Clark Fork vs Sandpoint

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

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

Sandpoint has the higher population (9,244 vs 981 in Clark Fork). Sandpoint has the higher median household income ($67,769 vs $60,625 in Clark Fork). Sandpoint has the higher median home value ($449,500 vs $177,800 in Clark Fork).

Population, income & housing

	Clark Fork	Sandpoint
Population	981	9,244
Median age	40.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,625	$67,769
Median home value	$177,800	$449,500
Median gross rent	$1,071	$1,047
Housing units	416	4,137
Homeownership rate	58.7%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	10.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clark Fork	Sandpoint
Population	506 → 981 (+93.9%)	8,386 → 9,244 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$26,293 → $60,625 (+130.6%)	$43,938 → $67,769 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$126,600 → $177,800 (+40.4%)	$249,400 → $449,500 (+80.2%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $1,071 (+46.9%)	$965 → $1,047 (+8.5%)

Clark Fork

Population

506981

Median household income

$26,293$60,625

Median home value

$126,600$177,800

Median gross rent

$729$1,071

Sandpoint

Population

8,3869,244

Median household income

$43,938$67,769

Median home value

$249,400$449,500

Median gross rent

$965$1,047

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clark Fork	Sandpoint
Under 5	5.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	21.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	13.4%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.8%
75 and over	4.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clark Fork	Sandpoint
White (non-Hispanic)	95.4%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clark Fork	Sandpoint
No high school diploma	14.4%	8.2%
High school graduate	30.2%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	48.1%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clark Fork	Sandpoint
Drove alone	73.4%	69.7%
Carpooled	1.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	4.1%	5.7%
Bicycle	1.9%	4.9%
Worked from home	15.3%	10.7%
Other means	3.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clark Fork	Sandpoint
1-unit, detached	73.6%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	19.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Clark Fork	Sandpoint
Poverty rate	22.6%	16.1%
Average household size	2.72	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	17	14
Median year structure built	1957	1985