Hauser vs Spirit Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Hauser and Spirit Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spirit Lake has the higher population (1,768 vs 896 in Hauser). Hauser has the higher median household income ($67,868 vs $60,938 in Spirit Lake). Spirit Lake has the higher median home value ($380,800 vs $271,700 in Hauser).

Population, income & housing

	Hauser	Spirit Lake
Population	896	1,768
Median age	50.6 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,868	$60,938
Median home value	$271,700	$380,800
Median gross rent	$917	$1,003
Housing units	414	729
Homeownership rate	91.2%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.6%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hauser	Spirit Lake
Population	876 → 896 (+2.3%)	2,319 → 1,768 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$55,972 → $67,868 (+21.3%)	$47,277 → $60,938 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$183,100 → $271,700 (+48.4%)	$172,200 → $380,800 (+121.1%)
Median gross rent	$763 → $917 (+20.2%)	$854 → $1,003 (+17.4%)

Hauser

Population

876896

Median household income

$55,972$67,868

Median home value

$183,100$271,700

Median gross rent

$763$917

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)

	Hauser	Spirit Lake
Under 5	2.6%	10.8%
5 to 17	14.1%	16.7%
18 to 24	4.7%	8.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.2%	9.5%
45 to 54	20.4%	11.1%
55 to 64	23.1%	16.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	10.4%
75 and over	3.6%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hauser	Spirit Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.5%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	8.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hauser	Spirit Lake
No high school diploma	9.2%	6.3%
High school graduate	34.5%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	37.7%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hauser	Spirit Lake
Drove alone	70.0%	83.6%
Carpooled	5.7%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	24.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hauser	Spirit Lake
1-unit, detached	60.9%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.2%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Hauser	Spirit Lake
Poverty rate	7.3%	7.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1991	2003