Hayden vs Hayden Lake

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

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

Hayden has the higher population (16,021 vs 901 in Hayden Lake). Hayden Lake has the higher median household income ($104,500 vs $77,534 in Hayden). Hayden Lake has the higher median home value ($706,900 vs $445,700 in Hayden).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden	Hayden Lake
Population	16,021	901
Median age	43.1 yrs	49.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,534	$104,500
Median home value	$445,700	$706,900
Median gross rent	$1,676	$2,036
Housing units	6,307	429
Homeownership rate	79.0%	89.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	48.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden	Hayden Lake
Population	14,698 → 16,021 (+9.0%)	804 → 901 (+12.1%)
Median household income	$56,930 → $77,534 (+36.2%)	$95,313 → $104,500 (+9.6%)
Median home value	$256,100 → $445,700 (+74.0%)	$528,100 → $706,900 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,676 (+56.2%)	$1,359 → $2,036 (+49.8%)

Hayden

Population

14,69816,021

Median household income

$56,930$77,534

Median home value

$256,100$445,700

Median gross rent

$1,073$1,676

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)

	Hayden	Hayden Lake
Under 5	5.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	3.3%
25 to 34	11.3%	5.8%
35 to 44	11.4%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	19.9%
75 and over	11.2%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden	Hayden Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.6%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden	Hayden Lake
No high school diploma	5.5%	0.6%
High school graduate	27.0%	7.8%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	30.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden	Hayden Lake
Drove alone	68.2%	75.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	19.1%	22.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden	Hayden Lake
1-unit, detached	78.4%	98.8%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Hayden	Hayden Lake
Poverty rate	7.6%	8.1%
Average household size	2.59	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1998	1991