Coeur d'Alene vs Rathdrum

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

Coeur d'Alene and Rathdrum 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 10,133 in Rathdrum). Rathdrum has the higher median household income ($86,431 vs $70,845 in Coeur d'Alene). Coeur d'Alene has the higher median home value ($451,600 vs $381,800 in Rathdrum).

Population, income & housing

	Coeur d'Alene	Rathdrum
Population	55,558	10,133
Median age	40.1 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,845	$86,431
Median home value	$451,600	$381,800
Median gross rent	$1,328	$1,412
Housing units	25,568	3,726
Homeownership rate	59.7%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coeur d'Alene	Rathdrum
Population	50,540 → 55,558 (+9.9%)	8,284 → 10,133 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$51,073 → $70,845 (+38.7%)	$57,269 → $86,431 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$234,900 → $451,600 (+92.3%)	$220,900 → $381,800 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,328 (+35.2%)	$1,062 → $1,412 (+33.0%)

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

Rathdrum

Population

8,28410,133

Median household income

$57,269$86,431

Median home value

$220,900$381,800

Median gross rent

$1,062$1,412

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Rathdrum
Under 5	3.6%	7.9%
5 to 17	16.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.1%	10.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	11.4%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	9.3%
65 to 74	11.3%	9.8%
75 and over	8.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Rathdrum
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	5.7%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coeur d'Alene	Rathdrum
No high school diploma	4.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	26.3%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Rathdrum
Drove alone	75.7%	79.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.4%
Worked from home	11.4%	7.2%
Other means	0.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Rathdrum
1-unit, detached	64.5%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	2.5%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Coeur d'Alene	Rathdrum
Poverty rate	8.3%	9.9%
Average household size	2.30	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1994	2002