Deary vs Potlatch

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

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

Potlatch has the higher population (849 vs 511 in Deary). Deary has the higher median household income ($71,250 vs $68,889 in Potlatch). Potlatch has the higher median home value ($226,100 vs $225,400 in Deary).

Population, income & housing

	Deary	Potlatch
Population	511	849
Median age	45.6 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$71,250	$68,889
Median home value	$225,400	$226,100
Median gross rent	$1,000	$935
Housing units	237	395
Homeownership rate	84.9%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deary	Potlatch
Population	455 → 511 (+12.3%)	708 → 849 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$62,969 → $71,250 (+13.2%)	$41,000 → $68,889 (+68.0%)
Median home value	$172,500 → $225,400 (+30.7%)	$135,500 → $226,100 (+66.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $1,000 (+60.0%)	$441 → $935 (+112.0%)

Deary

Population

455511

Median household income

$62,969$71,250

Median home value

$172,500$225,400

Median gross rent

$625$1,000

Potlatch

Population

708849

Median household income

$41,000$68,889

Median home value

$135,500$226,100

Median gross rent

$441$935

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deary	Potlatch
Under 5	3.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	15.7%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.7%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.6%	21.8%
35 to 44	11.7%	11.8%
45 to 54	14.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.8%
65 to 74	15.5%	5.4%
75 and over	7.8%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deary	Potlatch
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.7%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deary	Potlatch
No high school diploma	10.5%	11.2%
High school graduate	35.5%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	41.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deary	Potlatch
Drove alone	80.4%	83.2%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	1.5%
Other means	1.5%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deary	Potlatch
1-unit, detached	84.4%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Deary	Potlatch
Poverty rate	3.9%	10.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	35	30
Median year structure built	1960	1938