About Hayden Lake

Hayden Lake is a tiny city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 523 people and just one neighborhood, Hayden Lake is the 105th largest community in Idaho.

Hayden Lake is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.15% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Hayden Lake is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Hayden Lake who work in sales jobs (27.07%), management occupations (13.10%), and teaching (10.48%).

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 8.85% 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.

Hayden Lake is an extremely popular destination for tourists and seasonal residents. So much of the population is seasonal such that the city's population swells significantly during the vacation season, and drops again when the season ends. Because of this, much of the local economy is centered around tourism; some businesses may be operated only during the high season. During the low season, year-round residents will notice that the city is a substantially quieter place to live.

Hayden Lake is a small city, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Hayden Lake, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 100% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

Hayden Lake is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Hayden Lake Information and Demographics

The citizens of Hayden Lake are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 40.84% of adults in Hayden Lake have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Hayden Lake in 2000 was $31,834, which is wealthy relative to Idaho and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $127,336 for a family of four. However, Hayden Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Hayden Lake home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Hayden Lake is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Hayden Lake include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, Scottish, Swedish, Italian, Dutch, French, Danish, and Lithuanian.

The most common language spoken in Hayden Lake is English. Some people also speak Spanish.