Athol vs Rockford Bay

A side-by-side comparison of Athol and Rockford Bay: population, income, housing, and more.

Athol and Rockford Bay are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Athol has the higher population (830 vs 308 in Rockford Bay). Rockford Bay has the higher median household income ($125,625 vs $62,946 in Athol). Rockford Bay has the higher median home value ($981,300 vs $269,600 in Athol).

Population, income & housing

	Athol	Rockford Bay
Population	830	308
Median age	40.7 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,946	$125,625
Median home value	$269,600	$981,300
Median gross rent	$920	—
Housing units	316	494
Homeownership rate	79.3%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Athol	Rockford Bay
Population	978 → 830 (-15.1%)	328 → 308 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$40,966 → $62,946 (+53.7%)	$120,833 → $125,625 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$155,600 → $269,600 (+73.3%)	$541,700 → $981,300 (+81.2%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $920 (+30.5%)	—

Athol

Population

978830

Median household income

$40,966$62,946

Median home value

$155,600$269,600

Median gross rent

$705$920

Rockford Bay

Population

328308

Median household income

$120,833$125,625

Median home value

$541,700$981,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Athol	Rockford Bay
Under 5	6.4%	1.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	1.0%
25 to 34	8.7%	0.6%
35 to 44	15.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.8%	9.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	17.9%
65 to 74	8.4%	28.9%
75 and over	8.2%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Athol	Rockford Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	74.9%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.9%	1.0%
Asian	1.6%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.0%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Athol	Rockford Bay
No high school diploma	10.1%	0.0%
High school graduate	44.1%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	7.2%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Athol	Rockford Bay
Drove alone	81.0%	65.6%
Carpooled	5.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.0%	34.4%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Athol	Rockford Bay
1-unit, detached	73.1%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Athol	Rockford Bay
Poverty rate	10.7%	8.1%
Average household size	2.81	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	37	27
Median year structure built	1992	1992