Kootenai vs Sandpoint

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

Kootenai 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 1,076 in Kootenai). Kootenai has the higher median household income ($69,457 vs $67,769 in Sandpoint). Sandpoint has the higher median home value ($449,500 vs $306,200 in Kootenai).

Population, income & housing

	Kootenai	Sandpoint
Population	1,076	9,244
Median age	36.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$69,457	$67,769
Median home value	$306,200	$449,500
Median gross rent	$1,646	$1,047
Housing units	433	4,137
Homeownership rate	82.3%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kootenai	Sandpoint
Population	977 → 1,076 (+10.1%)	8,386 → 9,244 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$59,286 → $69,457 (+17.2%)	$43,938 → $67,769 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$172,400 → $306,200 (+77.6%)	$249,400 → $449,500 (+80.2%)
Median gross rent	$988 → $1,646 (+66.6%)	$965 → $1,047 (+8.5%)

Kootenai

Population

9771,076

Median household income

$59,286$69,457

Median home value

$172,400$306,200

Median gross rent

$988$1,646

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)

	Kootenai	Sandpoint
Under 5	6.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	17.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	4.8%	3.0%
25 to 34	17.5%	14.2%
35 to 44	17.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	6.5%	10.8%
75 and over	7.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kootenai	Sandpoint
White (non-Hispanic)	91.4%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kootenai	Sandpoint
No high school diploma	4.6%	8.2%
High school graduate	47.0%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kootenai	Sandpoint
Drove alone	74.7%	69.7%
Carpooled	20.3%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.5%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.5%	4.9%
Worked from home	4.0%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kootenai	Sandpoint
1-unit, detached	78.1%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Kootenai	Sandpoint
Poverty rate	11.6%	16.1%
Average household size	2.57	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	14	14
Median year structure built	2003	1985