Idaho · Census place 1665530
Priest River, Idaho
Priest River is a city in Bonner County, Idaho with an estimated 1,847 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 66th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,847
- #66 of 86 in Idaho
- Change since 2020
- +10.3%
- +173 people
- Land area
- 2.2 sq mi
- + 0.12 sq mi water
- Density
- 825 / sq mi
- State median 2,389
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Priest River population, 2020 to 2024
Priest River added 173 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.3%. In the latest year it moved by +36.
Priest River covers 2.24 square miles of land and 0.12 of water, for 825 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Priest River is less dense than the typical town.
What county Priest River is in
All of Priest River's residents live in Bonner County, which had 53,955 residents in 2024. Priest River holds 3.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Priest River
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Priest River by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83856. 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 Priest River is
The Census internal point of Priest River is at 48.184300, -116.905400. Boise, the capital, is 317.2 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Newport, WA (2,235 people), 6.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 39.0 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 48.184300, -116.905400
- DMS
- 48°11'3.48"N 116°54'19.44"W
- UTM
- 11N 507031.6E 5336789.1N
- Geohash
- c2sf5g8jf
- Plus code
- 85W553MV+PR
Daylight in Priest River
At 48.18° N, Priest River gets about 16 h 05 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 21 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 44 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Priest River
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Dover, 14.6 miles away, with 1,137 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Priest River, ID?
1,847 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 173 (10.3%) from 1,674 in July 2020.
What county is Priest River in?
Bonner County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Priest River?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83856.
How far is Priest River from Boise?
317.2 miles (510.5 km) in a straight line, heading S from Priest River.
What is the nearest larger city to Priest River?
Newport, WA, with 2,235 residents, 6.9 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.