Owyhee County, Idaho
26 public bodies govern here, 5 school districts are based here, and USDA lists 0 farmers markets. Everything below says where it came from.
In four numbers
- People
- 12,503
- Median household income
- $64,406
- ±9,360
- Unemployed
- 2.0%
- 114 of 5,573 in the labour force
- Homes with broadband
- 86.5%
- 3,753 of 4,339 households
U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020-2024; read 2026-09-26. Percentages worked out here from the two counts shown.
Who governs here
County government 1
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| County of Owyhee | 12,336 (2021) | Po Box 128, Murphy | Website |
Cities, towns and villages 3
| Name | People | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of Grand View | 458 (2021) | Po Box 69, Grand View | — |
| City of Homedale | 2,996 (2021) | Po Box 757, Homedale | Website |
| City of Marsing | 1,263 (2021) | Po Box 125, Marsing | — |
Special districts 22
| Name | What it does | Office | Website |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bruneau Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 30073 Hot Springs Rd, Bruneau | — |
| Marsing Homedale Cemetery District | Cemeteries | Po Box 452, Marsing | — |
| Owyhee Pioneer Cemetery District | Cemeteries | 17813 Oreana Loop Rd, Oreana | — |
| Riverside Cemetery District - Owyhee | Cemeteries | Po Box 142, Grand View | — |
| Gem Highway District 3 | Highways | Po Box 453, Marsing | — |
| Homedale Highway District | Highways | Po Box 713, Homedale | — |
| Three Creek Highway District | Highways | Po Box 1292, Twin Falls | — |
| Gem Irrigation District | Irrigation | Po Box 67, Homedale | — |
| Grand View Irrigation District | Irrigation | Po Box 9, Grand View | — |
| Indian Cove Irrigation District | Irrigation | General Delivery, Hammett | — |
| Opaline Irrigation District | Irrigation | Po Box 331, Marsing | — |
| Bruneau Valley Library District | Libraries | Po Box 253, Bruneau | Website |
| Eastern Owyhee County Library District | Libraries | Po Box 100, Grand View | — |
| Lizard Butte Library District | Libraries | Po Box 60, Marsing | Website |
| Bruneau Fire Protection District | Local fire protection | Po Box 243, Bruneau | — |
| Homedale Rural Fire District | Local fire protection | Po Box 905, Homedale | — |
| Marsing Rural Fire District | Local fire protection | Po Box 299, Marsing | — |
| Murphy-Reynolds-Wilson Fire District | Local fire protection | 11606 State Hwy 78, Givens Hot Springs | Website |
| Bruneau Groundwater Management District | Other natural resources | Po Box 186, Bruneau | — |
| Bruneau Water and Sewer District | Sewerage and water supply | Po Box 194, Bruneau | — |
| Bruneau River Soil Conservation District | Soil and water conservation | Po Box 590, Bruneau | — |
| Owyhee Soil Conservation District | Soil and water conservation | 250 N Bruneau Hwy, Marsing | — |
U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments, Government Units List (published August 2023); the file read 2026-09-26. Offices are placed by county; a special district’s territory can cross county lines. Each body posts its own meetings on its website where the Census records one.
School districts based here
BRUNEAU-GRAND VIEW JOINT SCHOOL DISTRICT
School district3 schools
39678 STATE HIGHWAY 78, Bruneau, ID, 83604
HOMEDALE JOINT DISTRICT
School district3 schools
116 EAST OWYHEE AVENUE, Homedale, ID, 83628
MARSING JOINT DISTRICT
School district3 schools
209 8TH AVENUE WEST, Marsing, ID, 83639
PLEASANT VALLEY ELEMENTARY DISTRICT
School district1 schools
28026 JUNIPER MOUNTAIN ROAD, Jordan Valley, ID, 97910
THREE CREEK JOINT ELEMENTARY DISTRICT
School district1 schools
49907 THREE CREEK ROAD, Rogerson, ID, 83302
National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data 2024-25; read 2026-09-26.
Farmers markets
USDA’s directory lists no farmers market in this county. That is not the same as there being none: a market that never registered with USDA, and was not found by its 2023 web sweep, is not in the directory.
In the counties that border this one
Meridian Farmers' Market and Bazaar (1200 N. Eagle Rd. (Meridian Crossroads Shopping Ctr) Meridian) · Boise Farmers' Market (Boise) · Capital City Public Market (Boise) · and 3 more
Caldwell Farmers' Market (Caldwell) · Farm to Fork Farmers' Market (Caldwell) · Nampa Farmers' Market (Nampa) · and 1 more
Mountain Home Farmers' Market (Mountain Home)
Ontario Saturday Market (Ontario)
12th Avenue Farmers' Market (Buhl) · Farmers' Market at Downtown Alive (Twin Falls)
Which counties border which: U.S. Census Bureau, County Adjacency File (2024), the file read 2026-09-26. Bordering is not distance — counties that touch at one corner border each other.
USDA National Farmers Market Directory; read 2026-09-26.