Pocatello is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 57,730 people and 17 associated neighborhoods, Pocatello is the sixth largest community in Idaho.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Pocatello is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pocatello is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pocatello who work in office and administrative support (11.58%), sales jobs (9.99%), and teaching (8.87%). Also of interest is that Pocatello has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. A relatively large number of people in Pocatello telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 8.50% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. 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 16.63 minutes getting to work every day.In terms of college education, Pocatello is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 31.69% of adults in Pocatello have a college degree. The per capita income in Pocatello in 2022 was $28,922, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,688 for a family of four. However, Pocatello contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Pocatello is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Pocatello home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pocatello residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pocatello include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and European. The most common language spoken in Pocatello is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.
