Where is Hope, Idaho?

Hope is in Bonner County, Idaho. Nearby towns include East Hope (under 1 mi), Clark Fork (9.3 mi), Kootenai (10 mi).

What is the population of Hope, Idaho?

Hope has a population of about 107 (U.S. Census).

What schools are in Hope, Idaho?

Hope has 1 operating public school in Lake Pend Oreille School District, including Hope Elementary School.

What parks are in Hope, Idaho?

Hope has 2 parks, including Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area, Trestle Creek Recreation Area.

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Hope, Idaho

Bonner County107 people

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About Hope

Hope is a city in Bonner County. About 107 people lived here in 2024, by Census estimate. It sits at about 2,600 feet, 44 miles northeast of Coeur d'Alene in a straight line.

Places listed for this area include Gamlin Lake and Char Falls.

Moving to Hope

Start with homes, jobs and local services in and around Hope.

Cost of living

Hope is outside the Idaho metros with a 2024 federal price figure, so this uses the Idaho statewide level. A basket that costs $100 in the U.S. costs $95.49 here, under the U.S. average by 4.5%.

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Public schools in Hope

All 1

District, enrollment, and students per teacher from the federal 2024-25 directory. No ratings.

Hope Elementary School
Lake Pend Oreille School District · PK-6
117 students · 14.6 students per teacher

Services for Hope

All services

DMV counters are the county offices. A gas utility appears only when its public list names Hope.

Ponderay · Vehicles
300 Bonner Mall Way Ponderay, ID 83852 Suite 24
· Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM
Priest River · Driver's licenses
73 Eastside Road Priest River, ID 83865
· Mon. - Fri. 9:15 AM - 4:30 PM
Sandpoint · Driver's licenses
4001 N Boyer Ave Sandpoint, ID 83864
· Mon. - Fri. 9:15 AM - 4:30 PM
Priest River · Vehicles
75 Eastside Road Priest River, ID 83856
· Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM

No natural gas utility on the official town lists names Hope.

Allergy ratings in Hope

What a typical year looks like: Low, Moderate or High for each pollen season, plus wildfire smoke. Typical, general guidance. It is not medical advice. Pollen and smoke change with the weather every year, and what bothers you depends on what you are allergic to. See an allergist for testing.

Spring trees
March to June
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in June
Early-summer grass
Late May to July
High
Rating: High, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. June to mid-July
Fall weeds and sagebrush
August to October
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High, Very High. Peaks in August
Wildfire smoke
Mostly July to September
Moderate
Rating: Moderate, on a scale of Low, Moderate, High. 6 days a year with air quality over 100. Worst year 10 (2021).

Regional rating. Hope has no pollen counter. These pollen ratings come from the Coeur d'Alene station in the North Idaho, 45 miles away.

How these ratings are worked out

Pollen is rated on the National Allergy Bureau bands for the grains of pollen in a cubic meter of air. Trees: Low under 15, Moderate 15 to 89, High 90 to 1,499. Weeds: Low under 10, Moderate 10 to 49, High 50 to 499. Grass: Low under 5, Moderate 5 to 19, High 20 to 199. The band is the one reached on the busiest quarter of counted days. A rating is typical, not a forecast: one wet or windy year can move it.

Spring trees, High. Coeur d'Alene NAB station, 294 counted days in 2010 to 2023: on the busiest quarter of days the tree count was 106 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call High. On the busiest tenth of days it was 183 or more.

Early-summer grass, High. The NAB station in Coeur d'Alene reported grass in the High range in June 2017 (WSU), and the Spokane NAB station read 120 grains per cubic meter in late May 2026 (Spokesman-Review). NAB calls 20 to 199 High. Two reports, not a long record. The NAB grass bands: Low under 5, Moderate 5 to 19, High 20 to 199, Very High 200 or more grains per cubic meter.

Fall weeds and sagebrush, Moderate. Coeur d'Alene NAB station, 74 counted days in 2010 to 2022: on the busiest quarter of days the weed count was 16 grains per cubic meter or more, which the NAB bands call Moderate. On the busiest tenth of days it was 28 or more. That is a short record, so treat it as a rough guide.

Wildfire smoke, Moderate. The average number of days a year the EPA's air quality index passed 100 ("unhealthy for sensitive groups" or worse), 2021-2025. Under 3 days is Low, 3 to 9 Moderate, 10 or more High. That grouping is ours, not the EPA's. Bonner County has its own EPA air monitor. The count includes any cause, but across Idaho's monitors 86% of those days fell in July to September and 94% were fine particles (PM2.5), which is what wildfire smoke is made of (570 county-days, 2021-2025).

Not rated. Mold: no published mold spore counts for Idaho towns are in the data used, so there is no mold rating. House dust, pets and food allergies are outside this rating.

Sources

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Pollen data through 2003-2024, smoke data 2021-2025. Checked 2026-10-03.

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Parks in Hope

2 named parks on OpenStreetMap.

Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area
Trestle Creek Recreation Area

Parks, trails and things to do

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Places in and around Hope, nearest first: everything tied to Hope plus anything within 15 miles of town.

Things to do

Waterfalls

Char Fallswaterfall
10 mi
Grouse Creek Fallswaterfall · near Kootenai
15 mi

Lakes

Gamlin Lakelake
4.0 mi
Lake Pend Oreillelake · near East Hope
9.1 mi
Pend Oreille Lake Arealake · near Sandpoint
9.7 mi
Lake Pend Oreillelake · near Sandpoint
11 mi

Museums

Bonner County Museum & Arboretummuseum · near Sandpoint
12 mi

Historic sites

Sandpoint Federal Buildinghistoric site · near Sandpoint
11 mi
Amanda Nesbitt Househistoric site · near Sandpoint
11 mi
Mount Pend Oreille Fire Lookouthistoric site
13 mi

Parks (nearest 12 of 21)

Kullyspell House Monument Parknear East Hope
0.6 mi
Trestle Creek Recreation Area
2.9 mi
David Thompson State Wildlife Preservenear East Hope
3.6 mi
Gamlin Lake Recreation Sitenature reserve
4.1 mi
Pend Oreille Wildlife Management Area
4.7 mi
Pack River Flats Refugenear Kootenai
6.6 mi
Oden Bay Game Management Areanear Kootenai
7.7 mi
Veteran's Memorial Parknear Clark Fork
9.1 mi
Triangle Parknear Sandpoint
11 mi
Condo Del Sol Parknear Sandpoint
11 mi
Healing Gardensnear Sandpoint
11 mi
Pet Memorial Rose Gardennear Ponderay
11 mi

Trails (nearest 12 of 54)

Sam Owen Trail1 mi long · near East Hope
2.5 mi
Red Loop Trail1.6 mi long
4.1 mi
Blue Loop Trail1 mi long
4.3 mi
Gray Loop Trail0.8 mi long
4.3 mi
Yellow Loop Trail1.1 mi long
4.5 mi
Lost Lake0.8 mi long
5.5 mi
Mineral Point4.2 mi long · near East Hope
5.7 mi
Mud Lake1.9 mi long
5.9 mi
Beetop-Roundtop Trail3.2 mi long
8.1 mi
Gold Hill Trail1.4 mi long · near Sandpoint
8.3 mi
Gold Hill2.9 mi long · easy bike trail · near Sandpoint
8.7 mi
Goat Mountain Trail3.4 mi long · near Clark Fork
9.0 mi

Distances are straight-line miles. From state and federal agency pages, the USGS place names list and OpenStreetMap contributors. Checked October 2, 2026. Check the official page for hours, fees and closures before you go.