rexburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Rexburg also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.33% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Rexburg include English, German, Scottish, Danish, and Irish. The most common language spoken in Rexburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
