Hayden Lake vs Rathdrum

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

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

Rathdrum has the higher population (10,133 vs 901 in Hayden Lake). Hayden Lake has the higher median household income ($104,500 vs $86,431 in Rathdrum). Hayden Lake has the higher median home value ($706,900 vs $381,800 in Rathdrum).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden Lake	Rathdrum
Population	901	10,133
Median age	49.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$104,500	$86,431
Median home value	$706,900	$381,800
Median gross rent	$2,036	$1,412
Housing units	429	3,726
Homeownership rate	89.2%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden Lake	Rathdrum
Population	804 → 901 (+12.1%)	8,284 → 10,133 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$95,313 → $104,500 (+9.6%)	$57,269 → $86,431 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$528,100 → $706,900 (+33.9%)	$220,900 → $381,800 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,359 → $2,036 (+49.8%)	$1,062 → $1,412 (+33.0%)

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

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)

	Hayden Lake	Rathdrum
Under 5	4.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	21.4%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.8%	15.7%
45 to 54	8.0%	12.4%
55 to 64	18.3%	9.3%
65 to 74	19.9%	9.8%
75 and over	8.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden Lake	Rathdrum
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.7%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden Lake	Rathdrum
No high school diploma	0.6%	7.5%
High school graduate	7.8%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden Lake	Rathdrum
Drove alone	75.1%	79.1%
Carpooled	2.3%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.4%
Worked from home	22.3%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden Lake	Rathdrum
1-unit, detached	98.8%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Hayden Lake	Rathdrum
Poverty rate	8.1%	9.9%
Average household size	2.70	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1991	2002