Idaho · Census place 1667780

Rigby, Idaho

Rigby is a city in Jefferson County, Idaho with an estimated 5,683 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 34th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
5,683
#34 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+12.0%
+610 people
Land area
2.4 sq mi
Density
2,348 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Rigby. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

Rigby population, 2020 to 2024

Rigby added 610 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +12.0%. In the latest year it moved by +97. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 14th; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Rigby is 34% of it.

5,07320205,25320215,44220225,58620235,6832024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 5,042. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Rigby covers 2.42 square miles of land, for 2,348 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Rigby is close to the typical town.

What county Rigby is in

All of Rigby's residents live in Jefferson County, which had 34,854 residents in 2024. Rigby holds 16.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rigby

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rigby by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83442. 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 Rigby is

The Census internal point of Rigby is at 43.673600, -111.913500. Boise, the capital, is 215.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rexburg, ID (40,695 people), 12.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Salt Lake City, UT, 200.1 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
43.673600, -111.913500
DMS
43°40'24.96"N 111°54'48.60"W
UTM
12N 426360.5E 4836026.7N
Geohash
9xb2mqe14
Plus code
85MCM3FP+CJ

Daylight in Rigby

At 43.67° N, Rigby gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 31 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Rigby

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Ucon, 6.0 miles away, with 1,218 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Rigby, ID?

5,683 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 610 (12.0%) from 5,073 in July 2020.

What county is Rigby in?

Jefferson County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Rigby?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83442.

How far is Rigby from Boise?

215.1 miles (346.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Rigby.

What is the nearest larger city to Rigby?

Rexburg, ID, with 40,695 residents, 12.0 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.