Who lives in Athol: owners, mobile homes and the lowest prices we found

Athol is the smallest city we cover. The Census Bureau's survey puts it at about 780 people, and the 2020 Census counted 709. For a city this size, the survey's margins of error are wide, so read these numbers as a sketch.

Owners, in affordable homes

About 84% of Athol households own their home, tied with Hayden Lake for the highest share of the cities we cover. The typical owned home is worth about $367,700, the lowest we found and about $150,000 below the county's $518,700. About 1 in 5 homes is a mobile home, by far the biggest share of any city we cover. Across Kootenai County it's about 7%.

Fuller houses

Homes hold about 2.8 people each, the most of any city we cover. About 3 in 10 households have a child under 18. Half the people are about 43 or older, close to the county's 41.

The money

The typical Athol household earns about $70,300 a year, the lowest of the cities we cover. Only about 3% of households earn more than $200,000. About 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or more, the lowest share we found. About 11% of adults are veterans.

Where the neighbors came from

About 34% of the people in Athol were born in Idaho, and about 62% were born in another state.

So the Athol neighbor is likely a homeowner, likely in a fuller house, and likely paying a lot less for it than anyone else in the cities we cover.

Live in Athol? Tell us if this sounds like your street.

How we did this: every number in this story comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 2020 to 2024 five-year estimates, read through Census Reporter. The numbers cover the city limits of Athol, not every address with a Athol mailing address. They are survey estimates, and each one has a margin of error. County comparisons are Kootenai County.