Boise City vs Kuna

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

Boise City and Kuna 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 25,960 in Kuna). Kuna has the higher median household income ($93,545 vs $81,308 in Boise City). Boise City has the higher median home value ($456,000 vs $403,700 in Kuna).

Population, income & housing

	Boise City	Kuna
Population	235,701	25,960
Median age	38.2 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$81,308	$93,545
Median home value	$456,000	$403,700
Median gross rent	$1,359	$1,647
Housing units	104,833	8,716
Homeownership rate	63.0%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boise City	Kuna
Population	226,115 → 235,701 (+4.2%)	19,580 → 25,960 (+32.6%)
Median household income	$60,035 → $81,308 (+35.4%)	$68,017 → $93,545 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $456,000 (+80.0%)	$207,700 → $403,700 (+94.4%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,359 (+42.0%)	$1,286 → $1,647 (+28.1%)

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

Kuna

Population

19,58025,960

Median household income

$68,017$93,545

Median home value

$207,700$403,700

Median gross rent

$1,286$1,647

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boise City	Kuna
Under 5	4.4%	9.0%
5 to 17	14.2%	22.9%
18 to 24	11.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	15.8%	18.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	8.3%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.6%
75 and over	6.1%	3.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boise City	Kuna
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	84.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	3.3%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boise City	Kuna
No high school diploma	5.2%	6.4%
High school graduate	19.3%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boise City	Kuna
Drove alone	68.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	7.6%	9.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.1%
Walked	3.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.8%	9.4%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boise City	Kuna
1-unit, detached	64.9%	93.2%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.2%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Boise City	Kuna
Poverty rate	10.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.30	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	19	29
Median year structure built	1985	2007