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Post Falls, ID
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Living in Post Falls



Post Falls is a medium-sized city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 44,194 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Post Falls is the tenth largest community in Idaho. Much of the housing stock in Post Falls was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Post Falls economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Post Falls, where the median household income is $71,042.00.

Also of interest is that Post Falls has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.06% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The education level of Post Falls citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.18% of adults in Post Falls have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Post Falls in 2018 was $30,524, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,096 for a family of four. However, Post Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Post Falls is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Post Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Post Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Post Falls include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Post Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and German/Yiddish.