Real estate · Metro area · Idaho
Real estate businesses in the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area
The real estate businesses in the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.
Groundwork market score · out of 100
Score 36 out of 100: Lower middle
Ranked #336 of 387 scored metro areas
#6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho
- Listings
- 459
- 27 chain locations (6%)
- Official establishments
- 397
- +43.8% since 2019
- Household spending a year
- $1.3B
- On rent and homeowner costs · $17,773 a household
- Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100)
- 64
- 36% below the U.S.
- Listings per 10k households
- 64.5
- 68% above the U.S.
- Population, 2025
- 191,864
- +11.0% since 2020
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What this means
The Groundwork market score for real estate businesses in the Coeur d’Alene metro area is 36 (lower middle), #336 of 387 scored metro areas and #6 of 6 scored metro areas based in Idaho. That puts it in the bottom quarter of metro areas.
Map listings as of September 2026 show 459 real estate businesses in the Coeur d’Alene metro area. Chain locations make up 6% of them, against 6% across the U.S. That comes to 64.5 for every 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 38.5.
At $17,773 per household (7% above the U.S. average), households in the Coeur d’Alene metro area spend about $1.3B a year on rent and homeowner costs. Housing spending per office is 36% below the U.S. figure. That figure is all rent and homeowner costs, used as a measure of housing demand; it is not money real estate businesses take in.
In 2023, official counts showed 397 businesses with payroll in the Coeur d’Alene metro area classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors, up 43.8% from 2019. That is one for every 179 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. Since fiscal 2022, 2 SBA-backed loans worth $1.4M have gone to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Coeur d’Alene metro area. Population estimates put the population change in the Coeur d’Alene metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +11.0%, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%).
How the Coeur d’Alene metro area compares
The same measures for Idaho and the whole U.S. Housing spending per listing divides all rent and homeowner costs by the listings counted: a measure of housing demand for each business, not money any of them take in, so it is shown against the U.S. (100) only. Households per establishment divides households by the official count.
| Measure | Coeur d’Alene metro area | Idaho | U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Listings per 10k households | 64.5 | 50.2 | 38.5 |
| Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | 64 | 81 | 100 |
| Households per official establishment | 179 | 244 | 414 |
| Official establishment growth, 2019–2023 | +43.8% | +29.3% | +15.8% |
| Population growth, 2020–2025 | +11.0% | +9.8% | +3.1% |
| Spending per household on rent and homeowner costs | $17,773 | $17,677 | $16,661 |
| Median household income | $81,861 | $77,800 | $80,734 |
| Groundwork market score | 36 | 37 |
Official counts and lending
Businesses
- Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
- 397+43.8% over the period
- Employees, 2023
- 765
- Annual payroll, 2023
- $47.2M
- One-person businesses, 2023
- 1,500Businesses with no payroll
- Map listings, September 2026
- 45927 chain locations
- Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
- 292The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here
SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022
- Loans
- 2
- Amount
- $1.4M
SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in the Coeur d’Alene metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.
Population and households in the Coeur d’Alene metro area
- Population, 2025 estimate
- 191,864+11.0% since 2020
- Households
- 71,172
- Median age
- 42.2
- Homes lived in by their owners
- 71%
- Vehicles per household
- 2.2
- Land area
- 1,238 sq. mi.
- People per square mile
- 147
- Median household income
- $81,861+43.0% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
- Average household income
- $103,508
- Median home value
- $518,700
- Jobs located here
- 71,721
- Daytime population
- 176,785Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here
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Every Idaho market ranked →The highest-scoring metro areas in Idaho for real estate businesses, numbered among those based in Idaho (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Coeur d’Alene metro area marked.
Top metro areas in Idaho
| Market | Score | Listings | Per 10k households | Housing spending per listing (U.S. = 100) | Population growth | U.S. rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Lewiston, ID-WA | 60 | 80 | 29.9 | 132 | +1.5% | #94 of 387 |
| 2Pocatello, ID | 55 | 109 | 32.5 | 118 | +4.9% | #132 of 387 |
| 3Idaho Falls, ID | 48 | 237 | 42.7 | 96 | +9.8% | #205 of 387 |
| Logan, UT-ID | 47 | 212 | 42.9 | 96 | +8.8% | #215 of 387 |
| 4Twin Falls, ID | 42 | 198 | 46.0 | 84 | +8.1% | #263 of 387 |
| 5Boise City, ID | 40 | 1,822 | 59.9 | 71 | +12.2% | #284 of 387 |
| 6Coeur d’Alene, ID | 36 | 459 | 64.5 | 64 | +11.0% | #336 of 387 |
Other business types in the Coeur d’Alene metro area
Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.
Food and drink
Groceries and convenience
Auto
Beauty and personal care
Fitness and classes
Health care
Child care
Clothing and laundry
Home services
Real estate
Funeral services
Questions
How many real estate businesses are in the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area?
There are 459 real estate businesses on map listings in the Coeur d’Alene metro area as of September 2026. 27 of them (6%) are chain locations. The listings count real estate agents and brokers, property managers, mortgage brokers and lenders, and home inspectors. Official counts show 397 businesses with payroll classed as real estate agents, property managers, mortgage lenders and inspectors in 2023, up 43.8% from 2019. Official counts list 1,500 one-person businesses without payroll.
How much do households in the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area spend on rent and homeowner costs?
About $1.3B a year, or $17,773 per household. That is 7% above the U.S. average (an index of 107, where 100 is the U.S. average). For the 459 real estate businesses on map listings, housing spending per office is 36% below the U.S. figure. The spending figure is all rent and homeowner costs, a measure of housing demand, not money real estate businesses take in. It is estimated from the incomes of the 71,172 households in the Coeur d’Alene metro area and national spending patterns by income.
How does the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area compare with the U.S. for real estate businesses?
The Coeur d’Alene metro area has 64.5 real estate businesses per 10,000 households, 68% above the U.S. rate of 38.5. The index of housing spending per office is 64, where 100 is the U.S. At the national ratio of real estate businesses to household spending, the Coeur d’Alene metro area would have about 292, against 459 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 179 households, against one for every 414 across the U.S. The official count rose 43.8% from 2019 to 2023, against +15.8% for the U.S.
How fast is the Coeur d’Alene, ID metro area growing?
Population estimates put the Coeur d’Alene metro area at 191,864 people in 2025, up 11.0% since 2020, faster than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 71,172 households. The median household income in the Coeur d’Alene metro area is $81,861 a year, in line with the U.S. median of $80,734. That rose 43.0% from the 2015–2019 survey, before inflation.
What is the Groundwork market score?
The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Coeur d’Alene metro area scores 36 for real estate businesses (lower middle), #336 of 387 scored metro areas.
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