Kamiah vs Nezperce

A side-by-side comparison of Kamiah and Nezperce: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kamiah has the higher population (1,053 vs 537 in Nezperce). Nezperce has the higher median household income ($59,063 vs $35,433 in Kamiah). Kamiah has the higher median home value ($202,800 vs $176,200 in Nezperce).

Population, income & housing

	Kamiah	Nezperce
Population	1,053	537
Median age	53.0 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$35,433	$59,063
Median home value	$202,800	$176,200
Median gross rent	$532	$500
Housing units	633	215
Homeownership rate	63.2%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.7%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kamiah	Nezperce
Population	1,256 → 1,053 (-16.2%)	529 → 537 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$31,442 → $35,433 (+12.7%)	$52,361 → $59,063 (+12.8%)
Median home value	$134,100 → $202,800 (+51.2%)	$106,400 → $176,200 (+65.6%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $532 (-2.2%)	$596 → $500 (-16.1%)

Kamiah

Population

1,2561,053

Median household income

$31,442$35,433

Median home value

$134,100$202,800

Median gross rent

$544$532

Nezperce

Population

529537

Median household income

$52,361$59,063

Median home value

$106,400$176,200

Median gross rent

$596$500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kamiah	Nezperce
Under 5	4.7%	8.0%
5 to 17	11.9%	22.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	3.5%
25 to 34	8.7%	8.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.4%
65 to 74	18.2%	10.8%
75 and over	14.2%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kamiah	Nezperce
White (non-Hispanic)	75.1%	83.6%
Black or African American	2.2%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	3.5%
Asian	1.5%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.3%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kamiah	Nezperce
No high school diploma	11.0%	9.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	42.7%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kamiah	Nezperce
Drove alone	70.6%	68.5%
Carpooled	18.6%	11.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	6.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.7%	10.9%
Other means	0.9%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kamiah	Nezperce
1-unit, detached	73.8%	78.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Kamiah	Nezperce
Poverty rate	21.7%	18.1%
Average household size	1.98	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1959	1957