Post Falls vs Rathdrum

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

Post Falls and Rathdrum 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 10,133 in Rathdrum). Rathdrum has the higher median household income ($86,431 vs $73,313 in Post Falls). Post Falls has the higher median home value ($425,100 vs $381,800 in Rathdrum).

Population, income & housing

	Post Falls	Rathdrum
Population	41,716	10,133
Median age	34.6 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$73,313	$86,431
Median home value	$425,100	$381,800
Median gross rent	$1,313	$1,412
Housing units	15,858	3,726
Homeownership rate	66.0%	78.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Post Falls	Rathdrum
Population	33,225 → 41,716 (+25.6%)	8,284 → 10,133 (+22.3%)
Median household income	$54,021 → $73,313 (+35.7%)	$57,269 → $86,431 (+50.9%)
Median home value	$218,100 → $425,100 (+94.9%)	$220,900 → $381,800 (+72.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,013 → $1,313 (+29.6%)	$1,062 → $1,412 (+33.0%)

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

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)

	Post Falls	Rathdrum
Under 5	8.4%	7.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.5%
18 to 24	8.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.2%	15.7%
45 to 54	10.2%	12.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.3%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.8%
75 and over	5.2%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Post Falls	Rathdrum
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.0%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Post Falls	Rathdrum
No high school diploma	6.4%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.4%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	40.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Post Falls	Rathdrum
Drove alone	77.4%	79.1%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.9%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	11.5%	7.2%
Other means	0.5%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Post Falls	Rathdrum
1-unit, detached	69.9%	82.7%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	8.0%	8.0%
5 to 19 units	9.0%	2.5%
20 or more units	5.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Post Falls	Rathdrum
Poverty rate	13.0%	9.9%
Average household size	2.73	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	2003	2002