Lapwai vs Lewiston

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

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

Lewiston has the higher population (34,471 vs 1,041 in Lapwai). Lewiston has the higher median household income ($71,047 vs $60,197 in Lapwai). Lewiston has the higher median home value ($290,900 vs $114,000 in Lapwai).

Population, income & housing

	Lapwai	Lewiston
Population	1,041	34,471
Median age	31.1 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$60,197	$71,047
Median home value	$114,000	$290,900
Median gross rent	$967	$938
Housing units	330	14,999
Homeownership rate	60.9%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lapwai	Lewiston
Population	1,229 → 1,041 (-15.3%)	32,664 → 34,471 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$42,708 → $60,197 (+41.0%)	$56,479 → $71,047 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$98,100 → $114,000 (+16.2%)	$189,400 → $290,900 (+53.6%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $967 (+34.5%)	$722 → $938 (+29.9%)

Lapwai

Population

1,2291,041

Median household income

$42,708$60,197

Median home value

$98,100$114,000

Median gross rent

$719$967

Lewiston

Population

32,66434,471

Median household income

$56,479$71,047

Median home value

$189,400$290,900

Median gross rent

$722$938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lapwai	Lewiston
Under 5	6.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	25.1%	15.9%
18 to 24	8.9%	9.5%
25 to 34	17.2%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.9%	12.7%
45 to 54	6.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	8.5%	12.5%
65 to 74	7.2%	11.3%
75 and over	4.1%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lapwai	Lewiston
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.3%	1.3%
Asian	1.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lapwai	Lewiston
No high school diploma	7.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.0%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	37.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lapwai	Lewiston
Drove alone	76.8%	81.8%
Carpooled	14.9%	6.7%
Public transit	1.6%	0.2%
Walked	4.2%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	7.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lapwai	Lewiston
1-unit, detached	81.2%	69.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	9.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.3%	5.8%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Lapwai	Lewiston
Poverty rate	16.7%	13.3%
Average household size	3.57	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	14	16
Median year structure built	1974	1970