Idaho · Census place 1664450
Ponderay, Idaho
Ponderay is a city in Bonner County, Idaho with an estimated 2,011 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 64th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 2,011
- #64 of 86 in Idaho
- Change since 2020
- +54.1%
- +706 people
- Land area
- 2.9 sq mi
- + 0.52 sq mi water
- Density
- 684 / sq mi
- State median 2,389
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Ponderay population, 2020 to 2024
Ponderay added 706 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +54.1%. In the latest year it moved by +48.
Ponderay covers 2.94 square miles of land and 0.52 of water, for 684 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Ponderay is less dense than the typical town.
What county Ponderay is in
All of Ponderay's residents live in Bonner County, which had 53,955 residents in 2024. Ponderay holds 3.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Ponderay
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Ponderay by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83852, 83864. 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 Ponderay is
The Census internal point of Ponderay is at 48.304800, -116.536600. Boise, the capital, is 324.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sandpoint, ID (10,444 people), 1.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 54.8 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 48.304800, -116.536600
- DMS
- 48°18'17.28"N 116°32'11.76"W
- UTM
- 11N 534363.4E 5350282.1N
- Geohash
- c2t4u1seu
- Plus code
- 85W58F37+W9
Daylight in Ponderay
At 48.30° N, Ponderay gets about 16 h 06 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 20 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 46 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Ponderay
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Kootenai, 1.0 miles away, with 1,083 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Ponderay, ID?
2,011 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 706 (54.1%) from 1,305 in July 2020.
What county is Ponderay in?
Bonner County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Ponderay?
2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 83852, 83864.
How far is Ponderay from Boise?
324.2 miles (521.7 km) in a straight line, heading S from Ponderay.
What is the nearest larger city to Ponderay?
Sandpoint, ID, with 10,444 residents, 1.9 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.