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Population (year 2000): 1,754. Estimated population in July 2006: 1,925 (+9.7% change)
 

Males: 859  (49.0%)
Females: 895  (51.0%)

Bonner County

Median resident age:  35.2 years
Idaho median age:  33.2 years

Zip codes: 83856.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $27,300 (it was $26,765 in 2000)
Priest River  $27,300
Idaho:  $41,443

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $110,400 (it was $80,900 in 2000)
Priest River  $110,400
Idaho:  $134,900

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Races in Priest River:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.9%)
  • American Indian (3.4%)
  • Two or more races (2.9%)
  • Hispanic (1.6%)
  • Other race (0.5%)

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Ancestries: German (24.1%), Irish (15.1%), English (12.3%), United States (8.4%), Italian (6.9%), French (4.8%).

Current Local Time: PST time zone

Elevation: 2077 feet

Land area: 1.60 square miles.

Population density: 1191 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Priest River

  • High school or higher: 77.9%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.0%
  • Unemployed: 11.8%
  • Mean travel time to work: 18.5 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Priest River city

  • Never married: 17.7%
  • Now married: 61.3%
  • Separated: 1.5%
  • Widowed: 8.1%
  • Divorced: 11.4%

29 residents are foreign born

This city:  1.7%
Idaho:  5.0%



According to our research there were 10 registered sex offenders living in Priest River, Idaho in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Priest River to the number of sex offenders is 190 to 1.

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

Priest River:  0.9% ($712)
Idaho:  0.9% ($1,007)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Spokane, WA (49.3 miles , pop. 195,629).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: East Seattle, WA (363.3 miles , pop. 480,100).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (980.2 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Nearest cities: Oldtown, ID (8.3 miles) , Newport, WA (9.5 miles ), Blanchard-Glengary, ID (10.8 miles ), Spirit Lake, ID (15.3 miles ), Athol, ID (21.5 miles ), Dover, ID (21.8 miles ), Sandpoint, ID (24.9 miles ), Mount Spokane, WA (25.8 miles ).

Latitude: 48.18 N, Longitude: 116.91 W


2 people in religious group quarters

Area code: 208

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Population change in the 1990s: +152 (+9.5%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Wood products (35%)
  • Construction (12%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)
  • Public administration (4%)
  • Truck transportation (4%)
  • Health care (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Accommodation and food services (15%)
  • Educational services (14%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Food and beverage stores (7%)
  • Personal and laundry services (6%)
  • Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (4%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Other production occupations including supervisors (13%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (7%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Woodworkers (6%)
  • Fishing and hunting, and forest and logging workers (6%)
  • Laborers and material movers, hand (5%)
  • Material moving workers except laborers and material movers, hand (5%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
  • Cashiers (9%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (8%)
  • Cooks and food preparation workers (7%)
  • Customer service representatives (5%)
  • Personal appearance workers (5%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (5%)


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Hospitals/medical centers near Priest River:
  • NEWPORT COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 19 miles; NEWPORT, WA)
  • BONNER GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 26 miles; SANDPOINT, ID)
  • KOOTENAI MEDICAL CENTER (about 33 miles; COEUR D'ALENE, ID)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Priest River:
  • COEUR D'ALENE AIR TERM (about 30 miles; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; ID: COE)
  • SPOKANE INTL (about 59 miles; SPOKANE, WA; ID: GEG)
  • FAIRCHILD AFB (about 66 miles; SPOKANE, WA; ID: SKA)
Other public-use airports nearest to Priest River:
  • PRIEST RIVER MUNI (about 1 miles; PRIEST RIVER, ID; ID: 1S6)
  • CAVANAUGH BAY (about 24 miles; COOLIN, ID; ID: 66S)
  • SILVERWOOD (about 25 miles; ATHOL, ID; ID: S62)

Local government website: WWW.PRIESTRIVER.ORG

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Priest River:
  • NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 33 miles; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; Full-time enrollment: 2,988)
  • SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 45 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 5,564)
  • GONZAGA UNIVERSITY (about 52 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 3,860)
  • SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 56 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 6,284)
  • EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 69 miles; CHENEY, WA; FT enrollment: 7,852)
  • UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 94 miles; MOSCOW, ID; FT enrollment: 9,823)
  • WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY (about 106 miles; PULLMAN, WA; FT enrollment: 18,110)
Public high schools in Priest River:
  • PRIEST RIVER LAMANNA HIGH (Students: 513; Location: HIGHWAY 57; Grades: 09 - 12)
  • PRIEST RIVER EDUCATION (ALT) (Students: 33; Location: 1441 SHANNON LANE; Grades: 09 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Priest River:
  • PRIEST RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 542; Location: 418 HARRIET; Grades: PK - 06)
  • PRIEST RIVER JR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 249; Location: 1020 ALBENI HIGHWAY; Grades: 07 - 08)
  • PRIEST LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 58; Location: 27732 HIGHWAY 57; Grades: KG - 06)
Library in Priest River:
  • WEST BONNER DISTRICT (Operating income: $40,369; Location: 205 HIGH ST; 12,388 books; 98 audio materials; 77 video materials; 9 serial subscriptions)

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Hotels: Selkirk Motel (1201 Highway 2), Eagle's Nest Motel (1007 Highway 2), Whispering Waters Bed & Breakfast (360 Outlet Bay Rd), River Country Motel & RV (3566 Highway 2).

 

Drinking water stations with addresses in Priest River and their reported violations in the past:

THE SHOWBOAT (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 4 routine major monitoring violations
USFS BEAVER CREEK CAMPGROUND (Population served: 100, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One minor monitoring violation
  • One regular monitoring violation
USFS REEDER BAY AND LEDGEWOOD (Population served: 85, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One regular monitoring violation
TAMRAK SHOPPING VILLAGE (Population served: 70, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • 9 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation
RANCH CLUB GOLF COURSE (Population served: 65, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between OCT-1997 and DEC-1997, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
  • 6 routine major monitoring violations
USFS LUBY BAY CAMPGROUND AND MUSEUM (Population served: 60, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One regular monitoring violation
PINEWOOD WATER SYSTEM (Population served: 49, Groundwater):
Past health violations:
  • MCL, Monthly (TCR) - Between APR-2001 and JUN-2001, Contaminant: Coliform
Past monitoring violations:
  • 3 routine major monitoring violations
  • One regular monitoring violation
SCHNEIDERS SUBD (Population served: 48, Groundwater):
Past monitoring violations:
  • One routine major monitoring violation

Average household size:
This city:  2.5 people
Idaho:  2.7 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  67.8%
Whole state:  71.5%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  7.1%
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: 0.1% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  18.9%
Whole state:  11.8%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  8.6%
Whole state:  4.6%

Priest River compared to Idaho state average:

Priest River, Idaho environmental map by EPA

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  • Median household income below 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 significantly 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 Priest River (2007 data):
  • Panhandle State Bank: Priest River Branch at 6568 Hwy 2, branch established on 1997-12-08. 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
  • Wells Fargo Bank, National Association: Priest River Branch at U.S. Highway # 2, branch established on 1979-07-13. Info updated 2007-02-13: Bank assets: $398,671.0 mil, Deposits: $311,546.0 mil, headquarters in Sioux Falls, SD, positive income, 3239 total offices, Holding Company: Wells Fargo & Company
  • U.S. Bank National Association: Priest River Branch at 102 Treat Street, branch established on 1955-11-14. Info updated 2006-10-10: Bank assets: $217,802.3 mil, Deposits: $135,903.1 mil, headquarters in Cincinnati, OH, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 2565 total offices, Holding Company: U.S. Bancorp



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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Judicial and Legal 0$0 1$1,351
Firefighters 0$0 18$1,251
Financial Administration 1$1,207$14,4840$0
Other Government Administration 2$2,512$15,0725$1,098
Sewerage 1$1,844$22,1280$0
Water Supply 1$1,900$22,8000$0
Police Protection - Officers 1$1,611$19,3320$0
Streets and Highways 5$12,267$29,4410$0
Totals for Government 11$21,341$23,28124$3,700



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 Priest River:
  • KGA (1510 AM; 50 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KXLY (920 AM; 20 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
  • KVNI (1080 AM; 10 kW; COEUR D' ALENE, ID; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)
  • KMJY (700 AM; 10 kW; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: JAMES E. AND HELEN G. STARGEL)
  • KQNT (590 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KJRB (790 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KQQQ (1150 AM; 25 kW; PULLMAN, WA; Owner: RADIO PALOUSE, INC.)
  • KTRW (970 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: KTRW, LLC)
  • KDRK (1050 AM; 5 kW; DISHMAN, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KTBI (810 AM; daytime; 50 kW; EPHRATA, WA; Owner: TACOMA BROADCASTERS, INCORPORATED)
  • KERR (750 AM; 50 kW; POLSON, MT; Owner: ANDERSON RADIO BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • KAQQ (1280 AM; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA)
  • KMBI (1330 AM; daytime; 5 kW; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: THE MOODY BIBLE INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO)

Strongest FM radio stations in Priest River:
  • KXLY-FM (99.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE RADIO, INC.)
  • KMJY-FM (104.5 FM; NEWPORT, WA; Owner: ALC COMMUNICATIONS)
  • KPND (95.3 FM; SANDPOINT, ID; Owner: BLUE SKY BROADCASTING INC.)
  • KCDA (103.1 FM; POST FALLS, ID; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KHTQ (94.5 FM; HAYDEN, ID; Owner: QUEENB RADIO, INC.)
  • KDRK-FM (93.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • KIXZ-FM (96.1 FM; OPPORTUNITY, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KICR (102.3 FM; COEUR D'ALENE, ID; Owner: GREAT NORTHERN BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • 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.)
  • KIBX (92.1 FM; BONNERS FERRY, ID; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO, INC.)
  • 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)
  • KKZX (98.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • KSFC (91.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: SPOKANE PUBLIC RADIO)
  • KEEH (104.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: UPPER COLUMBIA MEDIA ASSOCIATION)
  • KAGU (88.7 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: GONZAGA UNIVERSITY TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATION)
  • KYWL (103.9 FM; SPOKANE, WA; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)

TV broadcast stations around Priest River:
  • K59BW (Channel 59; BONNERS FERRY, ID; Owner: STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (IEPBS))

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