Boise City vs Eagle

A side-by-side comparison of Boise City and Eagle: population, income, housing, and more.

Boise City and Eagle are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Boise City has the higher population (235,701 vs 31,490 in Eagle). Eagle has the higher median household income ($118,037 vs $81,308 in Boise City). Eagle has the higher median home value ($711,500 vs $456,000 in Boise City).

Population, income & housing

	Boise City	Eagle
Population	235,701	31,490
Median age	38.2 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$81,308	$118,037
Median home value	$456,000	$711,500
Median gross rent	$1,359	$1,753
Housing units	104,833	12,646
Homeownership rate	63.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boise City	Eagle
Population	226,115 → 235,701 (+4.2%)	26,514 → 31,490 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$60,035 → $81,308 (+35.4%)	$92,807 → $118,037 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $456,000 (+80.0%)	$426,000 → $711,500 (+67.0%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,359 (+42.0%)	$1,138 → $1,753 (+54.0%)

Boise City

Population

226,115235,701

Median household income

$60,035$81,308

Median home value

$253,400$456,000

Median gross rent

$957$1,359

Eagle

Population

26,51431,490

Median household income

$92,807$118,037

Median home value

$426,000$711,500

Median gross rent

$1,138$1,753

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boise City	Eagle
Under 5	4.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.0%
18 to 24	11.1%	4.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	7.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	14.0%
55 to 64	12.5%	14.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	15.0%
75 and over	6.1%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boise City	Eagle
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	84.7%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	3.3%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	9.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boise City	Eagle
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.9%
High school graduate	19.3%	13.4%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	35.6%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boise City	Eagle
Drove alone	68.6%	62.0%
Carpooled	7.6%	4.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.8%
Walked	3.4%	2.7%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.8%	27.9%
Other means	1.6%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boise City	Eagle
1-unit, detached	64.9%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	3.9%
20 or more units	8.2%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Boise City	Eagle
Poverty rate	10.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1985	2005