Idaho · Census place 1609370

Bonners Ferry, Idaho

Bonners Ferry is a city in Boundary County, Idaho with an estimated 2,788 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 52nd largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
2,788
#52 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+9.9%
+252 people
Land area
2.3 sq mi
+ 0.14 sq mi water
Density
1,217 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Bonners Ferry. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

Bonners Ferry population, 2020 to 2024

Bonners Ferry added 252 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +9.9%. In the latest year it moved by +64.

2,53620202,60720212,70820222,72420232,7882024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,526. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Bonners Ferry covers 2.29 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,217 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Bonners Ferry is less dense than the typical town.

What county Bonners Ferry is in

All of Bonners Ferry's residents live in Boundary County, which had 14,040 residents in 2024. Bonners Ferry holds 19.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Bonners Ferry

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Bonners Ferry by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83805. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Bonners Ferry is

The Census internal point of Bonners Ferry is at 48.693400, -116.318400. Boise, the capital, is 350.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sandpoint, ID (10,444 people), 30.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 82.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
48.693400, -116.318400
DMS
48°41'36.24"N 116°19'6.24"W
UTM
11N 550159.1E 5393597.5N
Geohash
c2tm107e8
Plus code
85W5MMVJ+9J

Daylight in Bonners Ferry

At 48.69° N, Bonners Ferry gets about 16 h 09 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 16 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Bonners Ferry

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Moyie Springs, 6.0 miles away, with 1,225 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Bonners Ferry, ID?

2,788 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 252 (9.9%) from 2,536 in July 2020.

What county is Bonners Ferry in?

Boundary County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Bonners Ferry?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83805.

How far is Bonners Ferry from Boise?

350.7 miles (564.4 km) in a straight line, heading S from Bonners Ferry.

What is the nearest larger city to Bonners Ferry?

Sandpoint, ID, with 10,444 residents, 30.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.