Bonners Ferry vs Moyie Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Bonners Ferry and Moyie Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

Bonners Ferry and Moyie Springs are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bonners Ferry has the higher population (2,615 vs 1,420 in Moyie Springs). Moyie Springs has the higher median household income ($61,783 vs $54,107 in Bonners Ferry). Moyie Springs has the higher median home value ($326,200 vs $272,000 in Bonners Ferry).

Population, income & housing

	Bonners Ferry	Moyie Springs
Population	2,615	1,420
Median age	39.1 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$54,107	$61,783
Median home value	$272,000	$326,200
Median gross rent	$1,043	$733
Housing units	1,066	523
Homeownership rate	58.5%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonners Ferry	Moyie Springs
Population	2,594 → 2,615 (+0.8%)	666 → 1,420 (+113.2%)
Median household income	$32,000 → $54,107 (+69.1%)	$45,395 → $61,783 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$162,100 → $272,000 (+67.8%)	$164,500 → $326,200 (+98.3%)
Median gross rent	$477 → $1,043 (+118.7%)	$615 → $733 (+19.2%)

Bonners Ferry

Population

2,5942,615

Median household income

$32,000$54,107

Median home value

$162,100$272,000

Median gross rent

$477$1,043

Moyie Springs

Population

6661,420

Median household income

$45,395$61,783

Median home value

$164,500$326,200

Median gross rent

$615$733

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonners Ferry	Moyie Springs
Under 5	7.1%	9.9%
5 to 17	14.4%	21.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	11.3%
35 to 44	12.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	15.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	8.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	14.9%
75 and over	5.6%	0.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonners Ferry	Moyie Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	88.3%
Black or African American	3.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.5%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonners Ferry	Moyie Springs
No high school diploma	8.6%	15.0%
High school graduate	32.7%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	40.6%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonners Ferry	Moyie Springs
Drove alone	64.2%	74.2%
Carpooled	11.9%	8.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	12.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	2.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	16.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonners Ferry	Moyie Springs
1-unit, detached	71.6%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	28.7%

Poverty & households

	Bonners Ferry	Moyie Springs
Poverty rate	13.9%	17.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.96
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1971	1992