Ponderay vs Sandpoint

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

Ponderay 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 1,456 in Ponderay). Sandpoint has the higher median household income ($67,769 vs $50,119 in Ponderay). Sandpoint has the higher median home value ($449,500 vs $391,700 in Ponderay).

Population, income & housing

	Ponderay	Sandpoint
Population	1,456	9,244
Median age	39.9 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$50,119	$67,769
Median home value	$391,700	$449,500
Median gross rent	$988	$1,047
Housing units	699	4,137
Homeownership rate	30.7%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.4%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ponderay	Sandpoint
Population	1,098 → 1,456 (+32.6%)	8,386 → 9,244 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$37,155 → $50,119 (+34.9%)	$43,938 → $67,769 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $391,700 (+142.1%)	$249,400 → $449,500 (+80.2%)
Median gross rent	$771 → $988 (+28.1%)	$965 → $1,047 (+8.5%)

Ponderay

Population

1,0981,456

Median household income

$37,155$50,119

Median home value

$161,800$391,700

Median gross rent

$771$988

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)

	Ponderay	Sandpoint
Under 5	4.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	10.3%	3.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	12.9%	14.7%
45 to 54	7.7%	13.4%
55 to 64	16.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	13.0%	10.8%
75 and over	6.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ponderay	Sandpoint
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	86.1%
Black or African American	6.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.6%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ponderay	Sandpoint
No high school diploma	9.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	45.6%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ponderay	Sandpoint
Drove alone	65.0%	69.7%
Carpooled	11.8%	7.7%
Public transit	6.2%	1.0%
Walked	11.8%	5.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	4.9%
Worked from home	4.5%	10.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ponderay	Sandpoint
1-unit, detached	29.0%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	25.5%	13.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	21.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Ponderay	Sandpoint
Poverty rate	19.2%	16.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	10	14
Median year structure built	1993	1985