Jerome, Idaho

Jerome population, 2020 to 2024

Jerome added 1,116 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.0%. In the latest year it moved by +306. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 16th; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Jerome is 81% of it.

Jerome covers 5.66 square miles of land, for 2,382 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Jerome is close to the typical town.

What county Jerome is in

All of Jerome's residents live in Jerome County, which had 26,056 residents in 2024. Jerome holds 51.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Jerome

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Jerome by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83338. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Jerome is

The Census internal point of Jerome is at 42.718100, -114.515800. Boise, the capital, is 105.8 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Twin Falls, ID (55,589 people), 11.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Boise City, ID, 105.7 miles away.

Daylight in Jerome

At 42.72° N, Jerome gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Jerome

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Wendell, 10.3 miles away, with 3,032 people.