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Population (year 2000): 3,384. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,320 (-1.9% change)
Males: 1,682 (49.7%), Females: 1,702 (50.3%)
Gooding County
Zip code:
83330
Median resident age: 37.0 years
Median household income: $29,316 (year 2000)
Median house value: $66,500 (year 2000)
Races in Gooding:
- White Non-Hispanic (82.5%)
- Hispanic (14.8%)
- Other race (6.0%)
- Two or more races (2.6%)
- American Indian (2.3%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: English (15.4%), United States
(9.8%), German (9.7%), Irish (8.5%), Dutch (2.9%), Danish
(2.8%).
Elevation: 3573 feet
Land area: 1.4 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Gooding
- High school or higher: 66.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.3%
- Unemployed: 5.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Gooding city
- Never married: 16.6%
- Now married: 57.9%
- Separated: 1.5%
- Widowed: 14.4%
- Divorced: 9.5%
9.0% Foreign born (7.2% Latin America, 1.8%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +519 (+18.1%).
Hospital/medical center in Gooding:
- GOODING COUNTY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (1120
MONTANA STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Gooding:
- ST BENEDICT'S FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER (about 24 miles;
JEROME, ID)
- MAGIC VALLEY REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 33
miles; TWIN FALLS, ID)
- ST LUKE'S MEDICAL CENTER - WOOD RIVER (about 58
miles; KETCHUM, ID)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Gooding:
- JOSLIN FIELD - MAGIC VALLEY RGNL (about 37 miles;
TWIN FALLS, ID; ID: TWF)
- FRIEDMAN MEMORIAL (about 49 miles; HAILEY, ID; ID:
SUN)
- BOISE AIR TERMINAL/GOWEN FLD (about 113 miles;
BOISE, ID; ID: BOI)
Other public-use airports nearest to Gooding:
- GOODING MUNI (about 3 miles; GOODING, ID; ID: GNG)
- JEROME COUNTY (about 24 miles; JEROME, ID; ID: JER)
- BUHL MUNI (about 25 miles; BUHL, ID; ID: U03)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Gooding:
- COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO (about 33 miles; TWIN
FALLS, ID; Full-time enrollment: 3,433)
- BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY (about 112 miles; BOISE, ID;
FT enrollment: 12,033)
- IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 168 miles; POCATELLO,
ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (about 215 miles; LOGAN, UT;
FT enrollment: 16,384)
- RICKS COLLEGE (about 217 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT
enrollment: 8,670)
- WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY (about 226 miles; OGDEN, UT;
FT enrollment: 12,112)
- UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-UTAH CAMPUS (about 249 miles;
SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 2,021)
Public high schools in Gooding:
- GOODING HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 349; Location:
1050 7TH AVENUE WEST; Grades: 09 - 12)
- GOODING ACCLRTED LEARNING CNTR (Students: 58;
Location: 906 MAIN STREET; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Gooding:
- GOODING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 588;
Location: 1045 7TH AVENUE WEST; Grades: PK - 05)
- GOODING MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 312;
Location: 1045 7TH AVENUE WEST; Grades: 06 - 08)
- IDAHO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF AND BLIND
(Students: 83; Location: 1450 MAIN STREET; Grades: PK -
12)
Library in Gooding:
- GOODING PUBLIC (Operating income: $73,674;
Location: 306 FIFTH AVE W; 22,221 books; 219 audio
materials; 327 video materials; 68 serial subscriptions)
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