A mountain resort town where remote-worker migration reshaped the voter rolls
Sandpoint anchors Bonner County, one of Idaho's fastest-growing corners, where an influx of out-of-state arrivals since 2020 has layered new demographic complexity onto a historically lopsided Republican baseline.
| Group | Sandpoint, ID | National |
|---|---|---|
▶White (Non-Hispanic)(13) | 92.9% | 57.4% |
Multiracial / Other | 2.8% | 4.0% |
▶Hispanic / Latino(9) | 2.8% | 19.3% |
▶Native American / Alaska Native(3) | 0.7% | 0.9% |
▶Asian(4) | 0.5% | 6.0% |
▶Black / African American(3) | 0.3% | 12.2% |
▶Middle Eastern / North African(5) | 0.2% | 0.9% |
Catholic-Evangelical edge: -16.7pp (vs national 4.5pp). A strongly Evangelical-leaning religious profile, which nationally correlates with Republican-leaning rural and exurban communities.
| Tradition | % Pop | % Adherents | US Pop | US Adherents |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.3% | 43.6% | — | — | |
| 7.4% | 31.3% | — | — | |
| 4.8% | 20.6% | — | — | |
LDS (Mormon) | 3.8% | 16.3% | — | — |
| 1.1% | 4.6% | — | — | |
Non-religiousPopulation | 76.4% | — | — | — |
Who lives in the Sandpoint, ID metro area? 170,151 residents across 4 counties.
23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — 10pp below the national average. Places with similar education levels vote R+9 on average nationally.
Scale, voting-age share, and this geography's footprint inside the national electorate.
Income, attainment, and ownership indicators that often shape coalition structure and turnout behavior.
Age structure, language use, and nativity signals that explain how this geography differs from state and nation.
| Offices | Margin A | Margin B | Split |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate vs Governor | R+38.0 | R+43.4 | 5.4pp |