Emmett is a somewhat small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 8,184 people and three associated neighborhoods, Emmett is the 30th largest community in Idaho.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Emmett is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Emmett is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Emmett who work in sales jobs (12.27%), teaching (10.99%), and office and administrative support (8.87%). Also of interest is that Emmett has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. The percentage of adults in Emmett who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 19.30% of the adults in Emmett have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Emmett in 2022 was $32,055, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,220 for a family of four. However, Emmett contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Emmett is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Emmett home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Emmett residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Emmett also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.12% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Emmett include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Emmett is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
