Lapwai vs Sweetwater

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

Lapwai and Sweetwater 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 168 in Sweetwater). Sweetwater has the higher median household income ($120,500 vs $60,197 in Lapwai). Sweetwater has the higher median home value ($190,500 vs $114,000 in Lapwai).

Population, income & housing

	Lapwai	Sweetwater
Population	1,041	168
Median age	31.1 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$60,197	$120,500
Median home value	$114,000	$190,500
Median gross rent	$967	—
Housing units	330	70
Homeownership rate	60.9%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.9%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lapwai	Sweetwater
Population	1,229 → 1,041 (-15.3%)	239 → 168 (-29.7%)
Median household income	$42,708 → $60,197 (+41.0%)	$52,917 → $120,500 (+127.7%)
Median home value	$98,100 → $114,000 (+16.2%)	$118,800 → $190,500 (+60.4%)
Median gross rent	$719 → $967 (+34.5%)	—

Lapwai

Population

1,2291,041

Median household income

$42,708$60,197

Median home value

$98,100$114,000

Median gross rent

$719$967

Sweetwater

Population

239168

Median household income

$52,917$120,500

Median home value

$118,800$190,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lapwai	Sweetwater
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	25.1%	5.4%
18 to 24	8.9%	0.0%
25 to 34	17.2%	2.4%
35 to 44	15.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	6.6%	31.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	32.7%
65 to 74	7.2%	8.3%
75 and over	4.1%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lapwai	Sweetwater
White (non-Hispanic)	17.9%	54.8%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	68.3%	45.2%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lapwai	Sweetwater
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	31.0%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	24.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	30.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lapwai	Sweetwater
Drove alone	76.8%	95.4%
Carpooled	14.9%	4.6%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	4.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lapwai	Sweetwater
1-unit, detached	81.2%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.9%	45.7%

Poverty & households

	Lapwai	Sweetwater
Poverty rate	16.7%	4.2%
Average household size	3.57	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	14	8
Median year structure built	1974	1977