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Dalton Gardens is a small town of 2,496 people in Kootenai County, Idaho. It's part of the Coeur d'Alene, ID area. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 39 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $804k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,496people
$804kTypical home
$1,174/moRent
83° / 36°Summer / winter
39"Snow
198Sunny days
122Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,496
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,048 people per sq mi
- 260 mi to Seattle, WA
- In the Coeur d'Alene, ID area
- 2 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $804k (≈$5,068/mo)
- Median rent $1,174/mo
- Median household income $80k
- Property tax about 0.5% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 36°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
- 122 days a year with rain or snow
- 39" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 6 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 52
- 22% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 33% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 36 mi to GEG airport
- 36 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 139 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 86% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1973
- 98% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 2,257 ft
- 252 mi to the ocean
- 18 mi to a big lake
- 10 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 20 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 18 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 215 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 41 bars within 25 mi
- 149 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 5 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 20 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 20% of Idaho districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 6 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 6 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 3 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 4 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.