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Ponderay, ID map Population (year 2000): 638. Estimated population in July 2006: 711 (+11.4% change)
 

Males: 345  (54.1%)
Females: 293  (45.9%)

Bonner County

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

Zip codes: 83852.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $28,400 (it was $27,853 in 2000)
Ponderay  $28,400
Idaho:  $41,443

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $113,300 (it was $83,000 in 2000)
Ponderay  $113,300
Idaho:  $134,900

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Races in Ponderay:

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

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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: 262 people per square mile 
 
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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 234 to 1.

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

Ponderay:  0.9% ($747)
Idaho:  0.9% ($1,007)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Spokane, WA (74.1 miles , pop. 195,629).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (389.6 miles , pop. 480,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (991.3 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Kootenai, ID (1.6 miles ), Sandpoint, ID (2.4 miles ), Dover, ID (5.5 miles ), Hope, ID (16.2 miles) , East Hope, ID (17.2 miles) , Blanchard-Glengary, ID (19.1 miles ), Priest River, ID (26.8 miles ), Naples, ID (27.0 miles ).

Latitude: 48.30 N, Longitude: 116.54 W


10 people in other noninstitutional group quarters

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
Murders 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Robberies 001011
    per 100,000 0.00.0147.10.0142.0139.9
Assaults 222210
    per 100,000 307.2302.6294.1283.3142.00.0
Burglaries 109891420
    per 100,000 1536.11361.61176.51274.81988.62797.2
Thefts 768188607867
    per 100,000 11674.312254.212941.28498.611079.59370.6
Auto thefts 325922
    per 100,000 460.8302.6735.31274.8284.1279.7
Arson 001100
    per 100,000 0.00.0147.1141.60.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 239.8) 672.8670.2761.8587.8676.1635.0

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 5 (4 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  5.70
US city average:  3.00

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Hospitals/medical centers near Ponderay:
  • BONNER GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 2 miles; SANDPOINT, ID)
  • BOUNDARY COUNTY COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 37 miles; BONNERS FERRY, ID)
  • KOOTENAI MEDICAL CENTER (about 43 miles; COEUR D'ALENE, ID)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Ponderay:
  • COEUR D'ALENE AIR TERM (about 42 miles; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; ID: COE)
  • SPOKANE INTL (about 84 miles; SPOKANE, WA; ID: GEG)
  • FAIRCHILD AFB (about 91 miles; SPOKANE, WA; ID: SKA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Ponderay:
  • SANDPOINT (about 2 miles; SANDPOINT, ID; ID: SZT)
  • LAKE PEND OREILLE (about 15 miles; GLENGARY, ID; ID: S96)
  • HOLIDAY SHORES (about 19 miles; EAST HOPE, ID; ID: 2C9)

Amtrak station near Ponderay:
  • 6 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 43 miles; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; Full-time enrollment: 2,988)
  • SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 69 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 5,564)
  • GONZAGA UNIVERSITY (about 77 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 3,860)
  • SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 81 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 6,284)
  • EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 94 miles; CHENEY, WA; FT enrollment: 7,852)
  • UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 102 miles; MOSCOW, ID; FT enrollment: 9,823)
  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 127 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 1999:
This city:  15.7%
Whole state:  11.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  5.4%
Whole state:  4.6%

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 (2007 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: $919.1 mil, Deposits: $693.3 mil, headquarters in Coeur D Alene, ID, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 21 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 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $911.8 mil, Deposits: $700.5 mil, headquarters in Sandpoint, ID, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 18 total offices, Holding Company: Intermountain Community Bancorp



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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)
  • KVNI (1080 AM; 10 kW; COEUR D' ALENE, ID; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)
  • KXLY (920 AM; 20 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
  • KMJY (700 AM; 10 kW; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: JAMES E. AND HELEN G. STARGEL)
  • KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KQNT (590 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KOFI (1180 AM; 50 kW; KALISPELL, MT; Owner: KOFI, INC.)
  • KQQQ (1150 AM; 25 kW; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: RADIO PALOUSE, INC.)
  • KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
  • KJRB (790 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KMAX (840 AM; 10 kW; COLFAX, WA; Owner: PALOUSE COUNTRY, INC.)
  • KTRW (970 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KTRW, LLC)

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)
  • KXLY-FM (99.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
  • KMJY-FM (104.5 FM; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: ALC COMMUNICATIONS)
  • 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.)

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)

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