Ammon is a medium-sized city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 19,000 people and four associated neighborhoods, Ammon is the 15th largest community in Idaho. Much of the housing stock in Ammon was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Ammon economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Ammon, where the median household income is $76,471.00.
Also of interest is that Ammon has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.78% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
The education level of Ammon citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.47% of adults in Ammon have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Ammon in 2018 was $32,994, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,976 for a family of four. However, Ammon contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Ammon is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Ammon home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ammon residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ammon also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.62% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ammon include English, German, Scottish, Swedish, and Irish.
The most common language spoken in Ammon is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.