Jerome is a somewhat small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 13,037 people and five associated neighborhoods, Jerome is the 19th largest community in Idaho.
You will also find that a lot of people in Jerome work in agricultural jobs - much more than in the average community in America. This will be quite apparent if you drive around town, as much of the landscape is dedicated to farms.
In Jerome, just 9.96% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Jerome in 2022 was $26,133, which is middle income relative to Idaho, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $104,532 for a family of four. However, Jerome contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Jerome is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Jerome home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Jerome residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Jerome also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 46.11% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Jerome include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian.
In addition, Jerome has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (20.56%).
The most common language spoken in Jerome is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.