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Lincoln, Idaho.

A community in Bonneville County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Bonneville County’s.

Living in Lincoln, Bonneville County, Idaho

Lincoln, in Bonneville County, had 4,556 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $84,280 a year and half less, against $79,068 across Bonneville County. 82% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 18% are rented. Unemployment in Bonneville County was 3.2% in August 2026, and the county had 3.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Bonneville County work in schools and health care, then professional services.

People 4,556 in the 2020 census
Household income $84,280 the median, give or take $8,737 · Bonneville County: $79,068
Unemployment 3.2% Bonneville County, August 2026; 2.9% a year before
Homes 82% lived in by their owners; 18% rented
  • 1,253households
  • 34%of adults have a degree
  • 14%work from home

What people in Bonneville County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care23%
  • Professional and business services14%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment10%
  • Building trades9%
  • Manufacturing8%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Bonneville County had 63,586 jobs in 2025, 3.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 30° and 16°; warmest in July, 86° and 55° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 30° 16° F M A M J J 86° 55° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 30° and 16°; warmest in July, 86° and 55° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 30° 16° F M A M J J 86° 55° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 30° and lows near 16°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 55°. About 13 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Idaho Falls - Kifi weather station, 2 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Bonneville County

  1. Mountain View HospitalGeneral hospital1,496FTE
  2. Bonneville Joint DistrictSchool district1,272FTE
  3. Eastern Idaho Regional Medical CenteGeneral hospital1,060FTE
  4. Idaho Falls DistrictSchool district1,035FTE
  5. Grand Teton Human ServicesIntellectual and developmental disability facilities, residential802
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters503
  7. College of Eastern IdahoTwo-year college457
  8. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters453

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 114 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 14,129 people in all across the county; Lincoln has two of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. LightningVery high
  2. Cold wavesVery high
  3. EarthquakesRelatively moderate
  4. HailRelatively moderate
  5. Heat wavesRelatively moderate
  6. Winter weatherRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Lincoln’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Bonneville County.