What is the population of Priest River city?

Priest River city has 2,058 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 236 in Idaho.

What is the median household income in Priest River city?

Median household income in Priest River city is $57,712 a year, 26.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $748 a month and the median home value is $271,500, so rent absorbs about 15.6% of median household income.

Is Priest River city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Priest River city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Priest River, ID population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Priest River, Idaho (Priest River, ID — Census place “Priest River city”) is 2,058 residents, ranking #66 of 236 places in Idaho. Median household income is $57,712, the median home is worth $271,500 and median gross rent runs $748 a month. Looking for the Priest River Idaho ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Priest River, ID: 83856.

Population: 2,058Priest River city residents
Median household income: $57,712Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $271,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $748Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 72.4%Owner-occupied households

Priest River ZIP codes (Idaho)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Priest River.

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

83856

What the numbers mean in Priest River city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Priest River city median would spend about 15.6% 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 4.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.4% of residents and 72.4% of households own their home.

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

Priest River city, ID in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Priest River city is a small town in Idaho, with 2,058 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #66 of 236 ranked by population — larger than 72% of them. The median age here is 43.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Priest River city earn a median of $57,712 a year, 26.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% 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 7.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Priest River city is valued at $271,500, 10.5% below the national figure and within a couple of points of the $271,500 peer median, while median gross rent runs $748 a month, 46.8% below the national figure, or roughly $8,976 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.6% 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 4.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 72.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. 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 Priest River city?: Priest River city has 2,058 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #66 of 236 in Idaho.
What is the median household income in Priest River city?: Median household income in Priest River city is $57,712 a year, 26.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Priest River city?: Median gross rent is $748 a month and the median home value is $271,500, so rent absorbs about 15.6% of median household income.
Is Priest River city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Priest River city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Priest River 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.