Idaho · Census place 1636370

Hayden, Idaho

Hayden is a city in Kootenai County, Idaho with an estimated 16,924 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 17th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
16,924
#17 of 86 in Idaho
Change since 2020
+8.1%
+1,274 people
Land area
10.5 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
1,606 / sq mi
State median 2,389
Orange pin: Hayden. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Boise.

Hayden population, 2020 to 2024

Hayden added 1,274 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +8.1%. In the latest year it moved by +482. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 19th; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Hayden is 1.0 times that size.

15.7k202016.2k202116.5k202216.4k202316.9k2024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 15,562. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Hayden covers 10.54 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 1,606 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Hayden is less dense than the typical town.

What county Hayden is in

All of Hayden's residents live in Kootenai County, which had 188,323 residents in 2024. Hayden holds 9.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Hayden

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Hayden by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83835. 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 Hayden is

The Census internal point of Hayden is at 47.768500, -116.801200. Boise, the capital, is 288.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Coeur d'Alene, ID (57,355 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 21.3 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
47.768500, -116.801200
DMS
47°46'6.60"N 116°48'4.32"W
UTM
11N 514895.8E 5290589.6N
Geohash
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Plus code
85V5Q59X+CG

Daylight in Hayden

At 47.77° N, Hayden gets about 16 h 01 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 24 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 37 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Hayden

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Dalton Gardens, 2.9 miles away, with 2,498 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Hayden, ID?

16,924 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,274 (8.1%) from 15,650 in July 2020.

What county is Hayden in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Hayden?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83835.

How far is Hayden from Boise?

288.2 miles (463.8 km) in a straight line, heading S from Hayden.

What is the nearest larger city to Hayden?

Coeur d'Alene, ID, with 57,355 residents, 4.5 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.