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How Coeur d'Alene's prices compare to the US city average across major spending categories.
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Your $100,000 in Coeur d'Alene has the same purchasing power as $100,898 in the average US city. You'd need $898 less here to maintain that standard of living.
Demographics and workforce data from the US Census ACS 5-Year.
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These are the reasons people actually move to Coeur d'Alene, ordered roughly by what shows up loudest in the data. Low unemployment, plenty of openings and among the safer us cities of its size lead, plus 1 more things worth knowing — the rest unpacked below.
At about 2.0% unemployment, Coeur d'Alene's labor market is running on the tight side. Easier to land a role, easier to negotiate, easier to leave one job for a better one — the practical things that matter when you're actually looking.
The reported crime rate in Coeur d'Alene runs about 1,344 per 100,000 residents — meaningfully below the national norm. People who care about safety as a baseline rather than a feature tend to land in cities with numbers like these.
Average commute time in Coeur d'Alene runs around 19 minutes one-way — short enough that it doesn't restructure your day. Compared to the 45-plus-minute commutes that are normal in major metros, the difference adds up to a real lifestyle gap.
Reasons are pulled from Coeur d'Alene's actual data — Census ACS, BLS, BEA, NOAA, EPA AQS, FBI, and Walk Score. We don't list positives that aren't supported by the numbers, which is why different cities show different sections.
Snow is a regular feature, not a surprise. With winter temperatures hovering near 25°F, Coeur d'Alene sees enough snowfall that locals don't think twice about it but also enough mild stretches that nobody owns three pairs of boots.
A real winter, but not a punishing one. Coeur d'Alene averages roughly 25°F in winter, with the coldest mornings dipping into the single digits a few times a year and most days landing somewhere between "chilly" and "actually cold".
Reliably warm. Coeur d'Alene's summer averages around 81°F, the kind of heat where you remember to leave the house before noon for outdoor things and accept that the back of your shirt will be wet by lunchtime.
Zone 8, give or take a half-zone. Coeur d'Alene's typical winter low puts it in that band on the USDA Hardiness map, which is what nurseries label plants against. Use Zone 8 as your starting filter; the USDA's interactive map is more precise for borderline cases.
Around 2,244 feet (684 m) above sea level. Visitors from the coast occasionally notice a slight shift in how dry the air feels; that's about the extent of it.
The headline number is reassuring. Coeur d'Alene's reported incident rate of about 1,344 per 100,000 is comfortably below the US norm of around 3,500 per 100k. Specific neighborhoods always vary, but the broader picture is on the safer side.
It's a middle-of-the-road US city on cost. Coeur d'Alene's index of 99 sits within a few points of the national average — your money buys roughly what it would in a typical American metro.
Coeur d'Alene scores 43 out of 100 on Walk Score, which translates to "car-dependent but not aggressively so". Some neighborhoods buck the citywide average; the dense inner cores are usually noticeably more walkable than the city number suggests.
As a rule of thumb, plan on about $69,377 to live in Coeur d'Alene the way a $70,000 earner lives in a typical US city. The math gets less forgiving the lower you go below that. Median rent in Coeur d'Alene runs about $1,212/mo — keeping housing under 30% of gross income points to a similar floor on what you'd want to earn.