Genesee is a very small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 1,059 people and two associated neighborhoods, Genesee is the 93rd largest community in Idaho.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Genesee is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Genesee is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Genesee who work in management occupations (15.38%), business and financial occupations (10.26%), and office and administrative support (9.34%). In addition, Genesee is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums. Because of many things, Genesee is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Genesee really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Genesee perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live. Genesee is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The population of Genesee is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 34.36% of adults in Genesee have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Genesee in 2022 was $37,304, which is wealthy relative to Idaho, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,216 for a family of four. However, Genesee contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Genesee home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Genesee residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Genesee include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and Norwegian. The most common language spoken in Genesee is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
