Caribou County vs Clearwater County

A side-by-side comparison of Caribou County and Clearwater County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clearwater County has the higher population (8,921 vs 7,118 in Caribou County). Caribou County has the higher median household income ($66,653 vs $57,961 in Clearwater County). Clearwater County has the higher median home value ($240,800 vs $220,200 in Caribou County).

Population, income & housing

	Caribou County	Clearwater County
Population	7,118	8,921
Median age	38.0 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$66,653	$57,961
Median home value	$220,200	$240,800
Median gross rent	$800	$847
Housing units	3,137	4,603
Homeownership rate	82.0%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.5%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caribou County	Clearwater County
Population	6,953 → 7,118 (+2.4%)	8,673 → 8,921 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$59,053 → $66,653 (+12.9%)	$43,915 → $57,961 (+32.0%)
Median home value	$145,900 → $220,200 (+50.9%)	$155,900 → $240,800 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$570 → $800 (+40.4%)	$719 → $847 (+17.8%)

Caribou County

Population

6,9537,118

Median household income

$59,053$66,653

Median home value

$145,900$220,200

Median gross rent

$570$800

Clearwater County

Population

8,6738,921

Median household income

$43,915$57,961

Median home value

$155,900$240,800

Median gross rent

$719$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caribou County	Clearwater County
Under 5	6.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.1%	11.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	5.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	12.9%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	11.7%	16.6%
65 to 74	10.8%	17.0%
75 and over	7.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caribou County	Clearwater County
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	88.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	1.3%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caribou County	Clearwater County
No high school diploma	9.5%	8.9%
High school graduate	35.5%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	39.5%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caribou County	Clearwater County
Drove alone	79.4%	79.3%
Carpooled	11.8%	6.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.9%	8.8%
Other means	0.7%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caribou County	Clearwater County
1-unit, detached	81.0%	73.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	1.4%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	22.9%

Poverty & households

	Caribou County	Clearwater County
Poverty rate	7.3%	12.5%
Average household size	2.89	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	21	24
Median year structure built	1973	1975