HomeIdahoAda CountyBoise City city
Boise City city, Idaho: commercial real estate data.
Boise City city is a Census city of 237,242 people across 85.16 square miles of land, in Ada County. Median household income is $83,904, 63.2 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 577 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $272.7 m.
78 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections
Boise City
What Boise City is
- Census place typecity
- Land area85.16 sq mi
- Water area0.99 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,786
- County holding the largest share of its areaAda County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boise City
How many people live in Boise City
- Population237,242
- Median age38.6
- Population under 1843,866
- Share under 1818.5 percent
- Population 65 and over38,505
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households101,178
- Family households57,993
- Share of households that are families57.3 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boise City
Income and work in Boise City
- Median household income$83,904
- Per capita income$49,861
- Civilian labor force133,989
- Employed129,126
- Unemployed4,863
- Unemployment rate3.6 percent
- Adults 25 and over167,796
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.9 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher47.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree17.7 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boise City
Housing in Boise City
- Housing units106,279
- Occupied units101,178
- Vacant units5,101
- Vacancy rate4.8 percent
- Owner occupied63,910
- Renter occupied37,268
- Ownership rate63.2 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$484,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,446
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.7 percent
- Single family units75,661
- Share single family71.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more27,363
- Share in buildings of two or more25.7 percent
- Mobile homes3,178
- Median year structure built1986
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boise City
How Boise City gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute104,776
- Commuting under 15 minutes37,076
- Share commuting under 15 minutes35.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more16,800
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more16.0 percent
- Drove alone67.6 percent
- Carpooled7.5 percent
- Public transport0.5 percent plus or minus 0.2
- Walked2.9 percent
- Worked from home17.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Boise City
SBA 7(a) lending to Boise City borrowers
- Approvals577
- Gross approval$272,661,800
- Average approval$472,551
- Median approval$150,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,262,900
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported6,520
- Jobs per approval11.3
- Loans with a final outcome141
- Paid in full135
- Charged off6
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans4.3 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more9.5 percent
- Share to franchises14.0 percent
- Distinct lenders69
- Distinct industries by NAICS200
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Boise City
SBA 504 lending to Boise City borrowers
- Approvals206
- Gross approval$146,904,000
- Average approval$713,126
- Median approval$445,000
- Largest approval$4,976,000
- Jobs supported1,594
- Loans with a final outcome54
- Charged off1
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans1.9 percent
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs7
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ada County, not Boise City
Ada County context, not Boise City figures
These are Ada County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Boise City measurements.
- Establishments in Ada County17,028
- Employment at those establishments, Ada County243,004
- Covered employment, Ada County288,010
- Average annual pay, Ada County$70,588
- Average weekly wage, Ada County$1,357
- Housing units permitted, Ada County5,137
- Of those, single family, Ada County4,682
- County product, 2024, Ada County$45,454,670,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ada County7.9 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ada County$94,484
Every figure in this section is published for Ada County as a whole and is not a measurement of Boise City. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Boise City questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Boise City, Idaho?
237,242, in 101,178 households. Boise City city covers 85.16 square miles of land, which is 2,786 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Boise City in?
Ada County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Boise City?
$83,904. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $484,800. Median gross rent is $1,446 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Boise City businesses?
577 7(a) approvals totalling $272.7 m, across 69 lenders, median approval $150,000, plus 206 504 approvals worth $146.9 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Boise City, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Boise City borrowers get paid back?
Of the 141 loans that have reached a final outcome, 135 were paid in full and 6 charged off, a charge off rate of 4.3 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Boise City figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ada County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Boise City.
Is zoning published for Boise City?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
Nearby