Clark Fork vs Kootenai

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

Clark Fork 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 981 in Clark Fork). Kootenai has the higher median household income ($69,457 vs $60,625 in Clark Fork). Kootenai has the higher median home value ($306,200 vs $177,800 in Clark Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Clark Fork	Kootenai
Population	981	1,076
Median age	40.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$69,457
Median home value	$177,800	$306,200
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,646
Housing units	416	433
Homeownership rate	58.7%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clark Fork	Kootenai
Population	506 → 981 (+93.9%)	977 → 1,076 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$26,293 → $60,625 (+130.6%)	$59,286 → $69,457 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $177,800 (+40.4%)	$172,400 → $306,200 (+77.6%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $1,071 (+46.9%)	$988 → $1,646 (+66.6%)

Clark Fork

Population

506981

Median household income

$26,293$60,625

Median home value

$126,600$177,800

Median gross rent

$729$1,071

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)

	Clark Fork	Kootenai
Under 5	5.8%	6.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	4.8%
25 to 34	9.6%	17.5%
35 to 44	21.8%	17.6%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	6.5%
75 and over	4.5%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clark Fork	Kootenai
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	91.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	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	2.5%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clark Fork	Kootenai
No high school diploma	14.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	30.2%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clark Fork	Kootenai
Drove alone	73.4%	74.7%
Carpooled	1.5%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.3%	4.0%
Other means	3.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clark Fork	Kootenai
1-unit, detached	73.6%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Clark Fork	Kootenai
Poverty rate	22.6%	11.6%
Average household size	2.72	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1957	2003