Elk City vs Stites

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

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

Elk City has the higher population (270 vs 171 in Stites). Elk City has the higher median household income ($59,643 vs $29,583 in Stites). Elk City has the higher median home value ($356,700 vs $117,600 in Stites).

Population, income & housing

	Elk City	Stites
Population	270	171
Median age	40.4 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,643	$29,583
Median home value	$356,700	$117,600
Median gross rent	—	$725
Housing units	188	112
Homeownership rate	65.8%	91.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.0%	6.8%
Unemployment rate	31.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk City	Stites
Population	147 → 270 (+83.7%)	214 → 171 (-20.1%)
Median household income	$36,438 → $59,643 (+63.7%)	$25,000 → $29,583 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$77,500 → $356,700 (+360.3%)	$89,000 → $117,600 (+32.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$681 → $725 (+6.5%)

Elk City

Population

147270

Median household income

$36,438$59,643

Median home value

$77,500$356,700

Stites

Population

214171

Median household income

$25,000$29,583

Median home value

$89,000$117,600

Median gross rent

$681$725

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elk City	Stites
Under 5	18.5%	2.3%
5 to 17	7.4%	8.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.9%
25 to 34	23.0%	12.3%
35 to 44	2.6%	15.2%
45 to 54	3.0%	9.4%
55 to 64	34.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.1%	26.3%
75 and over	0.0%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk City	Stites
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	92.4%
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	7.4%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk City	Stites
No high school diploma	14.0%	16.2%
High school graduate	13.0%	48.0%
Some college or associate's	64.0%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	9.0%	3.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk City	Stites
Drove alone	83.7%	92.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.3%	2.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk City	Stites
1-unit, detached	46.3%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	53.7%	32.1%

Poverty & households

	Elk City	Stites
Poverty rate	12.6%	35.7%
Average household size	3.46	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1978	1971