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Boise City, ID

237,959 Population
85.2 square miles 2,794.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

40 ±1.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 38 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Idaho: 37.8 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,839 ±$2,315 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: $43,925 ±$902
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Idaho: $39,870 ±$633
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$81,102 ±$4,347 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: $88,695 ±$2,915
  • about the same as the amount in Idaho: $81,166 ±$1,340
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.9% ±1.7% (29,875  ±3,897) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 9.4% 77,927 (±0.9% / ±7,494)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Idaho: 10.5% 204,268 (±0.7% / ±13,558)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

20 minutes ±0.8 (2,136,875  ±120,632) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 23.8 8,351,975 (±0.6 / ±268,537)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Idaho: 22.2 18,443,220 (±0.4 / ±405,208)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

106,045 ±2,312 Number of households
  • the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 323,571 ±3,302
  • Idaho: 751,181 ±5,831
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (230,945  ±214) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 2.6 826,738 (±0 / ±3,352)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Idaho: 2.6 1,951,380
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.4% ±1.2% (2,043  ±723) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 4.9% † 9,828 (±0.8% / ±1,668)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Idaho: 5.5% † 25,828 (±0.7% / ±3,038)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

111,396 ±2,341 Number of housing units
  • the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 340,000 ±1,595
  • Idaho: 832,052 ±1,315
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$498,500 ±$17,793 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: $484,000 ±$5,958
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Idaho: $446,400 ±$5,301
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

18.1% ±2.2% (42,713  ±5,145.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 14.6% 122,307 (±1.1% / ±9,227.7)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Idaho: 13.6% 269,828 (±0.7% / ±13,062.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

95.6% ±3.3% (163,494  ±6,278.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 93% 537,868 (±1.8% / ±10,581.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Idaho: 92.5% 1,235,112 (±1.2% / ±16,539)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
49.2% ±2.4% (84,239  ±4,283.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 38% 220,068 (±1.1% / ±6,374.9)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Idaho: 33% 441,039 (±0.7% / ±9,997.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

8.3% ±1.2% (19,778  ±2,860) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 8% 67,156 (±0.6% / ±5,321)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Idaho: 6.3% 126,009
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

6.5% ±0.8% (12,905  ±1,563) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Boise City, ID Metro Area: 7.2% 47,072 (±0.5% / ±2,959)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Idaho: 7.4% 113,576 (±0.3% / ±4,370)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
12,905 Total veterans ±1,563 11,776 Male ±1,448 1,129 Female ±471

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