Rathdrum, Idaho

Rathdrum population, 2020 to 2024

Rathdrum added 3,335 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +35.9%. In the latest year it moved by +1,034. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 2nd; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Rathdrum is 75% of it.

Rathdrum covers 6.95 square miles of land, for 1,817 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Rathdrum is less dense than the typical town.

What county Rathdrum is in

All of Rathdrum's residents live in Kootenai County, which had 188,323 residents in 2024. Rathdrum holds 6.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Rathdrum

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Rathdrum by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 83858. 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 Rathdrum is

The Census internal point of Rathdrum is at 47.794000, -116.892900. Boise, the capital, is 290.4 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Hayden, ID (16,924 people), 4.6 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 18.2 miles away.

Daylight in Rathdrum

At 47.79° N, Rathdrum 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 Rathdrum

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Hayden, 4.6 miles away, with 16,924 people.