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Population (year 2000): 5,645. Estimated
population in July 2005: 5,225 (-7.4% change)
Males: 2,687 (47.6%), Females: 2,958 (52.4%)
Minidoka County
Zip code:
83350
Median resident age: 31.7 years
Median household income: $25,105 (year 2000)
Median house value: $59,800 (year 2000)
Races in Rupert:
- White Non-Hispanic (62.3%)
- Hispanic (35.4%)
- Other race (22.7%)
- Two or more races (2.8%)
- American Indian (1.8%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: English (13.6%), German (11.9%),
United States (7.9%), Irish (3.5%), Swiss (1.8%), Italian
(1.6%).
Elevation: 4158 feet
Land area: 2.0 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Rupert
- High school or higher: 65.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 7.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 3.2%
- Unemployed: 8.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 15.0 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Rupert city
- Never married: 20.2%
- Now married: 58.6%
- Separated: 1.9%
- Widowed: 8.5%
- Divorced: 10.8%
15.2% Foreign born (14.6% Latin America).
Population change in the 1990s: -293 (-4.9%).
Hospital/medical center in Rupert:
- MINIDOKA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (1224 EIGHT
STREET)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Rupert:
- CASSIA REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles;
BURLEY, ID)
- HARMS MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 54 miles; AMERICAN
FALLS, ID)
- ST BENEDICT'S FAMILY MEDICAL CENTER (about 55 miles;
JEROME, ID)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Rupert:
- JOSLIN FIELD - MAGIC VALLEY RGNL (about 57 miles;
TWIN FALLS, ID; ID: TWF)
- FRIEDMAN MEMORIAL (about 74 miles; HAILEY, ID; ID:
SUN)
- POCATELLO REGIONAL (about 78 miles; POCATELLO, ID;
ID: PIH)
Other public-use airports nearest to Rupert:
- BURLEY MUNI (about 9 miles; BURLEY, ID; ID: BYI)
- LAIDLAW CORRALS (about 29 miles; KIMAMA, ID; ID:
U99)
- OAKLEY MUNI (about 30 miles; OAKLEY, ID; ID: 1U6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Rupert:
- COLLEGE OF SOUTHERN IDAHO (about 56 miles; TWIN
FALLS, ID; Full-time enrollment: 3,433)
- IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY (about 95 miles; POCATELLO,
ID; FT enrollment: 10,057)
- UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY (about 141 miles; LOGAN, UT;
FT enrollment: 16,384)
- WEBER STATE UNIVERSITY (about 155 miles; OGDEN, UT;
FT enrollment: 12,112)
- RICKS COLLEGE (about 159 miles; REXBURG, ID; FT
enrollment: 8,670)
- UNIVERSITY OF UTAH (about 180 miles; SALT LAKE CITY,
UT; FT enrollment: 19,866)
- UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX-UTAH CAMPUS (about 182 miles;
SALT LAKE CITY, UT; FT enrollment: 2,021)
Public high schools in Rupert:
- MINICO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 1,171;
Location: 300 WEST HIGHWAY 25; Grades: 09 - 12)
- MINI-CASSIA OPPORTUNITY CENTER (Students: 80;
Location: 123 SOUTH C STREET; Grades: 07 - 12)
- IDAHO YOUTH RANCH (Students: 32; Location:
1275 NORTH 400 EAST; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Rupert:
- EAST MINICO MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 589;
Location: 1805 H STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- BIG VALLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 420;
Location: 202 18TH STREET; Grades: 02 - 05)
- MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 347;
Location: 10TH AND D STREETS; Grades: PK - 02)
- MINI-CASSIA JUVENILE DET CTR (Location: 750 H
STREET; Grades: 03 - 12)
Private primary/middle school in Rupert:
- ST NICHOLAS SCHOOL (Students: 120; Location:
PO BOX 26 806 F ST; Grades: PK - 6)
Library in Rupert:
- DEMARY MEMORIAL (Operating income: $101,013;
Location: 417 7TH ST; 44,455 books; 581 audio materials;
1,346 video materials; 79 serial subscriptions)
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