Kootenai vs Priest River

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

Kootenai 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 1,076 in Kootenai). Kootenai has the higher median household income ($69,457 vs $57,712 in Priest River). Kootenai has the higher median home value ($306,200 vs $271,500 in Priest River).

Population, income & housing

	Kootenai	Priest River
Population	1,076	2,058
Median age	36.7 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,457	$57,712
Median home value	$306,200	$271,500
Median gross rent	$1,646	$748
Housing units	433	920
Homeownership rate	82.3%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kootenai	Priest River
Population	977 → 1,076 (+10.1%)	1,923 → 2,058 (+7.0%)
Median household income	$59,286 → $69,457 (+17.2%)	$38,125 → $57,712 (+51.4%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $306,200 (+77.6%)	$153,300 → $271,500 (+77.1%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,646 (+66.6%)	$657 → $748 (+13.9%)

Kootenai

Population

9771,076

Median household income

$59,286$69,457

Median home value

$172,400$306,200

Median gross rent

$988$1,646

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)

	Kootenai	Priest River
Under 5	6.4%	3.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.8%
18 to 24	4.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	17.5%	8.1%
35 to 44	17.6%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	11.2%
65 to 74	6.5%	16.1%
75 and over	7.9%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kootenai	Priest River
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	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	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.5%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kootenai	Priest River
No high school diploma	4.6%	10.2%
High school graduate	47.0%	50.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	5.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kootenai	Priest River
Drove alone	74.7%	78.1%
Carpooled	20.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	0.5%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	2.6%
Worked from home	4.0%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kootenai	Priest River
1-unit, detached	78.1%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	7.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	16.5%

Poverty & households

	Kootenai	Priest River
Poverty rate	11.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.57	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	14	26
Median year structure built	2003	1973