Bonneville County vs Kootenai County

A side-by-side comparison of Bonneville County and Kootenai County: population, income, housing, and more.

Bonneville County and Kootenai County are counties in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kootenai County has the higher population (177,736 vs 127,056 in Bonneville County). Kootenai County has the higher median household income ($77,034 vs $76,646 in Bonneville County). Kootenai County has the higher median home value ($467,400 vs $327,000 in Bonneville County).

Population, income & housing

	Bonneville County	Kootenai County
Population	127,056	177,736
Median age	33.3 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,646	$77,034
Median home value	$327,000	$467,400
Median gross rent	$1,054	$1,330
Housing units	46,425	78,013
Homeownership rate	71.6%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.2%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bonneville County	Kootenai County
Population	114,392 → 127,056 (+11.1%)	157,322 → 177,736 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$60,615 → $76,646 (+26.4%)	$57,242 → $77,034 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$181,200 → $327,000 (+80.5%)	$260,300 → $467,400 (+79.6%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,054 (+28.7%)	$993 → $1,330 (+33.9%)

Bonneville County

Population

114,392127,056

Median household income

$60,615$76,646

Median home value

$181,200$327,000

Median gross rent

$819$1,054

Kootenai County

Population

157,322177,736

Median household income

$57,242$77,034

Median home value

$260,300$467,400

Median gross rent

$993$1,330

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bonneville County	Kootenai County
Under 5	7.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.5%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.6%	13.0%
45 to 54	10.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	12.0%
75 and over	5.4%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bonneville County	Kootenai County
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.7%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bonneville County	Kootenai County
No high school diploma	7.9%	5.6%
High school graduate	24.4%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bonneville County	Kootenai County
Drove alone	74.7%	74.6%
Carpooled	10.6%	8.1%
Public transit	2.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.4%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.2%	14.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bonneville County	Kootenai County
1-unit, detached	71.1%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	5.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	5.8%
20 or more units	4.6%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Bonneville County	Kootenai County
Poverty rate	9.5%	9.3%
Average household size	2.89	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1985	1995