Post Falls

Population & Demographics

Post Falls, ID

Post Falls is home to 43,391 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 18,327 resident workers commute each day.

IdahoCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
43,391
people
Population

43,391 residents

Median age 35.0 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Post Falls population & demographics

Who lives in Post Falls — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
43,391
Median age
35.0yrs
Median household income
$82,183
Median home value
$477,400
Median gross rent
$1,469/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
25.3%
Poverty rate
11.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Post Falls

How Post Falls breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White84.4%
Hispanic or Latino7.1%
Two or more races6.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.8%
Asian0.6%
Black0.2%
Some other race0.2%

Race across Post Falls

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Post Falls.

Post Falls at a glance
Employed Residents
18,327
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
7.1mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
21.9%
Share working within the area
Work from home
12.7%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Coeur d’Alene
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Post Falls proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Post Falls commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

60 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Post Falls

18,327 commutes, one dot at a time

Post Falls

Where 18,327 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Post Falls, by worker count.

1Coeur d’Alene7.1 mi4,822
2Post Falls0.0 mi4,020
3Spokane22.4 mi1,547
4Spokane Valley15.1 mi1,349
5Hayden7.1 mi1,225
6Boise City285.9 mi416
7Liberty Lake8.4 mi383
8Rathdrum6.1 mi316

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Post Falls.

1Post Falls0.0 mi4,020
2Coeur d’Alene7.1 mi2,423
3Hayden7.1 mi771
4Spokane Valley15.1 mi765
5Rathdrum6.1 mi659
6Spokane22.4 mi444
7Boise City285.9 mi188
8Liberty Lake8.4 mi145

Top industries

The sectors that employ Post Falls’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance16.4%
RTRetail Trade16.4%
MFManufacturing13.7%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.1%
COConstruction8.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.5%
EDEducational Services5.3%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services4.5%
WSWholesale Trade4.1%
Connectivity

Internet options for Post Falls

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

6 providers · 2 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps100%
5 Gbps100%
8 Gbps100%
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