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By the Numbers

Demographics

  2000 2003 2005 2007
Panhandle 178,333 187,610 201,570 206,140
Benewah Co. 9,171 8,993 9,218 9,243
Plummer 2,652   2,634 998
St. Maries 990   985 2,657
Bonner Co. 36,835 39,162 40,908 41,050
Dover 342   479 486
Hope 86   76 87
Oldtown 151   208 204
Ponderay 449   697 771
Priest Lake Summer Pop. 510
2,500
     
Priest River 1,800   1,909 1,925
Sandpoint 6,855   8,105 8,206
Boundary Co. 9,871 10,173 10,619 10,872
Bonners Ferry 2,515   2,725 2,723
Moyie Springs 656   722 728
Kootenai Co. 108,685 117,481 127,668 134,442
Athol 676   707 692
Bayview 296      
Coeur d'Alene 34,514 37,262 40,059 38,246
Dalton Gardens 2,278   2,400 2,382
Fernan Lake 186 191 189 185
Harrison 267   282 282
Hauser 668   705 705
Hayden 9,159 10,950 11,906 12,349
Hayden Lake 494   540 253
Huetter 105   100 98
Post Falls 17,247 19,984 23,162 24,515
Rathdrum 4,816   5,740 6,308
Spirit Lake 1,376   1,500 1,621
Shoshone Co. 13,771 12,993 13,157 13,180
Kellogg 2,395   2,298 2,296
Mullan 840   788 791
Osburn 1,545   1,458 1,459
Pinehurst 1,661   1,588 1,614
Smelterville 651   618 618
Wallace 960   907 907

Average Annual Wages

  2004 2006
Benewah Co. $28,754 $30,396
Bonner Co. $26,475 $30,600
Boundary Co. $26,368 $24,288
Kootenai Co. $27,502 $30,180
Shoshone Co. $26,362 $28,308

Unemployment Rates

  Dec. 2005 Dec. 2006 Dec. 2007
Benewah Co. 3.7 % 3.6% 5.1%
Bonner Co. 4.8 % 4.3% 3.3%
Boundary Co. 8.0 % 7.7% 5.4%
Kootenai Co. 7.4 % 8.0% 3.0%
Shoshone Co. 8.2 % 7.2% 5.0%

North Idaho Real Estate Prices

  2003 2006

Kootenai Co.

$136,056 $223,709
Lake Coeur d'Alene $320,163 $830,000
Hayden Lake $482,821 $925,000
Other Waterfront $293,275 $475,398
Bonner/Boundary Co. $153,266 $305,936
Sandpoint Waterfront $304,112 $760,859
Other Waterfront $159,688 $441,488
Schweitzer Mountain $238,264 $386,950
Shoshone Co. $49,313 $83,179
Benewah $55,426 $48,771

Sources: Coeur d'Alene Association of Realtors & Selkirk MLS

What's the Weather Like?

We enjoy a true four-season climate with cool mountain evenings. The mean summer temperature is 63.5 degrees, dropping to 31.5 degrees in the winter. The area receives an average annual rainfall of 26 inches. The annual average relative humidity is 46 percent. The elevation is 2,152 above sea level

  Monthly Average Daytime Temperatures Monthly Average Precipitation
January 34 degrees 3.58 inches
February 41 2.50
March 48 2.28
April 59 1.68
May 69 2.02
June 76 1.93
July 86 .70
August 85 .99
September 75 1.25
October 61 2.10
November 44 3.10
December 37 3.81

Based on US Weather Service's
50- year average

 

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