Deary vs Onaway

A side-by-side comparison of Deary and Onaway: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Deary has the higher population (511 vs 306 in Onaway). Onaway has the higher median household income ($73,571 vs $71,250 in Deary). Onaway has the higher median home value ($245,800 vs $225,400 in Deary).

Population, income & housing

	Deary	Onaway
Population	511	306
Median age	45.6 yrs	35.6 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$73,571
Median home value	$225,400	$245,800
Median gross rent	$1,000	—
Housing units	237	136
Homeownership rate	84.9%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	17.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deary	Onaway
Population	455 → 511 (+12.3%)	155 → 306 (+97.4%)
Median household income	$62,969 → $71,250 (+13.2%)	$46,250 → $73,571 (+59.1%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $225,400 (+30.7%)	$148,600 → $245,800 (+65.4%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $1,000 (+60.0%)	—

Deary

Population

455511

Median household income

$62,969$71,250

Median home value

$172,500$225,400

Median gross rent

$625$1,000

Onaway

Population

155306

Median household income

$46,250$73,571

Median home value

$148,600$245,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deary	Onaway
Under 5	3.3%	8.2%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.7%	6.5%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	8.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.1%
65 to 74	15.5%	11.4%
75 and over	7.8%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deary	Onaway
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	79.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	2.9%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	1.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deary	Onaway
No high school diploma	10.5%	5.9%
High school graduate	35.5%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	7.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deary	Onaway
Drove alone	80.4%	74.8%
Carpooled	9.3%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	10.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deary	Onaway
1-unit, detached	84.4%	54.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	45.6%

Poverty & households

	Deary	Onaway
Poverty rate	3.9%	13.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	35	32
Median year structure built	1960	1975