What is the population of Bonners Ferry city?

Bonners Ferry city has 2,615 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 236 in Idaho.

What is the median household income in Bonners Ferry city?

Median household income in Bonners Ferry city is $54,107 a year, 31.1% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bonners Ferry city?

Median gross rent is $1,043 a month and the median home value is $272,000, so rent absorbs about 23.1% of median household income.

Is Bonners Ferry city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bonners Ferry city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bonners Ferry, ID population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bonners Ferry, Idaho (Bonners Ferry, ID — Census place “Bonners Ferry city”) is 2,615 residents, ranking #59 of 236 places in Idaho. Median household income is $54,107, the median home is worth $272,000 and median gross rent runs $1,043 a month. Looking for the Bonners Ferry Idaho ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bonners Ferry, ID: 83805.

Population: 2,615Bonners Ferry city residents
Median household income: $54,107Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $272,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,043Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.5%Owner-occupied households

Bonners Ferry ZIP codes (Idaho)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bonners Ferry.

The Bonners Ferry ID ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

83805

What the numbers mean in Bonners Ferry city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bonners Ferry city median would spend about 23.1% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 5.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.9% of residents and 58.5% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bonners Ferry city, ID in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bonners Ferry city is a small town in Idaho, with 2,615 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #59 of 236 ranked by population — larger than 75% of them. The median age here is 39.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bonners Ferry city earn a median of $54,107 a year, 31.1% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% below the $63,864 median for the 100 Idaho cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 13.9% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bonners Ferry city is valued at $272,000, 10.3% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $271,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,043 a month, 25.8% below the national figure, or roughly $12,516 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 23.1% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 5×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 58.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Bonners Ferry city?: Bonners Ferry city has 2,615 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #59 of 236 in Idaho.
What is the median household income in Bonners Ferry city?: Median household income in Bonners Ferry city is $54,107 a year, 31.1% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bonners Ferry city?: Median gross rent is $1,043 a month and the median home value is $272,000, so rent absorbs about 23.1% of median household income.
Is Bonners Ferry city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 5× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bonners Ferry city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 23.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bonners Ferry city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.