Post Falls, Idaho Post Falls, Idaho Downtown Post Falls along the Spokane River.
Downtown Post Falls along the Spokane River.
Location in Kootenai County and the state of Idaho Location in Kootenai County and the state of Idaho Post Falls, Idaho is positioned in the US Post Falls, Idaho - Post Falls, Idaho Location in the United States State Idaho Post Falls is a town/city in Kootenai County, Idaho, between Coeur d'Alene and Spokane, Washington.
The populace was 27,574 at the 2010 census, up from 17,247 in 2000 census, making it Idaho's tenth biggest city.
Post Falls is titled after Frederick Post, a German immigrant who constructed a lumber foundry along the Spokane River in 1871 on territory he purchased from Andrew Seltice, Chief of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe.
According to the United States Enumeration Bureau, the town/city has a total region of 14.11 square miles (36.54 km2), of which 14.07 square miles (36.44 km2) is territory and 0.04 square miles (0.10 km2) is water. Post Falls is positioned four miles (6 km) east of the Washington-Idaho border along Interstate 90 in Kootenai County.
It is bounded by Coeur d'Alene to the east, the state of Washington to the west, the Spokane River to the south and the Rathdrum prairie to the north.
Post Falls is 20 miles (32 km) east of Spokane and approximately 100 miles (160 km) south of the Canada United States border.
Post Falls has a dry-summer continental climate, with four very distinct seasons.
Climate data for Post Falls, Idaho The enhance schools are run by the Post Falls School District #273.
Schools inside Post Falls include: Post Falls Middle School Post Falls High School As of the census of 2010, there were 27,574 citizens , 10,263 homeholds, and 7,396 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 1,959.8 inhabitants per square mile (756.7/km2).
There were 11,150 housing units at an average density of 792.5 per square mile (306.0/km2).
There were 10,263 homeholds of which 40.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 53.7% were married couples living together, 12.7% had a female homeholder with no husband present, 5.7% had a male homeholder with no wife present, and 27.9% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.68 and the average family size was 3.10.
The median age in the town/city was 33 years.
29% of inhabitants were under the age of 18; 8.7% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 28.6% were from 25 to 44; 22.4% were from 45 to 64; and 11.3% were 65 years of age or older.
As of the census of 2000, there were 17,247 citizens , 6,369 homeholds, and 4,668 families residing in the city.
The populace density was 1,786.1 citizens per square mile (689.3/km ).
There were 6,697 housing units at an average density of 693.5 per square mile (267.7/km ).
There were 6,369 homeholds out of which 40.2% had kids under the age of 18 living with them, 58.7% were married couples living together, 10.1% had a female homeholder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families.
The average homehold size was 2.71 and the average family size was 3.13.
In the city, the populace was spread out with 30.6% under the age of 18, 8.9% from 18 to 24, 31.8% from 25 to 44, 18.9% from 45 to 64, and 9.8% who were 65 years of age or older.
The median income for a homehold in the town/city was $39,061, and the median income for a family was $42,758.
About 7.1% of families and 9.4% of the populace were below the poverty line, including 13.4% of those under age 18 and 7.5% of those age 65 or over.
Due to the adjacency of various lakes, rivers and mountain peaks, Post Falls has advanced tourism and retirement communities.
Post Falls was the chosen locale for Flexcel, Inc., a primary furniture manufacturer that relocated to North Idaho nearly fifteen years ago and employs a workforce of 350.
Has also just recently helped bring Center Partners, a call center company (employing a workforce of 300), and Buck Knives brought their manufacturing command posts (workforce of 250) to the City.
Considerable economic evolution activeness transpired in Post Falls in 2009 including the opening of ALK Source Materials/Biopol which is a Danish pharmaceutical company, a second Super Wal-Mart store that will be positioned near the new Cabelas store began its assembly and is slated to open in early summer 2010, and Lowe's Home Improvement finalized the purchase of territory adjoining to the new Wal-Mart at the Pointe at Post Falls.
Ground Force Manufacturing, a large assembly equipment manufacturer, instead of an addition that increased their manufacturing space by 20,000 square feet (1,900 m2) in 2009 in order to meet the heavy demands for their quarrying assembly products around the globe.
In 2010, additional commercial real estate activeness is anticipated including the assembly of the Lowe's Home Improvement store mentioned earlier; a new 30,000 experienced office building to home a high tech network-based solutions business titled Ednetics; a 30,000 LEED certified industrialized building to be the home of a subsidiary of Berg Integrated Systems will begin assembly in early 2010; the State of Idaho Department of Labor will construct their new county-wide office here in Post Falls that will furnish services to the northern five counties of Idaho; a several restaurants are also anticipated to locate inside the Pointe at Post Falls county-wide power center to take favor of the retail traffic of Cabela's and Wal-Mart; the City's downtown region is expected to see a primary different use universal also take off with transit framework and the first phase including a hospitality component begin construction; and finally the improve anticipates that assembly on the Beck Road Interchange with Interstate 90 will begin this fall ultimately providing service to the Pointe at Post Falls and EXPO on the north side of the freeway and the Riverbend Commerce Park and Greyhound Event Center on the south side of the Interstate 90.
Major employers in Post Falls in 2009 were: Post Falls School District Education 690 City of Post Falls Government 300 The town/city is served by Interstate 90, the major east-west highway of the northern United States, which crosses the Idaho panhandle through Post Falls.
Two miles (3 km) east is its junction with State Highway 41, which extends 8 miles (13 km) north to Rathdrum.
Post Falls is approximately 7 miles (11 km) west of U.S.
Air passenger service is available at Spokane International Airport, west of Spokane.
"Annual Estimates of the Resident Population for Incorporated Places: April 1, 2010 to July 1, 2015".
"Enumeration of Population and Housing".
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