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Bonner County

Population in July 2007: 697. Population change since 2000: +7.8%
 

Males: 376  (54.1%)
Females: 321  (45.9%)

Median resident age:  37.4 years
Idaho median age:  33.2 years

Zip codes: 83852.


Estimated median household income in 2007: $34,400 (it was $27,853 in 2000)
Ponderay:  $34,400
Idaho:  $46,253

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $122,754 (it was $70,000 in 2000)
Ponderay:  $122,754
Idaho:  $178,100

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $160,629; Detached houses: $232,620; Mobile homes: $35,247; Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $5,000

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Races in Ponderay:

  • White Non-Hispanic (97.0%)
  • Chinese (0.9%)
  • American Indian (0.8%)

2008 cost of living index in Ponderay: 88.7 (less than average, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (27.0%), Irish (13.3%), United States (9.6%), English (7.4%), Norwegian (6.0%), Scotch-Irish (2.7%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 2120 feet

Land area: 2.68 square miles.

Population density: 260 people per square mile 
 
 (very low).

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For population 25 years and over in Ponderay

  • High school or higher: 75.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 10.0%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.7%
  • Unemployed: 8.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 16.1 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Ponderay city

  • Never married: 26.8%
  • Now married: 49.6%
  • Separated: 0.9%
  • Widowed: 7.4%
  • Divorced: 15.2%

23 residents are foreign born (1.7% North America, 1.6% Europe).

This city:  3.6%
Idaho:  5.0%



According to our research there were 3 registered sex offenders living in Ponderay, Idaho in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Ponderay to the number of sex offenders is 232 to 1.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Ponderay:  1.1% ($747)
Idaho:  1.0% ($1,007)
Ponderay satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Spokane, WA (59.4 miles , pop. 195,629).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (264.9 miles , pop. 480,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (987.9 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Kootenai, ID (1.1 miles ), Sandpoint, ID (1.5 miles ), Dover, ID (2.1 miles ), Hope, ID (3.3 miles) , East Hope, ID (3.5 miles) , Blanchard-Glengary, ID (3.9 miles ), Priest River, ID (4.4 miles ), Clark Fork, ID (4.4 miles ).

Latitude: 48.30 N, Longitude: 116.54 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 208

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Population change in the 1990s: +113 (+21.5%).

Most common industries for males (%):



  • Construction (17%)
  • Repair and maintenance (12%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (8%)
  • Wood products (8%)
  • Food (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Recyclable material merchant wholesalers (3%)

Most common industries for females (%):



  • Educational services (12%)
  • Accommodation and food services (12%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (9%)
  • Administrative and support and waste management services (8%)
  • Social assistance (8%)
  • Used merchandise, gift, novelty, and souvenir, and other miscellaneous stores (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)

Most common occupations for males (%)



  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (11%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
  • Agricultural workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (8%)
  • Carpenters (6%)
  • Food processing workers (6%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (6%)

Most common occupations for females (%)



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (11%)
  • Customer service representatives (8%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (7%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Cashiers (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (5%)



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Crime in Ponderay by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Murders 0000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 0000001
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0138.9
Robberies 0010110
    per 100,000 0.00.0147.10.0142.0139.90.0
Assaults 2222100
    per 100,000 307.2302.6294.1283.3142.00.00.0
Burglaries 10989142010
    per 100,000 1536.11361.61176.51274.81988.62797.21388.9
Thefts 76818860786778
    per 100,000 11674.312254.212941.28498.611079.59370.610833.3
Auto thefts 3259222
    per 100,000 460.8302.6735.31274.8284.1279.7277.8
Arson 0011000
    per 100,000 0.00.0147.1141.60.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9) 672.8670.2761.8587.8676.1635.0663.9

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 5 (4 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  5.74
US city average:  3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Ponderay:
  • BONNER GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 1 miles; SANDPOINT, ID)
  • NEWPORT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 31 miles; NEWPORT, WA)
  • BOUNDARY COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 36 miles; BONNERS FERRY, ID)

Political contributions by individuals in Ponderay, ID

Amtrak station near Ponderay:
  • 5 miles: SANDPOINT (RAILROAD AVE.). Services: partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Ponderay:
  • NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 42 miles; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; Full-time enrollment: 2,988)
  • SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 5,564)
  • GONZAGA UNIVERSITY (about 62 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 3,860)
  • SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 65 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 6,284)
  • EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; CHENEY, WA; FT enrollment: 7,852)
  • UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 102 miles; MOSCOW, ID; FT enrollment: 9,823)
  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 114 miles; PULLMAN, WA; FT enrollment: 18,110)

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Shopping Centers: Bonner Mall (1), Sandpoint Mall (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Creek: Little Sand Creek (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Hotels: S & W Hotel (31016 Hwy 200), S & W Motel (31016 Hwy 200).

 

Average household size:
This city:  2.4 people
Idaho:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  64.0%
Whole state:  71.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  8.0%
Whole state:  4.8%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  15.7%
Whole state:  11.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:
This city:  5.4%
Whole state:  4.6%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Ponderay, ID


10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters


Ponderay compared to Idaho state average:
  • Unemployed percentage above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
  • House age below state average.
  • Number of college students below state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Ponderay (2009 data):
  • Mountain West Bank: Pend Oreille Branch at 476655 Highway 95 North, branch established on 1982-02-08. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $1,228.3 mil, Deposits: $680.4 mil, headquarters in Coeur D Alene, ID, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 23 total offices, Holding Company: Glacier Bancorp, Inc.
  • Panhandle State Bank: Ponderay Branch at 300 Kootenai Cutoff Road, branch established on 1996-02-16. Info updated 2008-06-20: Bank assets: $1,081.8 mil, Deposits: $797.0 mil, headquarters in Sandpoint, ID, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 22 total offices, Holding Company: Intermountain Community Bancorp



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School Enrollment by Level of School



Ponderay travel time to work


Ponderay mode of transportation to work chart



2004 Presidential Election results in Bonner County Idaho:




Most commonly used house heating fuel:
  • Utility gas (55%)
  • Wood (21%)
  • Electricity (19%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)


Religon statistics for Ponderay

Adherents


NameCatholic ChurchChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day SaintsEvangelical Lutheran Church in AmericaSeventh-Day Adventist ChurchChristian Churches and Churches of Christ
Adherents27.6%20.8%9.3%8.7%7.9%
Congregations9.3%11.6%7.0%7.0%2.3%
NameUnited Methodist ChurchConservative Baptist Association of AmericaAssemblies of GodPresbyterian Church (USA)Other religions
Adherents4.2%3.4%3.4%2.5%12.2%
Congregations4.7%4.7%4.7%2.3%46.5%
Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
Tables represent county-level data.


Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 1$2,728$32,7360$0
Other Government Administration 1$4,390$52,68012$2,675
Judicial and Legal 0$0 1$2,655
Police Protection - Officers 4$17,072$51,2160$0
Police - Other 1$2,821$33,8520$0
Other and Unallocable 0$0 1$265
Totals for Government 7$27,011$46,30514$5,595



9.18% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($49,802 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  9.18%
Idaho average:  9.61%

0.09% of residents moved from foreign countries ($191 average AGI)
Bonner County:  0.09%
Idaho average:  0.14%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Kootenai County, ID  1.14% ($32,662 average AGI)
from Spokane County, WA  0.58% ($50,859)
from King County, WA  0.30% ($55,000)


7.99% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,681 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  7.99%
Idaho average:  8.30%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Kootenai County, ID  1.66% ($28,878 average AGI)
to Spokane County, WA  0.65% ($35,372)
to Boundary County, ID  0.44% ($25,914)


Strongest AM radio stations in Ponderay:
  • KSPT (1400 AM; 1 kW; SANDPOINT, ID; Owner: BLUE SKY BROADCASTING INC.)
  • KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KXLY (920 AM; 20 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
  • KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KVNI (1080 AM; 10 kW; COEUR D' ALENE, ID; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)
  • KOFI (1180 AM; 50 kW; KALISPELL, MT; Owner: KOFI, INC.)
  • KMJY (700 AM; 10 kW; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: JAMES E. AND HELEN G. STARGEL)
  • KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
  • KQNT (590 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KQQQ (1150 AM; 25 kW; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: RADIO PALOUSE, INC.)
  • KJRB (790 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KTRW (970 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KTRW, LLC)
  • KDRK (1050 AM; 5 kW; DISHMAN, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Ponderay:
  • K212EY (90.3 FM; SANDPOINT, ID; Owner: CALVARY CHAPEL OF TWIN FALLS, INC.)
  • KPND (95.3 FM; SANDPOINT, ID; Owner: BLUE SKY BROADCASTING INC.)
  • KIBX (92.1 FM; BONNERS FERRY, ID; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • KIBR (102.5 FM; SANDPOINT, ID; Owner: BENEFIELD BROADCASTING, INC)
  • KMJY-FM (104.5 FM; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: ALC COMMUNICATIONS)
  • KXLY-FM (99.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
  • KHTQ (94.5 FM; HAYDEN, ID; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)
  • KCDA (103.1 FM; POST FALLS, ID; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KDRK-FM (93.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KIXZ-FM (96.1 FM; OPPORTUNITY, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KMBI-FM (107.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)
  • KPBX-FM (91.1 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • KICR (102.3 FM; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KTWD (97.5 FM; WALLACE, ID; Owner: CSN INTERNATIONAL)
  • KZZU-FM (92.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: QUEENB)
  • KISC (98.1 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KEYF-FM (101.1 FM; CHENEY, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KZBD (105.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • K269DU (101.7 FM; SANDPOINT, ID; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO)

TV broadcast stations around Ponderay:
  • K59BW (Channel 59; BONNERS FERRY, ID; Owner: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (IEPBS))
  • K64BD (Channel 64; KELLOGG, ID; Owner: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (IEPBS))
  • K24DW (Channel 24; SANDPOINT, ID; Owner: SPOKANE SCHOOL DIST. 81/KSPS TV)
  • K48DX (Channel 48; SANDPOINT, ID; Owner: KHQ, INCORPORATED)
  • K52GH (Channel 52; SANDPOINT, ID; Owner: MOUNTAIN LICENSES, L.P.)


Ponderay fatal accident list:
Nov 10, 1990 11:23 AM, 200, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1
Oct 25, 1984 10:30 AM, 001610, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 4, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1


FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2
  • Deborah D Robinson, 100 Mc Nearnet Rd, Type: Pole, Structure height: 36.6 m, Overall height: 39.6 m, , Licensee ID: L00152704
    Registrant: Sprint Spectrum LP, 11707 E Sprague Bld F201, Spokane, WA 99206, Phone: (509) 892-2277
  • Lottie L Thompson, 100 Mcnearney Road, Type: Tower, Structure height: 39.6 m, Overall height: 39.9 m
    Registrant: Spectrasite Communicatons, Inc., Through American Tower, Inc., 1101 Perimeter Drive, Schaumburg, IL 60173, Phone: (847) 240-1508, Email:

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 2
  • Lat: 48.304639 Lon: -116.532472, Structure height: 0 m, Call Sign: WPYL217
    Assigned Frequencies : 154.355 MHz
    Grant Date: 08/29/2003, Expiration Date: 08/29/2013, Certifier: Brad D Mitton
    Registrant: Business Radio Licensing, 26941 Cabot Rd #134, Laguna Hills, CA 92653, Phone: (949) 348-8510, Email:
  • 476560 Hwy 95 North, Call Sign: WQBB598
    464.212 MHz, 464.037 MHz, 464.237 MHz, 464.062 MHz, 464.262 MHz, 464.087 MHz, 464.287 MHz, 464.112 MHz, 464.312 MHz, 464.137 MHz... (+4 more)
    Grant Date: 09/15/2004, Expiration Date: 09/15/2014, Certifier: Donald W Steinke
    Registrant: Erc Parts, Inc., 4001 Cobb International Blvd., Kennesaw, GA 30152, Phone: (800) 241-6880, Fax: (770) 951-1875, Email:

FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses: 15 (See the full list of FCC Registered Amateur Radio Licenses in Ponderay)

FAA Registered Aircrafts: 2
  • Aircraft: CESSNA A185E (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 6, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 125 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR IO 520 SERIES (285 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 1185 , Serial Number: 18501931, Year manufactured: 1971, Airworthiness Date: 07/25/2000
    Registrant (Individual): Richard H Wahlers, Po Box 127, Ponderay, ID 83852
  • Aircraft: CESSNA 140 (Fixed wing single engine, Category: Land, Seats: 2, Weight: Up to 12,499 Pounds, Speed: 105 mph), Engine: CONT MOTOR C90 SERIES (95 HP) (Reciprocating)
    N-Number: 3717V , Serial Number: 14994, Year manufactured: 1948, Airworthiness Date: 05/18/1956
    Registrant (Individual): Richard H Wahlers, Po Box 127, Ponderay, ID 83852


2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:
  • Fire: 8
  • Hazardous Condition: 22
  • Good Intent Call: 1

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