Hayden vs Spirit Lake

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

Hayden and Spirit 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 1,768 in Spirit Lake). Hayden has the higher median household income ($77,534 vs $60,938 in Spirit Lake). Hayden has the higher median home value ($445,700 vs $380,800 in Spirit Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Hayden	Spirit Lake
Population	16,021	1,768
Median age	43.1 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,534	$60,938
Median home value	$445,700	$380,800
Median gross rent	$1,676	$1,003
Housing units	6,307	729
Homeownership rate	79.0%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.6%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hayden	Spirit Lake
Population	14,698 → 16,021 (+9.0%)	2,319 → 1,768 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$56,930 → $77,534 (+36.2%)	$47,277 → $60,938 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$256,100 → $445,700 (+74.0%)	$172,200 → $380,800 (+121.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,073 → $1,676 (+56.2%)	$854 → $1,003 (+17.4%)

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

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	Spirit Lake
Under 5	5.4%	10.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	16.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.4%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	10.4%
75 and over	11.2%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hayden	Spirit Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.9%
Two or more races	4.0%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hayden	Spirit Lake
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.3%
High school graduate	27.0%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hayden	Spirit Lake
Drove alone	68.2%	83.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	19.1%	10.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hayden	Spirit Lake
1-unit, detached	78.4%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.9%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Hayden	Spirit Lake
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.8%
Average household size	2.59	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	21	32
Median year structure built	1998	2003