City in Idaho
Boise City, ID
- Population
- 237,963 (2024)
- Density
- 2,764 / sq mi
- Land area
- 86.1 sq mi
- Water area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Coordinates
- 43.5981, -116.2316
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Photos of Boise City
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Carl Burnett · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Carl Burnett · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Carl Burnett · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Carl Burnett · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Carl Burnett · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Carl Burnett · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Carl Burnett · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Roman Eugeniusz · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Climate
- July average high
- 93°F
- January average low
- 26°F
- Annual rainfall
- 11.5 in
- Annual snowfall
- 17.6 in
- 39° 26° Jan 1.4"
- 46° 29° Feb 1.0"
- 56° 35° Mar 1.3"
- 62° 40° Apr 1.2"
- 72° 48° May 1.5"
- 81° 54° Jun 0.8"
- 93° 62° Jul 0.2"
- 91° 61° Aug 0.2"
- 80° 53° Sep 0.4"
- 65° 42° Oct 0.8"
- 49° 32° Nov 1.2"
- 39° 25° Dec 1.5"
NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Boise Air Terminal (4 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.
Trends
$957 / mo$1,359 / mo
$60,035$81,308
$253,400$456,000
13.8%10.6%
4.5%3.8%
4442
180
Survey and county figures by year. Dollar values are not adjusted for inflation.
How Boise City ranks
- #4 Best Cities Overall of 100 cities · score 72.6
- #9 Healthiest Cities of 96 cities · score 82.3
- #15 Most Affordable Cities of 100 cities · score 68.1
- #15 Cities with the Cleanest Air of 95 cities · score 82.7
- #15 Best-Connected Cities of 100 cities · score 85.5
- #35 Best Cities for Car-Free Commuting of 100 cities · score 60.1
- #39 Best Cities for Park Access of 99 cities · score 57.1
Local facts
- Median household income
- $81,308
- Median rent
- $1,359 / mo
- Median home value
- $456,000
- Median age
- 38.2
- Unemployment
- 3.8%
- Bachelor's degree or higher
- 46.6%
- Poverty rate
- 10.6%
- Renter-occupied homes
- 37.0%
Health & wellbeing
CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.
- Adults with obesity
- 29.4%
- No leisure-time physical activity
- 18.6%
- Adults with diabetes
- 8.2%
- Adults who smoke
- 10.9%
- Frequent mental distress
- 16.2%
- Sleeping under 7 hours
- 31.5%
- Adults without health insurance
- 8.9%
- Routine checkup in past year
- 75.3%
Parks, air & walkability
- Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
- 75.5%
- Share of city that is parkland
- 9.8%
- EPA walkability index (1-20)
- 14.4
- Median air quality index (county)
- 42
- Unhealthy air days (county)
- 0
Internet & commuting
- Households with broadband
- 93.5%
- Households with no internet
- 3.7%
- Average commute
- 19.1 min
- Work from home
- 15.9%
- Commute by transit
- 0.6%
- Commute on foot
- 3.4%
- Commute by bike
- 2.3%
Natural hazard risk
FEMA rates Ada County as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 3 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.
- Winter weather: very high
- Wildfire: relatively high
- Heat wave: relatively moderate
- Strong wind: relatively high
Data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons
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