Dover vs Kootenai

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

Dover 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 628 in Dover). Dover has the higher median household income ($108,393 vs $69,457 in Kootenai). Dover has the higher median home value ($644,400 vs $306,200 in Kootenai).

Population, income & housing

	Dover	Kootenai
Population	628	1,076
Median age	54.4 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$108,393	$69,457
Median home value	$644,400	$306,200
Median gross rent	$1,141	$1,646
Housing units	389	433
Homeownership rate	91.3%	82.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dover	Kootenai
Population	655 → 628 (-4.1%)	977 → 1,076 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$74,167 → $108,393 (+46.1%)	$59,286 → $69,457 (+17.2%)
Median home value	$311,100 → $644,400 (+107.1%)	$172,400 → $306,200 (+77.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,556 → $1,141 (-26.7%)	$988 → $1,646 (+66.6%)

Dover

Population

655628

Median household income

$74,167$108,393

Median home value

$311,100$644,400

Median gross rent

$1,556$1,141

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)

	Dover	Kootenai
Under 5	5.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	4.3%	4.8%
25 to 34	4.9%	17.5%
35 to 44	9.4%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	13.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	16.6%	6.5%
75 and over	19.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dover	Kootenai
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	91.4%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.7%
Two or more races	9.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dover	Kootenai
No high school diploma	6.4%	4.6%
High school graduate	18.8%	47.0%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.6%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dover	Kootenai
Drove alone	60.9%	74.7%
Carpooled	4.6%	20.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.5%	0.5%
Worked from home	28.9%	4.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dover	Kootenai
1-unit, detached	82.8%	78.1%
1-unit, attached	7.5%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	6.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Dover	Kootenai
Poverty rate	5.6%	11.6%
Average household size	2.61	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	2003	2003