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Population (year 2000): 960. Estimated
population in July 2005: 907 (-5.5% change)
Males: 478 (49.8%), Females: 482 (50.2%)
Shoshone County
Zip code:
83873
Median resident age: 40.6 years
Median household income: $22,065 (year 2000)
Median house value: $59,300 (year 2000)
Races in Wallace:
- White Non-Hispanic (93.5%)
- American Indian (3.8%)
- Hispanic (2.2%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
- Other race (0.6%)
Ancestries: German (24.5%), Irish (16.6%),
United States (11.8%), English (10.0%), Norwegian (6.9%),
Italian (4.9%).
Elevation: 2744 feet
Land area: 0.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wallace
- High school or higher: 85.9%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 5.5%
- Unemployed: 11.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 16.9 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wallace city
- Never married: 22.3%
- Now married: 47.5%
- Separated: 0.9%
- Widowed: 10.0%
- Divorced: 19.3%
2.9% Foreign born (1.4% North America, 0.9%
Asia, 0.4% Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: -187 (-16.3%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Wallace:
- SHOSHONE MEDICAL CENTER (about 15 miles; KELLOGG,
ID)
- BENEWAH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 47 miles; SAINT
MARIES, ID)
- KOOTENAI MEDICAL CENTER (about 61 miles; COEUR
D'ALENE, ID)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wallace:
- COEUR D'ALENE AIR TERM (about 65 miles; COEUR
D'ALENE, ID; ID: COE)
- PULLMAN/MOSCOW REGIONAL (about 96 miles; PULLMAN/MOSCOW,ID,
WA; ID: PUW)
- LEWISTON-NEZ PERCE COUNTY (about 107 miles;
LEWISTON, ID; ID: LWS)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wallace:
- SHOSHONE COUNTY (about 19 miles; KELLOGG, ID; ID:
S83)
- MAGEE (about 34 miles; COEUR D ALENE, ID; ID: S77)
- THOMPSON FALLS (about 45 miles; THOMPSON FALLS, MT;
ID: THM)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wallace:
- NORTH IDAHO COLLEGE (about 61 miles; COEUR D'ALENE,
ID; Full-time enrollment: 2,988)
- UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO (about 69 miles; MOSCOW, ID; FT
enrollment: 9,823)
- SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 100 miles; SPOKANE,
WA; FT enrollment: 5,564)
- LEWIS-CLARK STATE COLLEGE (about 105 miles;
LEWISTON, ID; FT enrollment: 2,213)
- GONZAGA UNIVERSITY (about 105 miles; SPOKANE, WA; FT
enrollment: 3,860)
- SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 110 miles;
SPOKANE, WA; FT enrollment: 6,284)
- EASTERN WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY (about 117 miles;
CHENEY, WA; FT enrollment: 7,852)
Public high school in Wallace:
- WALLACE JR/SR HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 268;
Location: 401 RIVER STREET; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle school in Wallace:
- SILVER HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students:
334; Location: 401 RIVER STREET; Grades: PK - 06)
Library in Wallace:
- WALLACE PUBLIC (Operating income: $27,312;
Location: 415 RIVER ST; 12,804 books; 184 audio
materials; 465 video materials; 47 serial subscriptions)
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