Moscow vs Potlatch

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

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

Moscow has the higher population (25,868 vs 849 in Potlatch). Potlatch has the higher median household income ($68,889 vs $56,497 in Moscow). Moscow has the higher median home value ($352,000 vs $226,100 in Potlatch).

Population, income & housing

	Moscow	Potlatch
Population	25,868	849
Median age	25.3 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$56,497	$68,889
Median home value	$352,000	$226,100
Median gross rent	$902	$935
Housing units	10,607	395
Homeownership rate	42.1%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.3%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moscow	Potlatch
Population	25,319 → 25,868 (+2.2%)	708 → 849 (+19.9%)
Median household income	$41,896 → $56,497 (+34.9%)	$41,000 → $68,889 (+68.0%)
Median home value	$229,900 → $352,000 (+53.1%)	$135,500 → $226,100 (+66.9%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $902 (+23.4%)	$441 → $935 (+112.0%)

Moscow

Population

25,31925,868

Median household income

$41,896$56,497

Median home value

$229,900$352,000

Median gross rent

$731$902

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)

	Moscow	Potlatch
Under 5	4.3%	7.9%
5 to 17	12.5%	18.0%
18 to 24	32.5%	3.8%
25 to 34	16.9%	21.8%
35 to 44	11.2%	11.8%
45 to 54	6.2%	8.7%
55 to 64	6.8%	13.8%
65 to 74	5.3%	5.4%
75 and over	4.3%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moscow	Potlatch
White (non-Hispanic)	83.4%	90.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	2.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moscow	Potlatch
No high school diploma	2.5%	11.2%
High school graduate	16.4%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	36.9%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moscow	Potlatch
Drove alone	59.6%	83.2%
Carpooled	10.0%	7.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	17.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	1.5%
Other means	1.7%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moscow	Potlatch
1-unit, detached	43.3%	89.6%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	13.8%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	25.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.7%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	4.9%	3.5%

Poverty & households

	Moscow	Potlatch
Poverty rate	21.1%	10.0%
Average household size	2.14	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	14	30
Median year structure built	1980	1938