Cascade vs Smiths Ferry

A side-by-side comparison of Cascade and Smiths Ferry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cascade has the higher population (978 vs 53 in Smiths Ferry). Smiths Ferry has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $50,671 in Cascade). Since 2019, Cascade's population has grown faster (+31.3% vs -47.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Cascade	Smiths Ferry
Population	978	53
Median age	53.5 yrs	69.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,671	$83,750
Median home value	$350,000	—
Median gross rent	$1,065	—
Housing units	782	19
Homeownership rate	89.5%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.8%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cascade	Smiths Ferry
Population	745 → 978 (+31.3%)	101 → 53 (-47.5%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $50,671 (+5.3%)	$56,071 → $83,750 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$196,800 → $350,000 (+77.8%)	$784,100 → $837,000 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$673 → $1,065 (+58.2%)	—

Cascade

Population

745978

Median household income

$48,125$50,671

Median home value

$196,800$350,000

Median gross rent

$673$1,065

Smiths Ferry

Population

10153

Median household income

$56,071$83,750

Median home value

$784,100$837,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cascade	Smiths Ferry
Under 5	4.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.2%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	4.7%	0.0%
35 to 44	6.6%	0.0%
45 to 54	20.9%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.9%	7.5%
65 to 74	26.9%	75.5%
75 and over	7.3%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cascade	Smiths Ferry
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	1.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cascade	Smiths Ferry
No high school diploma	11.4%	0.0%
High school graduate	25.7%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.2%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cascade	Smiths Ferry
Drove alone	75.5%	0.0%
Carpooled	1.0%	100.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	0.0%
Other means	4.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cascade	Smiths Ferry
1-unit, detached	63.9%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.6%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Cascade	Smiths Ferry
Poverty rate	34.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.82	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	32	—
Median year structure built	1978	1976