Ponderay (/ˌpɒndəˈreɪ/ POND-ə-RAY) is a city in Bonner County, Idaho.

Its name is an English phonetic spelling of the French words “Pend Oreille”, the name of the lake the city sits upon.

Ponderay's original plat was filed in Kootenai County on May 5, 1904.

[6] At the 2010 census there were 1,137 people in 521 households, including 277 families, in the city.

There were 622 housing units at an average density of 214.5 per square mile (82.8/km2).

At the 2000 census there were 638 people in 264 households, including 168 families, in the city.

There were 296 housing units at an average density of 110.4 per square mile (42.6/km2).