Payette, Idaho

Payette population, 2020 to 2024

Payette added 554 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +6.8%. In the latest year it moved by +97. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 21st; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Payette is 52% of it.

Payette covers 4.09 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 2,140 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Payette is less dense than the typical town.

What county Payette is in

All of Payette's residents live in Payette County, which had 27,662 residents in 2024. Payette holds 31.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Payette

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Payette by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83661. 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 Payette is

The Census internal point of Payette is at 44.080100, -116.926900. Boise, the capital, is 47.7 miles SE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Ontario, OR (11,957 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Nampa, ID, 38.7 miles away.

Daylight in Payette

At 44.08° N, Payette gets about 15 h 30 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 53 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Payette

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Fruitland, 4.4 miles away, with 7,078 people.