Who lives in Post Falls: the youngest of the cities we cover

The typical Post Falls resident is 35, the youngest of any city we cover. One in three homes has kids, and more neighbors rent here than in most of the county.

Post Falls is the young city. Half the people who live here are 35 or younger, according to the Census Bureau's survey. Across Kootenai County, the middle age is about 41. None of the other cities we cover comes in younger.

You can see it on the street. About 1 in 3 Post Falls households has at least one child under 18. Across the county it's closer to 1 in 4. Kids make up about 26% of the people here. People 65 and older make up about 15%, the smallest share of the cities we cover. Homes are a little fuller too, at about 2.7 people each, compared with 2.5 countywide.

More of the neighbors rent

About 36% of Post Falls households rent their home. Across the county it's about 29%. Of the cities we cover, only Coeur d'Alene has a bigger share of renters. About 1 in 4 homes here is in an apartment building, duplex or other building with more than one unit, compared with about 1 in 6 countywide.

The money

The typical Post Falls household earns about $82,200 a year, almost exactly the county's $81,900. The typical owned home is worth about $477,400, below the county's $518,700. About 11% of people here live below the poverty line, compared with about 9% across the county.

Where the neighbors came from

About 29% of the people in Post Falls were born in Idaho. About 68% were born in another state. In a single year, about 6 of every 100 residents had moved here from out of state.

Work and service

About 25% of adults here hold a bachelor's degree or more, compared with about 30% countywide. About 7% of adults are veterans, the lowest share of the cities we cover. The average commute is about 24 minutes, a little longer than the county's 23.

So the Post Falls neighbor is younger, more likely to have kids at home, and more likely to rent than the county as a whole. That shapes what the city argues about, from school levies to apartments to traffic.

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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 Post Falls, not every address with a Post Falls mailing address. They are survey estimates, and each one has a margin of error. Because the survey averages five years, its count of about 43,400 people runs behind the city's growth. County comparisons are Kootenai County.