Mountain Home is a medium-sized city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 16,469 people and five associated neighborhoods, Mountain Home is the 16th largest community in Idaho.

There are quite a few people in the armed forces living in Mountain Home, and when you visit or drive around town, you will see military people in and out of uniform, shopping, enjoying life, and being part of the community.

Being a small city, Mountain Home does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

In terms of college education, the citizens of Mountain Home rank slightly lower than the national average. 16.89% of adults 25 and older in Mountain Home have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Mountain Home in 2022 was $26,904, 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 $107,616 for a family of four. However, Mountain Home contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Mountain Home is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Mountain Home home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mountain Home residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Mountain Home also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 14.25% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Mountain Home include English, German, Irish, Italian, and French.

The most common language spoken in Mountain Home is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.