Boise City vs Star

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

Boise City and Star 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 13,231 in Star). Star has the higher median household income ($91,318 vs $81,308 in Boise City). Star has the higher median home value ($498,900 vs $456,000 in Boise City).

Population, income & housing

	Boise City	Star
Population	235,701	13,231
Median age	38.2 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$81,308	$91,318
Median home value	$456,000	$498,900
Median gross rent	$1,359	$1,622
Housing units	104,833	4,884
Homeownership rate	63.0%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boise City	Star
Population	226,115 → 235,701 (+4.2%)	9,115 → 13,231 (+45.2%)
Median household income	$60,035 → $81,308 (+35.4%)	$65,282 → $91,318 (+39.9%)
Median home value	$253,400 → $456,000 (+80.0%)	$283,100 → $498,900 (+76.2%)
Median gross rent	$957 → $1,359 (+42.0%)	$1,143 → $1,622 (+41.9%)

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

Star

Population

9,11513,231

Median household income

$65,282$91,318

Median home value

$283,100$498,900

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,622

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boise City	Star
Under 5	4.4%	4.4%
5 to 17	14.2%	19.2%
18 to 24	11.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	15.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.2%
45 to 54	12.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	13.6%
75 and over	6.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boise City	Star
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	82.3%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boise City	Star
No high school diploma	5.2%	2.0%
High school graduate	19.3%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	29.2%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boise City	Star
Drove alone	68.6%	68.8%
Carpooled	7.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.6%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	2.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.8%	19.8%
Other means	1.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boise City	Star
1-unit, detached	64.9%	90.4%
1-unit, attached	6.7%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	0.2%
20 or more units	8.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.4%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Boise City	Star
Poverty rate	10.6%	8.7%
Average household size	2.30	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	19	26
Median year structure built	1985	2009