Priest River vs Sandpoint

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

Priest River 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 2,058 in Priest River). Sandpoint has the higher median household income ($67,769 vs $57,712 in Priest River). Sandpoint has the higher median home value ($449,500 vs $271,500 in Priest River).

Population, income & housing

	Priest River	Sandpoint
Population	2,058	9,244
Median age	43.3 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$57,712	$67,769
Median home value	$271,500	$449,500
Median gross rent	$748	$1,047
Housing units	920	4,137
Homeownership rate	72.4%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	38.3%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Priest River	Sandpoint
Population	1,923 → 2,058 (+7.0%)	8,386 → 9,244 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $57,712 (+51.4%)	$43,938 → $67,769 (+54.2%)
Median home value	$153,300 → $271,500 (+77.1%)	$249,400 → $449,500 (+80.2%)
Median gross rent	$657 → $748 (+13.9%)	$965 → $1,047 (+8.5%)

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

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)

	Priest River	Sandpoint
Under 5	3.5%	5.2%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.4%
18 to 24	8.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.2%	13.4%
65 to 74	16.1%	10.8%
75 and over	8.2%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Priest River	Sandpoint
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	9.1%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	7.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Priest River	Sandpoint
No high school diploma	10.2%	8.2%
High school graduate	50.7%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	29.3%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Priest River	Sandpoint
Drove alone	78.1%	69.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	7.7%
Public transit	1.6%	1.0%
Walked	1.0%	5.7%
Bicycle	2.6%	4.9%
Worked from home	7.2%	10.7%
Other means	1.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Priest River	Sandpoint
1-unit, detached	68.0%	57.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	10.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	13.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	10.5%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Priest River	Sandpoint
Poverty rate	7.4%	16.1%
Average household size	2.51	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	26	14
Median year structure built	1973	1985