Coeur d'Alene, ID
Coeur d'Alene, ID Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Coeur d'Alene, ID Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Coeur d'Alene ranks 104th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 86th for income. A household earns $83,061 a year while median rent runs $1,578/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 2% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is air quality (9th of 300), while home prices is the soft spot (270th). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 227th and home prices 270th among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
For your salary & household
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On $75,000 for just you in Coeur d'Alene, your take-home is worth about $59,184 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 86th of 300↑32.7%$83,061
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 200th of 30098 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $84,503
- Per-capita income
- $42,565
- Full-time pay
- $46,002
Housing
- Median rent
- 227th of 300↑63.4%$1,578/mo
- Home value
- 270th of 300↑88.2%$577,600
- Property tax
- $2,051/yr · 0.4%
- Sales tax
- 6.03%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 15th of 3002.6%
- Bachelor's+
- 190th of 30031%
- Avg commute
- 104th of 30023.1 min
People
- Population
- 188,323
- Population change
- +13.7%
- Median age
- 41.0 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 2.5%
- Broadband
- 93.6%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 9th of 30024
- Natural-hazard loss
- 46th of 300$9/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 64th of 30016.1%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 9.2%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Household income
- + Job market
- + Air quality
- + Hazard safety
- + Health
Watch-outs
- – Rent
- – Home prices
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — spokane felts fld.
What jobs pay in Coeur d'Alene
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $352,700
- Pharmacists
- $157,100
- Software developers
- $126,870
- IT managers
- $124,900
- Financial managers
- $123,450
- Lawyers
- $105,920
- Civil engineers
- $99,420
- Registered nurses
- $98,910
- Police officers
- $83,560
- General & operations managers
- $80,270
- Accountants & auditors
- $71,230
- Electricians
- $66,350
- Elementary school teachers
- $63,550
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $60,370
- Carpenters
- $56,160
- Construction laborers
- $50,910
- Plumbers
- $50,270
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $47,750
- Customer service reps
- $43,750
- Janitors
- $38,150
- Retail salespersons
- $37,010
- Cashiers
- $35,020
- Waiters & waitresses
- $31,300
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Coeur d'Alene metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in Idaho are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Washington4,003
- California2,295
- Oregon666
- Colorado630
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Coeur d'Alene metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Coeur d'Alene metro?
- Median gross rent across the Coeur d'Alene, ID Metro Area is $1,578 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Coeur d'Alene.
- What is the median household income in the Coeur d'Alene metro?
- A typical household in the Coeur d'Alene, ID Metro Area earns $83,061 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Coeur d'Alene expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Coeur d'Alene, ID Metro Area runs about 2% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Coeur d'Alene metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $84,503 (versus its face value of $83,061). CityLedger rates the Coeur d'Alene, ID Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Coeur d'Alene metro?
- The median home value across the Coeur d'Alene, ID Metro Area is $577,600 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Coeur d'Alene metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Coeur d'Alene, ID Metro Area is 2.6% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).