Rockford Bay vs Spirit Lake

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

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

Spirit Lake has the higher population (1,768 vs 308 in Rockford Bay). Rockford Bay has the higher median household income ($125,625 vs $60,938 in Spirit Lake). Rockford Bay has the higher median home value ($981,300 vs $380,800 in Spirit Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Rockford Bay	Spirit Lake
Population	308	1,768
Median age	56.7 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$125,625	$60,938
Median home value	$981,300	$380,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,003
Housing units	494	729
Homeownership rate	93.8%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.1%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rockford Bay	Spirit Lake
Population	328 → 308 (-6.1%)	2,319 → 1,768 (-23.8%)
Median household income	$120,833 → $125,625 (+4.0%)	$47,277 → $60,938 (+28.9%)
Median home value	$541,700 → $981,300 (+81.2%)	$172,200 → $380,800 (+121.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$854 → $1,003 (+17.4%)

Rockford Bay

Population

328308

Median household income

$120,833$125,625

Median home value

$541,700$981,300

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)

	Rockford Bay	Spirit Lake
Under 5	1.0%	10.8%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.7%
18 to 24	1.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	0.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	13.6%	9.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.1%
55 to 64	17.9%	16.9%
65 to 74	28.9%	10.4%
75 and over	7.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rockford Bay	Spirit Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	92.5%	86.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.5%
Asian	4.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.9%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rockford Bay	Spirit Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	12.6%	32.6%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	45.8%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	24.4%	3.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rockford Bay	Spirit Lake
Drove alone	65.6%	83.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	34.4%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rockford Bay	Spirit Lake
1-unit, detached	91.7%	85.9%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.7%	7.1%

Poverty & households

	Rockford Bay	Spirit Lake
Poverty rate	8.1%	7.8%
Average household size	2.39	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1992	2003