Donnelly vs Smiths Ferry

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

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

Donnelly has the higher population (165 vs 53 in Smiths Ferry). Since 2019, Donnelly's population has grown faster (+129.2% vs -47.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Donnelly	Smiths Ferry
Population	165	53
Median age	53.5 yrs	69.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$83,750
Median gross rent	$950	—
Housing units	99	19
Homeownership rate	42.3%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.3%	7.5%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donnelly	Smiths Ferry
Population	72 → 165 (+129.2%)	101 → 53 (-47.5%)
Median household income	—	$56,071 → $83,750 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$212,500 → $330,800 (+55.7%)	$784,100 → $837,000 (+6.7%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $950 (+31.0%)	—

Donnelly

Population

72165

Median home value

$212,500$330,800

Median gross rent

$725$950

Smiths Ferry

Population

10153

Median household income

$56,071$83,750

Median home value

$784,100$837,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donnelly	Smiths Ferry
Under 5	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	6.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	1.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	6.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.9%	0.0%
45 to 54	49.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	23.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	75.5%
75 and over	0.0%	17.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donnelly	Smiths Ferry
White (non-Hispanic)	98.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donnelly	Smiths Ferry
No high school diploma	0.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	83.4%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	10.6%	75.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.7%	7.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donnelly	Smiths Ferry
Drove alone	88.2%	0.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	100.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donnelly	Smiths Ferry
1-unit, detached	53.5%	89.5%
1-unit, attached	12.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	14.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	10.5%

Poverty & households

	Donnelly	Smiths Ferry
Poverty rate	46.1%	0.0%
Average household size	6.35	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	15	—
Median year structure built	1987	1976