What is the population of Lapwai city?

Lapwai city has 1,041 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #100 of 236 in Idaho.

What is the median household income in Lapwai city?

Median household income in Lapwai city is $60,197 a year, 23.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $967 a month and the median home value is $114,000, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.

Is Lapwai city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lapwai city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Lapwai, ID population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Lapwai, Idaho (Lapwai, ID — Census place “Lapwai city”) is 1,041 residents, ranking #100 of 236 places in Idaho. Median household income is $60,197, the median home is worth $114,000 and median gross rent runs $967 a month. Looking for the Lapwai Idaho ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Lapwai, ID: 83540.

Population: 1,041Lapwai city residents
Median household income: $60,197Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $114,000Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $967Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 31.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 60.9%Owner-occupied households

Lapwai ZIP codes (Idaho)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Lapwai.

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

83540

What the numbers mean in Lapwai city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Lapwai city median would spend about 19.3% 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 1.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.7% of residents and 60.9% of households own their home.

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

Lapwai city, ID in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Lapwai city is a small town in Idaho, with 1,041 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #100 of 236 ranked by population — larger than 57% of them. The median age here is 31.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. 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 Lapwai city earn a median of $60,197 a year, 23.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 6% below the $63,864 median for the 100 Idaho cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lapwai city is valued at $114,000, 62.4% below the national figure and 58% below the $271,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $967 a month, 31.2% below the national figure, or roughly $11,604 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 60.9% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Lapwai city?: Lapwai city has 1,041 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #100 of 236 in Idaho.
What is the median household income in Lapwai city?: Median household income in Lapwai city is $60,197 a year, 23.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Lapwai city?: Median gross rent is $967 a month and the median home value is $114,000, so rent absorbs about 19.3% of median household income.
Is Lapwai city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Lapwai city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Lapwai 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.