Blanchard vs Clark Fork

A side-by-side comparison of Blanchard and Clark Fork: population, income, housing, and more.

Blanchard and Clark Fork are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Clark Fork has the higher population (981 vs 625 in Blanchard). Clark Fork has the higher median household income ($60,625 vs $55,212 in Blanchard). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($282,500 vs $177,800 in Clark Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Clark Fork
Population	625	981
Median age	66.4 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,212	$60,625
Median home value	$282,500	$177,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,071
Housing units	351	416
Homeownership rate	91.3%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.2%	7.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Clark Fork
Population	201 → 625 (+210.9%)	506 → 981 (+93.9%)
Median household income	$40,877 → $55,212 (+35.1%)	$26,293 → $60,625 (+130.6%)
Median home value	$541,700 → $282,500 (-47.8%)	$126,600 → $177,800 (+40.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$729 → $1,071 (+46.9%)

Blanchard

Population

201625

Median household income

$40,877$55,212

Median home value

$541,700$282,500

Clark Fork

Population

506981

Median household income

$26,293$60,625

Median home value

$126,600$177,800

Median gross rent

$729$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Clark Fork
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.6%
35 to 44	11.5%	21.8%
45 to 54	4.3%	10.4%
55 to 64	10.4%	12.9%
65 to 74	39.2%	11.7%
75 and over	17.1%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Clark Fork
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Clark Fork
No high school diploma	4.5%	14.4%
High school graduate	22.7%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	48.1%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	3.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Clark Fork
Drove alone	91.7%	73.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.9%
Worked from home	8.3%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Clark Fork
1-unit, detached	42.5%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	36.2%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	19.5%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Clark Fork
Poverty rate	8.0%	22.6%
Average household size	1.93	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	2001	1957