Coeur d'Alene vs Post Falls

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

Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls 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 41,716 in Post Falls). Post Falls has the higher median household income ($73,313 vs $70,845 in Coeur d'Alene). Coeur d'Alene has the higher median home value ($451,600 vs $425,100 in Post Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Coeur d'Alene	Post Falls
Population	55,558	41,716
Median age	40.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$70,845	$73,313
Median home value	$451,600	$425,100
Median gross rent	$1,328	$1,313
Housing units	25,568	15,858
Homeownership rate	59.7%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coeur d'Alene	Post Falls
Population	50,540 → 55,558 (+9.9%)	33,225 → 41,716 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$51,073 → $70,845 (+38.7%)	$54,021 → $73,313 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$234,900 → $451,600 (+92.3%)	$218,100 → $425,100 (+94.9%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,328 (+35.2%)	$1,013 → $1,313 (+29.6%)

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

Post Falls

Population

33,22541,716

Median household income

$54,021$73,313

Median home value

$218,100$425,100

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Post Falls
Under 5	3.6%	8.4%
5 to 17	16.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.2%
25 to 34	14.7%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.4%	10.2%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.1%
75 and over	8.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Post Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.7%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coeur d'Alene	Post Falls
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	26.3%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Post Falls
Drove alone	75.7%	77.4%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.5%
Public transit	0.3%	1.2%
Walked	2.3%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	11.5%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Post Falls
1-unit, detached	64.5%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	9.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Coeur d'Alene	Post Falls
Poverty rate	8.3%	13.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	19	22
Median year structure built	1994	2003