Idaho · Census place 1672100
Sandpoint, Idaho
Sandpoint is a city in Bonner County, Idaho with an estimated 10,444 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 26th largest of 86 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 10,444
- #26 of 86 in Idaho
- Change since 2020
- +19.6%
- +1,713 people
- Land area
- 4.3 sq mi
- + 0.28 sq mi water
- Density
- 2,440 / sq mi
- State median 2,389
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Sandpoint population, 2020 to 2024
Sandpoint added 1,713 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +19.6%. In the latest year it moved by +394. Among 36 Idaho places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 6th; the median place changed by +8.3%. The median place of 5,000+ in Idaho has 16,745 people, so Sandpoint is 62% of it.
Sandpoint covers 4.28 square miles of land and 0.28 of water, for 2,440 people per square mile of land. The median Idaho place of 5,000+ has 2,389, so Sandpoint is close to the typical town.
What county Sandpoint is in
All of Sandpoint's residents live in Bonner County, which had 53,955 residents in 2024. Sandpoint holds 19.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Sandpoint
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Sandpoint by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 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 Sandpoint is
The Census internal point of Sandpoint is at 48.281700, -116.560000. Boise, the capital, is 322.7 miles S in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rathdrum, ID (12,626 people), 37.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Spokane Valley, WA, 52.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 48.281700, -116.560000
- DMS
- 48°16'54.12"N 116°33'36.00"W
- UTM
- 11N 532642.9E 5347704.3N
- Geohash
- c2t4et7t7
- Plus code
- 85W57CJR+M2
Daylight in Sandpoint
At 48.28° N, Sandpoint gets about 16 h 05 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 Sandpoint
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Idaho, measured between internal points. The closest is Ponderay, 1.9 miles away, with 2,011 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Sandpoint, ID?
10,444 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 1,713 (19.6%) from 8,731 in July 2020.
What county is Sandpoint in?
Bonner County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Sandpoint?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 83864.
How far is Sandpoint from Boise?
322.7 miles (519.3 km) in a straight line, heading S from Sandpoint.
What is the nearest larger city to Sandpoint?
Rathdrum, ID, with 12,626 residents, 37.0 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.