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Rockford Bay is a tiny town of 336 people in Kootenai County, Idaho. It's about 14 miles from Coeur d'Alene, ID and 255 miles from Seattle, WA, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 37°F, with about 47 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $1.1M and rent runs about $1k a month.
336people
$1.1MTypical home
$1,492/moRent
83° / 37°Summer / winter
47"Snow
198Sunny days
122Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 336
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 89 people per sq mi
- 255 mi to Seattle, WA
- 14 mi to Coeur d'Alene, ID
- 14 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $1.1M (≈$7,018/mo)
- Median rent $1,492/mo
- Median household income $125k
- Property tax about 0.4% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 37°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
- 47" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 7 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 61
- 22% of households have kids
- 29% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to GEG airport
- 31 mi to GEG (major hub)
- 151 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 83% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1994
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 2,225 ft
- 249 mi to the ocean
- 34 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 30 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 21 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 248 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 52 bars within 25 mi
- 161 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 1 music venue or club within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- 6 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 17 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 1% of Idaho districts (reading)
- 6 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 17 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 13 mi to the nearest vet
- 12 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 12 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.