Fruitland is a somewhat small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 6,742 people and two associated neighborhoods, Fruitland is the 33rd largest community in Idaho.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Fruitland is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Fruitland is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Fruitland who work in management occupations (11.81%), teaching (9.94%), and sales jobs (9.87%). Of important note, Fruitland is also a city of artists. Fruitland has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Fruitland’s character. One of the benefits of Fruitland is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.44 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result. As is often the case in a small city, Fruitland doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The population of Fruitland overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Fruitland, 21.28% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Fruitland in 2022 was $33,180, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,720 for a family of four. However, Fruitland contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fruitland is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Fruitland home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fruitland residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Fruitland also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 20.81% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Fruitland include English, German, Basque, Scottish, and Swiss. The most common language spoken in Fruitland is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
