Kooskia vs Riggins

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

Kooskia and Riggins 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 236 in Riggins). Riggins has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $38,167 in Kooskia). Riggins has the higher median home value ($347,300 vs $174,500 in Kooskia).

Population, income & housing

	Kooskia	Riggins
Population	683	236
Median age	55.8 yrs	65.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,167	$51,250
Median home value	$174,500	$347,300
Median gross rent	$758	$667
Housing units	326	243
Homeownership rate	84.1%	58.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	14.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kooskia	Riggins
Population	561 → 683 (+21.7%)	258 → 236 (-8.5%)
Median household income	$32,639 → $38,167 (+16.9%)	$26,563 → $51,250 (+92.9%)
Median home value	$88,100 → $174,500 (+98.1%)	$162,500 → $347,300 (+113.7%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $758 (+21.9%)	$829 → $667 (-19.5%)

Kooskia

Population

561683

Median household income

$32,639$38,167

Median home value

$88,100$174,500

Median gross rent

$622$758

Riggins

Population

258236

Median household income

$26,563$51,250

Median home value

$162,500$347,300

Median gross rent

$829$667

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kooskia	Riggins
Under 5	5.9%	0.8%
5 to 17	17.4%	9.3%
18 to 24	2.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.0%	3.8%
35 to 44	9.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	7.8%	9.3%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.8%
65 to 74	32.4%	31.4%
75 and over	6.3%	18.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kooskia	Riggins
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	23.4%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kooskia	Riggins
No high school diploma	6.3%	5.2%
High school graduate	43.0%	36.3%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kooskia	Riggins
Drove alone	79.6%	53.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	35.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kooskia	Riggins
1-unit, detached	64.1%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	5.3%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	29.4%	9.5%

Poverty & households

	Kooskia	Riggins
Poverty rate	14.6%	27.1%
Average household size	2.65	1.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1968	1979