Dalton Gardens vs Hayden Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Dalton Gardens and Hayden Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dalton Gardens has the higher population (2,526 vs 901 in Hayden Lake). Hayden Lake has the higher median household income ($104,500 vs $84,375 in Dalton Gardens). Hayden Lake has the higher median home value ($706,900 vs $673,800 in Dalton Gardens).

Population, income & housing

	Dalton Gardens	Hayden Lake
Population	2,526	901
Median age	54.3 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$84,375	$104,500
Median home value	$673,800	$706,900
Median gross rent	$838	$2,036
Housing units	1,152	429
Homeownership rate	74.6%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dalton Gardens	Hayden Lake
Population	2,812 → 2,526 (-10.2%)	804 → 901 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$78,977 → $84,375 (+6.8%)	$95,313 → $104,500 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$399,000 → $673,800 (+68.9%)	$528,100 → $706,900 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,058 → $838 (-20.8%)	$1,359 → $2,036 (+49.8%)

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

Hayden Lake

Population

804901

Median household income

$95,313$104,500

Median home value

$528,100$706,900

Median gross rent

$1,359$2,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dalton Gardens	Hayden Lake
Under 5	2.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	21.4%
18 to 24	4.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.2%	5.8%
35 to 44	12.8%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.4%	8.0%
55 to 64	27.6%	18.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	19.9%
75 and over	7.7%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dalton Gardens	Hayden Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.9%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dalton Gardens	Hayden Lake
No high school diploma	8.6%	0.6%
High school graduate	24.7%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	35.3%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.4%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	15.0%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dalton Gardens	Hayden Lake
Drove alone	78.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	6.9%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.3%	22.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dalton Gardens	Hayden Lake
1-unit, detached	92.1%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Dalton Gardens	Hayden Lake
Poverty rate	4.2%	8.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1973	1991