Boundary County vs Valley County

A side-by-side comparison of Boundary County and Valley County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Boundary County has the higher population (12,695 vs 12,136 in Valley County). Valley County has the higher median household income ($76,125 vs $62,438 in Boundary County). Valley County has the higher median home value ($599,500 vs $344,100 in Boundary County).

Population, income & housing

	Boundary County	Valley County
Population	12,695	12,136
Median age	42.8 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,438	$76,125
Median home value	$344,100	$599,500
Median gross rent	$867	$1,011
Housing units	5,535	12,601
Homeownership rate	78.0%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	35.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Boundary County	Valley County
Population	11,845 → 12,695 (+7.2%)	10,709 → 12,136 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$43,423 → $62,438 (+43.8%)	$64,475 → $76,125 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$205,000 → $344,100 (+67.9%)	$314,800 → $599,500 (+90.4%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $867 (+41.4%)	$773 → $1,011 (+30.8%)

Boundary County

Population

11,84512,695

Median household income

$43,423$62,438

Median home value

$205,000$344,100

Median gross rent

$613$867

Valley County

Population

10,70912,136

Median household income

$64,475$76,125

Median home value

$314,800$599,500

Median gross rent

$773$1,011

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Boundary County	Valley County
Under 5	6.5%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.9%	13.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	3.8%
25 to 34	10.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.5%
45 to 54	10.9%	11.0%
55 to 64	13.4%	15.7%
65 to 74	15.2%	18.0%
75 and over	8.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Boundary County	Valley County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Boundary County	Valley County
No high school diploma	12.8%	9.0%
High school graduate	32.6%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	25.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Boundary County	Valley County
Drove alone	74.4%	64.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	4.9%	7.6%
Bicycle	0.8%	1.4%
Worked from home	8.5%	23.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Boundary County	Valley County
1-unit, detached	82.4%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Boundary County	Valley County
Poverty rate	17.2%	14.2%
Average household size	2.59	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1990	1993