Kootenai vs Ponderay

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

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

Ponderay has the higher population (1,456 vs 1,076 in Kootenai). Kootenai has the higher median household income ($69,457 vs $50,119 in Ponderay). Ponderay has the higher median home value ($391,700 vs $306,200 in Kootenai).

Population, income & housing

	Kootenai	Ponderay
Population	1,076	1,456
Median age	36.7 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$69,457	$50,119
Median home value	$306,200	$391,700
Median gross rent	$1,646	$988
Housing units	433	699
Homeownership rate	82.3%	30.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	9.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kootenai	Ponderay
Population	977 → 1,076 (+10.1%)	1,098 → 1,456 (+32.6%)
Median household income	$59,286 → $69,457 (+17.2%)	$37,155 → $50,119 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $306,200 (+77.6%)	$161,800 → $391,700 (+142.1%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,646 (+66.6%)	$771 → $988 (+28.1%)

Kootenai

Population

9771,076

Median household income

$59,286$69,457

Median home value

$172,400$306,200

Median gross rent

$988$1,646

Ponderay

Population

1,0981,456

Median household income

$37,155$50,119

Median home value

$161,800$391,700

Median gross rent

$771$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kootenai	Ponderay
Under 5	6.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	15.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	17.5%	13.3%
35 to 44	17.6%	12.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.7%
55 to 64	13.2%	16.7%
65 to 74	6.5%	13.0%
75 and over	7.9%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kootenai	Ponderay
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	80.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	6.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kootenai	Ponderay
No high school diploma	4.6%	9.2%
High school graduate	47.0%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kootenai	Ponderay
Drove alone	74.7%	65.0%
Carpooled	20.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	6.2%
Walked	0.5%	11.8%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.6%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kootenai	Ponderay
1-unit, detached	78.1%	29.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	9.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	25.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Kootenai	Ponderay
Poverty rate	11.6%	19.2%
Average household size	2.57	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	14	10
Median year structure built	2003	1993