Coeur d'Alene vs Dalton Gardens

A side-by-side comparison of Coeur d'Alene and Dalton Gardens: population, income, housing, and more.

Coeur d'Alene and Dalton Gardens are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coeur d'Alene has the higher population (55,558 vs 2,526 in Dalton Gardens). Dalton Gardens has the higher median household income ($84,375 vs $70,845 in Coeur d'Alene). Dalton Gardens has the higher median home value ($673,800 vs $451,600 in Coeur d'Alene).

Population, income & housing

	Coeur d'Alene	Dalton Gardens
Population	55,558	2,526
Median age	40.1 yrs	54.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,845	$84,375
Median home value	$451,600	$673,800
Median gross rent	$1,328	$838
Housing units	25,568	1,152
Homeownership rate	59.7%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coeur d'Alene	Dalton Gardens
Population	50,540 → 55,558 (+9.9%)	2,812 → 2,526 (-10.2%)
Median household income	$51,073 → $70,845 (+38.7%)	$78,977 → $84,375 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$234,900 → $451,600 (+92.3%)	$399,000 → $673,800 (+68.9%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,328 (+35.2%)	$1,058 → $838 (-20.8%)

Coeur d'Alene

Population

50,54055,558

Median household income

$51,073$70,845

Median home value

$234,900$451,600

Median gross rent

$982$1,328

Dalton Gardens

Population

2,8122,526

Median household income

$78,977$84,375

Median home value

$399,000$673,800

Median gross rent

$1,058$838

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Dalton Gardens
Under 5	3.6%	2.0%
5 to 17	16.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	5.2%
35 to 44	14.8%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	27.6%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.7%
75 and over	8.6%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Dalton Gardens
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	2.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coeur d'Alene	Dalton Gardens
No high school diploma	4.4%	8.6%
High school graduate	26.3%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Dalton Gardens
Drove alone	75.7%	78.5%
Carpooled	8.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	4.3%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	9.3%
Other means	0.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Dalton Gardens
1-unit, detached	64.5%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coeur d'Alene	Dalton Gardens
Poverty rate	8.3%	4.2%
Average household size	2.30	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1994	1973