Blanchard vs Kootenai

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

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

Kootenai has the higher population (1,076 vs 625 in Blanchard). Kootenai has the higher median household income ($69,457 vs $55,212 in Blanchard). Kootenai has the higher median home value ($306,200 vs $282,500 in Blanchard).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Kootenai
Population	625	1,076
Median age	66.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$55,212	$69,457
Median home value	$282,500	$306,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,646
Housing units	351	433
Homeownership rate	91.3%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.2%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Kootenai
Population	201 → 625 (+210.9%)	977 → 1,076 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$40,877 → $55,212 (+35.1%)	$59,286 → $69,457 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$541,700 → $282,500 (-47.8%)	$172,400 → $306,200 (+77.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$988 → $1,646 (+66.6%)

Blanchard

Population

201625

Median household income

$40,877$55,212

Median home value

$541,700$282,500

Kootenai

Population

9771,076

Median household income

$59,286$69,457

Median home value

$172,400$306,200

Median gross rent

$988$1,646

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Kootenai
Under 5	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	17.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	17.6%
45 to 54	4.3%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	39.2%	6.5%
75 and over	17.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Kootenai
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Kootenai
No high school diploma	4.5%	4.6%
High school graduate	22.7%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Kootenai
Drove alone	91.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	8.3%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Kootenai
1-unit, detached	42.5%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	36.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	6.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Kootenai
Poverty rate	8.0%	11.6%
Average household size	1.93	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	—	14
Median year structure built	2001	2003