Elk River vs Orofino

A side-by-side comparison of Elk River and Orofino: population, income, housing, and more.

Elk River and Orofino are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Orofino has the higher population (3,254 vs 133 in Elk River). Elk River has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $57,171 in Orofino). Orofino has the higher median home value ($218,900 vs $218,800 in Elk River).

Population, income & housing

	Elk River	Orofino
Population	133	3,254
Median age	62.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$57,171
Median home value	$218,800	$218,900
Median gross rent	—	$892
Housing units	157	1,192
Homeownership rate	94.5%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk River	Orofino
Population	144 → 133 (-7.6%)	3,109 → 3,254 (+4.7%)
Median household income	$37,273 → $63,125 (+69.4%)	$44,659 → $57,171 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $218,800 (+106.4%)	$132,300 → $218,900 (+65.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$778 → $892 (+14.7%)

Elk River

Population

144133

Median household income

$37,273$63,125

Median home value

$106,000$218,800

Orofino

Population

3,1093,254

Median household income

$44,659$57,171

Median home value

$132,300$218,900

Median gross rent

$778$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk River	Orofino
Under 5	1.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	14.3%	11.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.5%
35 to 44	4.5%	18.2%
45 to 54	7.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	43.6%	13.6%
65 to 74	21.8%	9.4%
75 and over	6.8%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk River	Orofino
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	80.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	1.5%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk River	Orofino
No high school diploma	1.8%	8.0%
High school graduate	58.9%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	4.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk River	Orofino
Drove alone	68.1%	81.2%
Carpooled	4.3%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	8.8%
Other means	12.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk River	Orofino
1-unit, detached	80.3%	76.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	15.5%

Poverty & households

	Elk River	Orofino
Poverty rate	18.8%	8.2%
Average household size	1.82	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1953	1968