Blanchard vs Priest River

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

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

Priest River has the higher population (2,058 vs 625 in Blanchard). Priest River has the higher median household income ($57,712 vs $55,212 in Blanchard). Blanchard has the higher median home value ($282,500 vs $271,500 in Priest River).

Population, income & housing

	Blanchard	Priest River
Population	625	2,058
Median age	66.4 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$55,212	$57,712
Median home value	$282,500	$271,500
Median gross rent	—	$748
Housing units	351	920
Homeownership rate	91.3%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.2%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blanchard	Priest River
Population	201 → 625 (+210.9%)	1,923 → 2,058 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$40,877 → $55,212 (+35.1%)	$38,125 → $57,712 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$541,700 → $282,500 (-47.8%)	$153,300 → $271,500 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$657 → $748 (+13.9%)

Blanchard

Population

201625

Median household income

$40,877$55,212

Median home value

$541,700$282,500

Priest River

Population

1,9232,058

Median household income

$38,125$57,712

Median home value

$153,300$271,500

Median gross rent

$657$748

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blanchard	Priest River
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	4.3%	12.0%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.2%
65 to 74	39.2%	16.1%
75 and over	17.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blanchard	Priest River
White (non-Hispanic)	99.0%	86.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
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%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blanchard	Priest River
No high school diploma	4.5%	10.2%
High school graduate	22.7%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.8%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	20.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blanchard	Priest River
Drove alone	91.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.6%
Worked from home	8.3%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blanchard	Priest River
1-unit, detached	42.5%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	9.7%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	36.2%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.4%
20 or more units	6.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Blanchard	Priest River
Poverty rate	8.0%	7.4%
Average household size	1.93	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	2001	1973