Hayden vs Post Falls

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

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

Post Falls has the higher population (41,716 vs 16,021 in Hayden). Hayden has the higher median household income ($77,534 vs $73,313 in Post Falls). Hayden has the higher median home value ($445,700 vs $425,100 in Post Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden	Post Falls
Population	16,021	41,716
Median age	43.1 yrs	34.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,534	$73,313
Median home value	$445,700	$425,100
Median gross rent	$1,676	$1,313
Housing units	6,307	15,858
Homeownership rate	79.0%	66.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden	Post Falls
Population	14,698 → 16,021 (+9.0%)	33,225 → 41,716 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$56,930 → $77,534 (+36.2%)	$54,021 → $73,313 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$256,100 → $445,700 (+74.0%)	$218,100 → $425,100 (+94.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,676 (+56.2%)	$1,013 → $1,313 (+29.6%)

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

Post Falls

Population

33,22541,716

Median household income

$54,021$73,313

Median home value

$218,100$425,100

Median gross rent

$1,013$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hayden	Post Falls
Under 5	5.4%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.6%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.1%
75 and over	11.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden	Post Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	84.4%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	1.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden	Post Falls
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.4%
High school graduate	27.0%	28.4%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden	Post Falls
Drove alone	68.2%	77.4%
Carpooled	11.2%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	0.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.1%	11.5%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden	Post Falls
1-unit, detached	78.4%	69.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	9.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	5.7%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Hayden	Post Falls
Poverty rate	7.6%	13.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1998	2003