Hayden Lake vs Rockford Bay

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

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

Hayden Lake has the higher population (901 vs 308 in Rockford Bay). Rockford Bay has the higher median household income ($125,625 vs $104,500 in Hayden Lake). Rockford Bay has the higher median home value ($981,300 vs $706,900 in Hayden Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden Lake	Rockford Bay
Population	901	308
Median age	49.4 yrs	56.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,500	$125,625
Median home value	$706,900	$981,300
Median gross rent	$2,036	—
Housing units	429	494
Homeownership rate	89.2%	93.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	57.1%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden Lake	Rockford Bay
Population	804 → 901 (+12.1%)	328 → 308 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$95,313 → $104,500 (+9.6%)	$120,833 → $125,625 (+4.0%)
Median home value	$528,100 → $706,900 (+33.9%)	$541,700 → $981,300 (+81.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,359 → $2,036 (+49.8%)	—

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

Rockford Bay

Population

328308

Median household income

$120,833$125,625

Median home value

$541,700$981,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayden Lake	Rockford Bay
Under 5	4.1%	1.0%
5 to 17	21.4%	20.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	1.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	0.6%
35 to 44	10.8%	13.6%
45 to 54	8.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	18.3%	17.9%
65 to 74	19.9%	28.9%
75 and over	8.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden Lake	Rockford Bay
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.4%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden Lake	Rockford Bay
No high school diploma	0.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	7.8%	12.6%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	32.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	24.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden Lake	Rockford Bay
Drove alone	75.1%	65.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.3%	34.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden Lake	Rockford Bay
1-unit, detached	98.8%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Hayden Lake	Rockford Bay
Poverty rate	8.1%	8.1%
Average household size	2.70	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1991	1992