Canyon County vs Kootenai County

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

Canyon 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.

Canyon County has the higher population (242,405 vs 177,736 in Kootenai County). Kootenai County has the higher median household income ($77,034 vs $72,355 in Canyon County). Kootenai County has the higher median home value ($467,400 vs $350,300 in Canyon County).

Population, income & housing

	Canyon County	Kootenai County
Population	242,405	177,736
Median age	34.8 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$72,355	$77,034
Median home value	$350,300	$467,400
Median gross rent	$1,259	$1,330
Housing units	85,583	78,013
Homeownership rate	75.1%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canyon County	Kootenai County
Population	217,633 → 242,405 (+11.4%)	157,322 → 177,736 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$52,134 → $72,355 (+38.8%)	$57,242 → $77,034 (+34.6%)
Median home value	$178,300 → $350,300 (+96.5%)	$260,300 → $467,400 (+79.6%)
Median gross rent	$896 → $1,259 (+40.5%)	$993 → $1,330 (+33.9%)

Canyon County

Population

217,633242,405

Median household income

$52,134$72,355

Median home value

$178,300$350,300

Median gross rent

$896$1,259

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)

	Canyon County	Kootenai County
Under 5	6.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	20.3%	17.0%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.5%
35 to 44	13.2%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	8.9%	12.0%
75 and over	5.5%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canyon County	Kootenai County
White (non-Hispanic)	67.7%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.7%
Asian	0.8%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	3.9%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	25.8%	5.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canyon County	Kootenai County
No high school diploma	12.3%	5.6%
High school graduate	30.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canyon County	Kootenai County
Drove alone	74.0%	74.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	8.1%
Public transit	0.2%	0.4%
Walked	1.7%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.7%	14.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canyon County	Kootenai County
1-unit, detached	79.1%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	5.8%
20 or more units	2.0%	4.3%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	7.7%

Poverty & households

	Canyon County	Kootenai County
Poverty rate	10.1%	9.3%
Average household size	2.87	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1998	1995