IntelliMoveTake the quiz →Living in Athol, ID
Athol is a tiny town of 777 people in Kootenai County, Idaho. It's about 17 miles from Coeur d'Alene, ID and 263 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 34°F, with about 32 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $368k and rent runs about $1k a month.
777people
$368kTypical home
$1,492/moRent
80° / 34°Summer / winter
32"Snow
198Sunny days
116Rain/snow days
Is Athol right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Tiny town of 777
- Part of a metro area
- About 677 people per sq mi
- 263 mi to Seattle, WA
- 17 mi to Coeur d'Alene, ID
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $368k (≈$2,319/mo)
- Median rent $1,492/mo
- Median household income $70k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 34°F
- Dry summers (dew point 47°F)
- 198 sunny days a year (81 totally clear)
- 167 cloudy days a year
- 64 of 90 winter days are gray
- 116 days a year with rain or snow
- 32" of snow a year
- 11 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 10 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (181 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (696 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 30% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 29 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 45 mi to GEG airport
- 45 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 131 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 2,398 ft
- 254 mi to the ocean
- 7 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 12 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 137 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 34 bars within 25 mi
- 103 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 7 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 22 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 30% of Idaho districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 18 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 18 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 19 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Kootenai County: R+52 in 2024
- Idaho: R+37 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.