Elk City vs Kooskia

A side-by-side comparison of Elk City and Kooskia: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kooskia has the higher population (683 vs 270 in Elk City). Elk City has the higher median household income ($59,643 vs $38,167 in Kooskia). Elk City has the higher median home value ($356,700 vs $174,500 in Kooskia).

Population, income & housing

	Elk City	Kooskia
Population	270	683
Median age	40.4 yrs	55.8 yrs
Median household income	$59,643	$38,167
Median home value	$356,700	$174,500
Median gross rent	—	$758
Housing units	188	326
Homeownership rate	65.8%	84.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	31.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk City	Kooskia
Population	147 → 270 (+83.7%)	561 → 683 (+21.7%)
Median household income	$36,438 → $59,643 (+63.7%)	$32,639 → $38,167 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $356,700 (+360.3%)	$88,100 → $174,500 (+98.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$622 → $758 (+21.9%)

Elk City

Population

147270

Median household income

$36,438$59,643

Median home value

$77,500$356,700

Kooskia

Population

561683

Median household income

$32,639$38,167

Median home value

$88,100$174,500

Median gross rent

$622$758

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk City	Kooskia
Under 5	18.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	7.4%	17.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.2%
25 to 34	23.0%	4.0%
35 to 44	2.6%	9.1%
45 to 54	3.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	34.4%	15.1%
65 to 74	11.1%	32.4%
75 and over	0.0%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk City	Kooskia
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	69.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	23.4%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk City	Kooskia
No high school diploma	14.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	13.0%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	64.0%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk City	Kooskia
Drove alone	83.7%	79.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk City	Kooskia
1-unit, detached	46.3%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.7%	29.4%

Poverty & households

	Elk City	Kooskia
Poverty rate	12.6%	14.6%
Average household size	3.46	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	—	22
Median year structure built	1978	1968