Elk River vs Pierce

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

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

Pierce has the higher population (465 vs 133 in Elk River). Elk River has the higher median household income ($63,125 vs $53,125 in Pierce). Elk River has the higher median home value ($218,800 vs $171,700 in Pierce).

Population, income & housing

	Elk River	Pierce
Population	133	465
Median age	62.3 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$53,125
Median home value	$218,800	$171,700
Median gross rent	—	$850
Housing units	157	310
Homeownership rate	94.5%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.1%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk River	Pierce
Population	144 → 133 (-7.6%)	554 → 465 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$37,273 → $63,125 (+69.4%)	$41,250 → $53,125 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$106,000 → $218,800 (+106.4%)	$89,600 → $171,700 (+91.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$525 → $850 (+61.9%)

Elk River

Population

144133

Median household income

$37,273$63,125

Median home value

$106,000$218,800

Pierce

Population

554465

Median household income

$41,250$53,125

Median home value

$89,600$171,700

Median gross rent

$525$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk River	Pierce
Under 5	1.5%	1.9%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.4%
35 to 44	4.5%	9.5%
45 to 54	7.5%	8.2%
55 to 64	43.6%	19.8%
65 to 74	21.8%	12.5%
75 and over	6.8%	21.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk River	Pierce
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk River	Pierce
No high school diploma	1.8%	7.8%
High school graduate	58.9%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk River	Pierce
Drove alone	68.1%	69.5%
Carpooled	4.3%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	8.1%
Other means	12.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk River	Pierce
1-unit, detached	80.3%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Elk River	Pierce
Poverty rate	18.8%	5.4%
Average household size	1.82	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1953	1963