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Potlatch, ID

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Population
797
U.S. Census Population Estimates Program · 2025
Elevation
2,549 ft
Median Home Value
$244,200
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024
Median Income
$76,607
U.S. Census American Community Survey 5-Year · 2024

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Potlatch in context.

OverallBest places in IdahoPopulation rankingHighest population places in IdahoNearest larger communityMoscow, Idaho14 miles away · 26,721 residents.

About Potlatch

Potlatch is a Latah County city on the Palouse, built as a company town around one of the biggest white-pine sawmills in the world. Frederick Weyerhaeuser's Potlatch Lumber Company chose the site in 1903, and the mill town soon had worker housing, a school, churches, a hospital, hotel, and mercantile. The mill closed in 1981, but the old company-town bones remain around City Hall and the historic depot. Potlatch is north-central Idaho in a timber-and-river shape, with the Palouse still setting the edge.

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Lower FEMA County Hurricane Risk IndexA+100.0ratingLower Projected Late-Century County-Area Exposure to Sea-Level RiseA+100.0ratingLow PopulationA+100.0rating

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