Kootenai County, Idaho

Kootenai County has a population of 181,996 and has grown 12.0% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $518,700, about 6.3 times the county's median household income of $81,861.

Home price
$518,700
Income
$81,861
Population
181,996
Unemployment
3.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$518,700county
Median gross rent$1,492county
Median year homes here were built1996county
Share of homes built before 198030.0%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant11.3%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use7.5%county
Typical monthly rent$1,829county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,547county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,302county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,152county
Home insurance / yr$2,240(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living99.9(statewide)
Median household income$81,861county
Family health premium / yr$24,531(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,630(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.352(statewide)
Poverty rate9.0%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home15.1%county
Unemployment rate3.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force60.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed8.8%county
Share of workers employed by government11.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.5%county
Economic output per resident$63,402county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.44%county
Top state income tax5.30%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.30%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.03%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service33 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2064142county
Miles to nearest general aviation field2.6 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station27 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.2%county
Traffic deaths13.2county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-7.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher30.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.7%county
Public schools in the county51county
Public school enrollment23248county
Students per full-time teacher18.7county
Free lunch eligible33.9%county
Elementary schools26county
Middle schools7county
High schools8county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution25 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians80county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter13.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance9.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year11.1%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year8.0%county
Frequent mental distress15.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity21.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.9%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population181,996county
Land area in square miles1,238county
People per square mile of land147.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores21county
Convenience stores16county
Share living far from a food store25.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+12.0%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-1county
Median age40.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.1%county
Share of households that are one person22.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States2.3%county
Second languages3.2%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls63.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents75county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents17county
Households that moved in5,477county
Households that moved away4,718county
Average income of arriving households$85,748county
Average income of departing households$67,347county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes21county
Housing units authorised in the latest year1,705county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings28.6%county
Violent crime rate231(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature48.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation27.6 incounty
Annual snowfall5.5 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.86 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F16 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing125 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days161 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 5county
Average first fall frostOct 13county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$127county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh11.6¢county
Household electricity use1,107 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$9.86(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity37.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas52.7%county
Homes heated by propane3.1%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.7%county
Homes heated by wood4.6%county
Households with broadband92.2%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk86.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk14.0county
Landslide risk95.5county
Hail risk17.3county
Earthquake risk79.2county
Tornado risk22.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk83.1county
Winter weather risk92.7county
Strong wind risk38.6county
Wildfire risk79.5county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Kootenai County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Idaho figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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