Orofino vs Pierce

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

Orofino and Pierce 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 465 in Pierce). Orofino has the higher median household income ($57,171 vs $53,125 in Pierce). Orofino has the higher median home value ($218,900 vs $171,700 in Pierce).

Population, income & housing

	Orofino	Pierce
Population	3,254	465
Median age	42.4 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$57,171	$53,125
Median home value	$218,900	$171,700
Median gross rent	$892	$850
Housing units	1,192	310
Homeownership rate	75.9%	95.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Orofino	Pierce
Population	3,109 → 3,254 (+4.7%)	554 → 465 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$44,659 → $57,171 (+28.0%)	$41,250 → $53,125 (+28.8%)
Median home value	$132,300 → $218,900 (+65.5%)	$89,600 → $171,700 (+91.6%)
Median gross rent	$778 → $892 (+14.7%)	$525 → $850 (+61.9%)

Orofino

Population

3,1093,254

Median household income

$44,659$57,171

Median home value

$132,300$218,900

Median gross rent

$778$892

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)

	Orofino	Pierce
Under 5	3.4%	1.9%
5 to 17	11.2%	9.7%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.5%	11.4%
35 to 44	18.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.4%	8.2%
55 to 64	13.6%	19.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.5%
75 and over	9.8%	21.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Orofino	Pierce
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	95.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Orofino	Pierce
No high school diploma	8.0%	7.8%
High school graduate	38.9%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	42.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Orofino	Pierce
Drove alone	81.2%	69.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	16.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	5.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	8.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Orofino	Pierce
1-unit, detached	76.7%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Orofino	Pierce
Poverty rate	8.2%	5.4%
Average household size	2.47	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1968	1963