Ponderay, ID housing market
The median sale price was $404,000 in May 2026.
Home values, sales, trends and how Ponderay compares with the towns next door — updated as new data is published.
Ponderay at a glance
Only 2 sales in May 2026: in a market this size, monthly medians swing a lot, so the typical value above is the steadier guide.
17 new homes permitted in 2025
Builders were permitted 17 new homes in Ponderay in 2025: 15 single-family houses and 2 in buildings with two or more homes, worth about $5.1 million to build. That's 11 per 1,000 residents, about the pace of Idaho as a whole. Over the past 10 years, Ponderay has permitted 303 homes in all.
Show as a table
| Year | New homes | Single-family | 2+ per building | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Jan–Aug) | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.3 million |
| 2025 | 17 | 15 | 2 | $5.1 million |
| 2024 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.9 million |
| 2023 | 6 | 6 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| 2022 | 164 | 8 | 156 | $16.5 million |
| 2021 | 47 | 47 | 0 | $14.5 million |
| 2020 | 57 | 25 | 32 | $12 million |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $350,000 |
| 2018 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $350,000 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 | 0 | $600,000 |
| 2016 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $250,000 |
| 2014 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — |
| 2013 | 1 | 1 | 0 | $150,000 |
Homes authorized by building permits, counted in the year the permit was issued. U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, through August 2026.
Ponderay and its neighbors
8.5 years of income
The typical Ponderay home costs about 8.5 years of the town's median household income, more than across Idaho (6.2 years).
Home value ÷ ACS median household income.
Owners, rent & taxes
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020-2024.
A two-bedroom rents for about $1,270
HUD's Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom in Ponderay is $1,270 a month, utilities included: roughly what a modest, recently rented unit costs. Renters already in Ponderay pay a median of $1,099, so moving in tends to cost more than staying put. A two-bedroom takes about 30% of the town's median household income.
Studio $960 · 4 bedrooms $1,920
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, FY2026 Fair Market Rents by ZIP code (83852, 83864; Bonner County, ID), weighted by land area. A Fair Market Rent is the 40th-percentile rent plus utilities for a standard unit. Median rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.
Home values: Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), Zillow Research. Sales, days on market and supply: Redfin Data Center, May 2026. Income, ownership, taxes and rent: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. New homes: U.S. Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey. Fair Market Rents: U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Listings link to their publishers.