Benewah County vs Boise County

A side-by-side comparison of Benewah County and Boise County: population, income, housing, and more.

Benewah County and Boise County are counties in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Benewah County has the higher population (9,913 vs 8,045 in Boise County). Boise County has the higher median household income ($77,349 vs $56,553 in Benewah County). Boise County has the higher median home value ($424,100 vs $255,800 in Benewah County).

Population, income & housing

	Benewah County	Boise County
Population	9,913	8,045
Median age	46.0 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,553	$77,349
Median home value	$255,800	$424,100
Median gross rent	$853	$854
Housing units	4,706	5,592
Homeownership rate	75.7%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Benewah County	Boise County
Population	9,138 → 9,913 (+8.5%)	7,378 → 8,045 (+9.0%)
Median household income	$47,556 → $56,553 (+18.9%)	$59,646 → $77,349 (+29.7%)
Median home value	$167,000 → $255,800 (+53.2%)	$232,300 → $424,100 (+82.6%)
Median gross rent	$644 → $853 (+32.5%)	$754 → $854 (+13.3%)

Benewah County

Population

9,1389,913

Median household income

$47,556$56,553

Median home value

$167,000$255,800

Median gross rent

$644$853

Boise County

Population

7,3788,045

Median household income

$59,646$77,349

Median home value

$232,300$424,100

Median gross rent

$754$854

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Benewah County	Boise County
Under 5	5.3%	3.8%
5 to 17	16.8%	11.5%
18 to 24	6.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	8.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	11.5%	12.3%
55 to 64	16.0%	20.3%
65 to 74	15.4%	18.6%
75 and over	8.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Benewah County	Boise County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	85.1%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.4%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.6%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Benewah County	Boise County
No high school diploma	15.6%	4.4%
High school graduate	32.9%	27.6%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Benewah County	Boise County
Drove alone	77.2%	66.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	7.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	8.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.2%
Worked from home	7.0%	17.8%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Benewah County	Boise County
1-unit, detached	72.9%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	20.2%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Benewah County	Boise County
Poverty rate	15.0%	8.2%
Average household size	2.47	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1978	1991