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Place dossier plate
SheetID-COEUR-DALENE-ID · Coeur d'Alene, ID 55,558 pop · income 51st pct · 39 tracts
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Coeur d'Alene
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Coeur d'Alene on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Rexburg · lowest
50,359
Rexburg · lowest
50,359 median HH income
43.4% of the leader · rank #1
Hytop · near
70,833
Hytop · near
70,833 median HH income
61.0% of the leader · rank #2
Vernon · near
70,833
Vernon · near
70,833 median HH income
61.0% of the leader · rank #3
Wildwood · near
70,833
Wildwood · near
70,833 median HH income
61.0% of the leader · rank #4
Coeur d'Alene · this city
70,845
Coeur d'Alene · this city
70,845 median HH income
61.0% of the leader · rank #5
Stony Point · near
70,846
Stony Point · near
70,846 median HH income
61.0% of the leader · rank #6
Arcadia · highest
116,142
Arcadia · highest
116,142 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Coeur d'Alene on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 55,558.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Coeur d'Alene - the verdict
Nationally, Coeur d'Alene sits in the 51st percentile for household income and the 56th percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
51st
percentile, household income
81st
percentile, home value
51st
percentile, median rent
56th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coeur d'Alene is a small city in Idaho, home to 55,558 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Coeur d'Alene report a median income of $70,845 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.5%. Home values in Coeur d'Alene run a median of $451,600, and the median resident age is 40.1 years. About 30.5% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 61.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 401 residential building permits were authorized in Coeur d'Alene (Construction Slowdown), down 30% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. Coeur d'Alene reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 1197.0 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score). NOAA puts Coeur d'Alene's yearly average temperature at 48.8°F with 25.4 inches of precipitation per year.
Living costs in Idaho run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Idaho scores 95.5 (Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,173 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Idaho run around $170, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 16.6 minutes, with 75.7% driving alone and 11.4% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 38.5 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Coeur d'Alene's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to population change to climate and hazard context to comparison shortlist to within-city variation to schools and households to reported crime to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Coeur d'Alene, city-specific coverage includes within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, commute-mode shares, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Coeur d'Alene?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.4 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Is Coeur d'Alene growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +3,228 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +5.9% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 401 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Coeur d'Alene?
Within Idaho, the closest population matches are Pocatello (57,152 residents, $57,931 income); Twin Falls (53,219 residents, $60,760 income); Caldwell (63,465 residents, $66,663 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Arcadia, CA (55,550 residents); Olympia, WA (55,583 residents); Southaven, MS (55,531 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What can 39 Census tracts reveal inside Coeur d'Alene?
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
PlainCities matches 39 Census tracts to this city.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Climate and hazard context
What physical conditions frame life in Coeur d'Alene?
NOAA normals put the annual mean temperature at 48.8°F, with 25.4 inches of precipitation. FEMA's state-averaged National Risk Index score for Idaho is 38.5 out of 100. Climate normals describe long-run weather; the FEMA score on PlainCities is a state average of county NRI inputs and combines hazards, exposure, vulnerability, and resilience.
The two sources should not be blended into one comfort or safety score. Use the climate values for baseline conditions and the risk index as a prompt to inspect specific hazards, insurance, and local emergency guidance for a particular address.
Mean temperature
48.8°F
Annual precipitation
25.4 in
FEMA risk index (state avg)
38.5
NOAA Climate Normals and FEMA National Risk Index (state-averaged on PlainCities). Hazard context is not address-level.
What does the education layer cover for Coeur d'Alene?
The NCES join finds 17 public schools within the city match. 30.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
Matched public schools
17
Bachelor's degree+
30.5%
Poverty estimate
4.5%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Coeur d'Alene?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1197.0 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 48% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
955.5
Violent rate
241.5
Total reported rate
1197.0
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
What does the journey to work look like in Coeur d'Alene?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 75.7%. The reported mean trip to work is 16.6 minutes.
Public transit
0.3%
Work from home
11.4%
Drive alone
75.7%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 27,454 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 4.5% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
95.5 (US=100)
Near national cost · BEA RPP 2024, Idaho average
C
City profile score · Coeur d'Alene, ID
56/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate B-
4.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living C+
95.5 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share C
30.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C-
$70,845
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime D
242 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Coeur d'Alene profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 69/100 (B-) · 4.5%
Cost of living: 61/100 (C+) · 95.5 index
Bachelor's+ share: 59/100 (C) · 30.5%
Household income: 50/100 (C-) · $70,845
Violent crime: 42/100 (D) · 242 /100k
Where Coeur d'Alene sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Coeur d'Alene's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Coeur d'Alene highlighted among 13 peers.Read the chart values
Coeur d'Alene, ID (this city): home $451,600, crime 1,197/100k
Arcadia, CA : home $1,336,500, crime 3,051/100k
Olympia, WA : home $457,900, crime 4,000/100k
Southaven, MS : home $214,800, crime 2,329/100k
Mount Prospect, IL : home $377,000, crime 977/100k
Apple Valley, MN : home $354,200, crime 1,883/100k
Tigard, OR : home $585,700, crime 3,781/100k
Pocatello, ID : home $240,600, crime 1,928/100k
Twin Falls, ID : home $279,400, crime 1,543/100k
Caldwell, ID : home $322,100, crime 1,430/100k
Idaho Falls, ID : home $298,600, crime 1,566/100k
Post Falls, ID : home $425,100, crime 794/100k
Rexburg, ID : home $384,000, crime 593/100k
How does Coeur d'Alene compare to other US cities?
Where Coeur d'Alene sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income51% higher than other cities
Home value81% pricier than other cities
Median rent51% pricier than other cities
Safety56% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at Idaho, Coeur d'Alene ranks #39 of 53 Idaho cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Coeur d'Alene against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Idaho only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Idaho-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Coeur d'Alene near the bottom of Idaho's cities
Among the 215 Idaho cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Coeur d'Alene ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Coeur d'Alene only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#72 of 206
65th percentile in Idaho
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 215
0th percentile in Idaho
Median Home Value
#22 of 204
89th percentile in Idaho
Poverty Rate
#149 of 215
29th percentile in Idaho
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#47 of 215
78th percentile in Idaho
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Idaho only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
51st percentile nationally for median household income · 56th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Coeur d'Alene's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Coeur d'Alene's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Coeur d'Alene's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$451,60019th percentilemore affordable than 19% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Coeur d'Alene's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.4×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,368 of 15,516
More affordable than 7% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#610 of 750
Mid-size cities (50,000–199,999)
At 6.4×, Coeur d'Alene sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,368 of 15,516 and #610 of 750mid-size cities (50,000–199,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$70,845Coeur d'Alene, ID median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Coeur d'Alene, ID median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Coeur d'Alene, ID.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)30.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
55,558
Median Income
$70,845
Median Home Value
$451,600
Median Age
40.1
Poverty Rate
4.5%
Labor force participation
61.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
30.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1197.0
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
241.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
955.5
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Climate
Avg Temperature
48.8°F
Annual Precipitation
25.4"
Annual Snowfall
N/A
Schools
Total Schools
17
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Coeur d'Alene's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
54,951 residents
2021
56,153 residents
2022
56,741 residents
2023
56,977 residents
2024
57,376 residents
2025
58,179 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
401
housing units authorized
Single-Family
256
detached homes
Multifamily
145
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
7.2
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
574
284
290
$98.2M
2020
495
298
197
$93.7M
2021
582
310
272
$114.6M
2022
537
258
279
$101.0M
2023
406
231
175
$83.8M
2024
401
256
145
$88.3M
Permit volume decreased 30% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
16.6 minutes
Drive Alone
75.7%
Carpool
8.5%
Public Transit
0.3%
Walk
2.3%
Work from Home
11.4%
Other
1.8%
Based on 27,454 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Idaho statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $170
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Idaho at $170 (electricity about $80 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are Idaho statewide averages, not a meter reading for Coeur d'Alene. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Idaho's BEA cost-of-living index is 95.5 (Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Coeur d'Alene is $1,173/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Idaho statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 38.5 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Idaho statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Coeur d'Alene sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Coeur d'Alene compares to similar-size Idaho cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NOAA Climate Normals, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.