Living in Boise City-Nampa, ID
On Locationistics's default family weighting, Boise City-Nampa ranks #80 of 103 US metros and #2 of 3 in Idaho. Typical home $497k · median income $86k · 811k residents.
Live data: 103 of 103 metros refreshed — BLS unemployment 2026-07 · FBI crime 2025 · Census ACS ACS 2024 5-year · Zillow ZHVI 2026-07-31 · last refresh Sep 6, 2026. Sources and limits.
Strongest here
- Safe neighbourhoods — 97/100
- Income vs. cost — 86/100
- Job market — 75/100
Weakest here
- Property growth — 1/100
- College pipeline — 3/100
- Healthcare access — 5/100
Who lives in Boise City-Nampa
Racial and ethnic composition of the metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 76.5%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 15%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 1%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 2%
- Other or two or more
- 5.5%
Diversity index 49/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
Schools in Boise City-Nampa
Measured grade-8 test results across every public school district in the metro, weighted by how many students sat the tests (2020 school year).
- Reading proficient
- 57.7%
- Math proficient
- 36.9%
- Combined
- 47.3%
Source: NCES EDFacts assessments via the Urban Institute Education Data API. A dash means the state withheld that subject for this year. States set their own proficiency bars, so compare within a state first.
Sports & college recruiting in Boise City-Nampa
How much college scholarship attention is within reach of local high schools — the four-year colleges and universities in the metro, how many of them are large programs, and how the state as a whole compares.
- Recruiting reach
- 32/100
- Colleges in metro
- 6
- Large universities
- 1
Source: NCES IPEDS four-year institution directory. This measures where scholarship programs are, not signings per high school — no recruiting-signings dataset is public. Large means 10,000+ students, the size at which a university fields a full slate of scholarship teams.
All 14 factor scores
- Temperate climate
- 24°F Jan low · 92°F Jul high
- 41
- School academics
- 60/100 · 47.3% proficient grade 8
- 58
- School sports & recruiting
- 32/100 · 6 colleges nearby, 1 large
- 18
- Safe neighbourhoods
- 97/100 safety index
- 97
- Home affordability
- $497k typical home · 5.8× income
- 20
- Property growth
- +0% over 5 years
- 1
- Faith community
- 450 adherents per 1,000
- 32
- College pipeline
- 42/100 college pipeline
- 3
- Job market
- 3.3% unemployment · 72/100 job market
- 75
- Income vs. cost
- $86k median · cost index 94
- 86
- Self-employment health
- 66/100 small-business index
- 39
- Short commutes
- 23 min mean commute
- 73
- Population diversity
- 49/100 diversity · 76.5% White · 15% Hispanic · 1% Black · 2% Asian
- 21
- Healthcare access
- 66/100 healthcare index
- 5
Common questions
Is Boise City-Nampa a good place to live?
It depends on your weighting, which is the whole point of this tool. On the default family weighting it sits at #80 nationally, carried by safe neighbourhoods and held back by property growth. Re-weight the factors to see where it lands for you.
How much does a house cost in Boise City-Nampa?
The typical home value is about $497k, roughly 5.8× the median household income, and values are up 0% over five years.
What is the weather like?
Around 24°F for a typical January low and 92°F for a typical July high, using NOAA 1991–2020 normals.
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