Athol, Idaho.
Typical home $804,626 (+2.1% in a year). Coeur d'Alene, ID metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$2,682 (+174%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $16,580 +2%
- $788,047$804,626 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $139,896 +21%
- $664,731$804,626 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Athol$4,223
- Idaho$2,502
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 18 years.
Typical home values in Athol, ID rose 2.1% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Athol, Kootenai County, Idaho
Athol is a city of 709 people in Kootenai County. 84% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 16% are rented. Unemployment in Kootenai County was 3.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.2% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then construction.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Athol is a small city in northern Idaho, and most of its homes are lived in by their owners. Its residents are somewhat older than the typical American, and typical home values here are high. Winters are cold and snowy, with the coldest weather in December, while July brings warm days that stay comfortable rather than hot.
Work. Residents work mainly in schools, hospitals and social care, in the building trades, in professional and business services, and in restaurants, hotels and entertainment. Across Kootenai County, the largest workplaces include Kootenai Hospital District, the Coeur D'alene District schools and Silverwood Theme Park. Relatively few adults hold a four-year degree, and the typical commute is a long one, with only a small number of people working from home.
Things to do. Silverwood Theme Park, an amusement park, sits in or beside town, along with ride attractions such as Corkscrew and Tremors. Farragut State Park, a protected area, is a short drive away, and so is Spirit Lake. For a longer outing, Lake Pend Oreille is a longer drive away.
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- 15%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 30 mintypical commute
- 7%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Kootenai County had 71,925 jobs in 2025, 1.2% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in December, with highs near 34° and lows near 22°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 50°. About 27 inches of snow and 25 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Bayview Model Basin weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Kootenai County
- Kootenai Hospital DistrictGeneral hospital3,274FTE
- Coeur D'alene DistrictSchool district1,024FTE
- Silverwood Theme ParkAmusement parks899
- North Idaho CollegeTwo-year college869
- Northwest Specialty HospitalGeneral hospital581FTE
- Post Falls DistrictSchool district577FTE
- Lakeland DistrictSchool district513FTE
- Costco WholesaleWholesale grocer428
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 140 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 16,919 people in all across the county; Athol has none of its own. Hospitals come from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023), school districts from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Inland floodingRelatively high
- Winter weatherRelatively high
- Cold wavesRelatively moderate
- Ice stormsRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Athol’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Kootenai County and the Coeur d'Alene, ID metro.
Athol home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Athol$804,626
- Idaho$476,754
- United States$366,157
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Athol listings — the market is cooling.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Athol25.85%
- United States26.90%
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Athol82
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Athol20
Zip codes with a Athol address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Athol — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zip codes in Athol
| Zip activate to sort by Zip | Place activate to sort by Place | Population sorted descending, activate to sort ascending | Rent activate to sort by Rent | Home value activate to sort by Home value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 83801 | Athol | 7,553 | — | $800,364 |
| 83803 | Bayview | 650 | — | $504,825 |
| 83809 | Careywood | 393 | — | $708,779 |