Culdesac vs Lapwai

A side-by-side comparison of Culdesac and Lapwai: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lapwai has the higher population (1,041 vs 394 in Culdesac). Lapwai has the higher median household income ($60,197 vs $46,250 in Culdesac). Culdesac has the higher median home value ($149,000 vs $114,000 in Lapwai).

Population, income & housing

	Culdesac	Lapwai
Population	394	1,041
Median age	54.1 yrs	31.1 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$60,197
Median home value	$149,000	$114,000
Median gross rent	$915	$967
Housing units	176	330
Homeownership rate	75.5%	60.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	16.9%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Culdesac	Lapwai
Population	360 → 394 (+9.4%)	1,229 → 1,041 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$41,250 → $46,250 (+12.1%)	$42,708 → $60,197 (+41.0%)
Median home value	$90,000 → $149,000 (+65.6%)	$98,100 → $114,000 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $915 (+27.6%)	$719 → $967 (+34.5%)

Culdesac

Population

360394

Median household income

$41,250$46,250

Median home value

$90,000$149,000

Median gross rent

$717$915

Lapwai

Population

1,2291,041

Median household income

$42,708$60,197

Median home value

$98,100$114,000

Median gross rent

$719$967

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Culdesac	Lapwai
Under 5	4.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	12.2%	25.1%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.9%
25 to 34	14.0%	17.2%
35 to 44	8.1%	15.9%
45 to 54	8.6%	6.6%
55 to 64	26.4%	8.5%
65 to 74	11.4%	7.2%
75 and over	9.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Culdesac	Lapwai
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	17.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.9%	68.3%
Asian	0.5%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	5.8%	0.5%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	10.2%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Culdesac	Lapwai
No high school diploma	12.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	35.3%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	41.4%	44.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Culdesac	Lapwai
Drove alone	81.6%	76.8%
Carpooled	12.9%	14.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	1.2%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	2.1%
Other means	3.1%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Culdesac	Lapwai
1-unit, detached	49.4%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	1.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	46.6%	13.9%

Poverty & households

	Culdesac	Lapwai
Poverty rate	30.3%	16.7%
Average household size	2.42	3.57
Mean commute (minutes)	31	14
Median year structure built	1979	1974