Hayden Lake vs Spirit Lake

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

Hayden Lake 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 901 in Hayden Lake). Hayden Lake has the higher median household income ($104,500 vs $60,938 in Spirit Lake). Hayden Lake has the higher median home value ($706,900 vs $380,800 in Spirit Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden Lake	Spirit Lake
Population	901	1,768
Median age	49.4 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,500	$60,938
Median home value	$706,900	$380,800
Median gross rent	$2,036	$1,003
Housing units	429	729
Homeownership rate	89.2%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.7%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden Lake	Spirit Lake
Population	804 → 901 (+12.1%)	2,319 → 1,768 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$95,313 → $104,500 (+9.6%)	$47,277 → $60,938 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$528,100 → $706,900 (+33.9%)	$172,200 → $380,800 (+121.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,359 → $2,036 (+49.8%)	$854 → $1,003 (+17.4%)

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

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)

	Hayden Lake	Spirit Lake
Under 5	4.1%	10.8%
5 to 17	21.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	5.8%	13.3%
35 to 44	10.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	8.0%	11.1%
55 to 64	18.3%	16.9%
65 to 74	19.9%	10.4%
75 and over	8.4%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden Lake	Spirit Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	1.9%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden Lake	Spirit Lake
No high school diploma	0.6%	6.3%
High school graduate	7.8%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden Lake	Spirit Lake
Drove alone	75.1%	83.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	1.5%
Worked from home	22.3%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden Lake	Spirit Lake
1-unit, detached	98.8%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Hayden Lake	Spirit Lake
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.8%
Average household size	2.70	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	32
Median year structure built	1991	2003