Coeur d'Alene vs Spirit Lake

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

Coeur d'Alene and Spirit Lake 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 1,768 in Spirit Lake). Coeur d'Alene has the higher median household income ($70,845 vs $60,938 in Spirit Lake). Coeur d'Alene has the higher median home value ($451,600 vs $380,800 in Spirit Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Coeur d'Alene	Spirit Lake
Population	55,558	1,768
Median age	40.1 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$70,845	$60,938
Median home value	$451,600	$380,800
Median gross rent	$1,328	$1,003
Housing units	25,568	729
Homeownership rate	59.7%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coeur d'Alene	Spirit Lake
Population	50,540 → 55,558 (+9.9%)	2,319 → 1,768 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$51,073 → $70,845 (+38.7%)	$47,277 → $60,938 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$234,900 → $451,600 (+92.3%)	$172,200 → $380,800 (+121.1%)
Median gross rent	$982 → $1,328 (+35.2%)	$854 → $1,003 (+17.4%)

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

Spirit Lake

Population

2,3191,768

Median household income

$47,277$60,938

Median home value

$172,200$380,800

Median gross rent

$854$1,003

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Spirit Lake
Under 5	3.6%	10.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	13.3%
35 to 44	14.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.3%	10.4%
75 and over	8.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Spirit Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.5%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coeur d'Alene	Spirit Lake
No high school diploma	4.4%	6.3%
High school graduate	26.3%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	38.8%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Spirit Lake
Drove alone	75.7%	83.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	2.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.5%
Worked from home	11.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coeur d'Alene	Spirit Lake
1-unit, detached	64.5%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	9.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	8.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Coeur d'Alene	Spirit Lake
Poverty rate	8.3%	7.8%
Average household size	2.30	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1994	2003