Hayden vs Rathdrum

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

Hayden and Rathdrum 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 10,133 in Rathdrum). Rathdrum has the higher median household income ($86,431 vs $77,534 in Hayden). Hayden has the higher median home value ($445,700 vs $381,800 in Rathdrum).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden	Rathdrum
Population	16,021	10,133
Median age	43.1 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$77,534	$86,431
Median home value	$445,700	$381,800
Median gross rent	$1,676	$1,412
Housing units	6,307	3,726
Homeownership rate	79.0%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden	Rathdrum
Population	14,698 → 16,021 (+9.0%)	8,284 → 10,133 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$56,930 → $77,534 (+36.2%)	$57,269 → $86,431 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$256,100 → $445,700 (+74.0%)	$220,900 → $381,800 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,676 (+56.2%)	$1,062 → $1,412 (+33.0%)

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

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	Rathdrum
Under 5	5.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	17.6%	17.5%
18 to 24	7.3%	10.0%
25 to 34	11.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	11.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	9.6%	12.4%
55 to 64	12.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	13.5%	9.8%
75 and over	11.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden	Rathdrum
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden	Rathdrum
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.5%
High school graduate	27.0%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden	Rathdrum
Drove alone	68.2%	79.1%
Carpooled	11.2%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	19.1%	7.2%
Other means	0.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden	Rathdrum
1-unit, detached	78.4%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Hayden	Rathdrum
Poverty rate	7.6%	9.9%
Average household size	2.59	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1998	2002