Honest Growth Assessment (Boise, Meridian, Eagle: houses, school districts, live in)

[micrguy]

Does anyone know of where I can find some honest figures other than the Chamber of Commerce or local government websites for what the growth in and around Boise will be like in the next 20 years. Last time I checked the population for the Boise metro area was roughly 600,000 or so. What do people think the population will be in 20 years?

[idahomama]

Here is one article I found..........
If growth and development continue in the current pattern, it will be possible to drive through
Southwest Idaho and not be able to tell when you’ve left one town and entered another because
residential growth will have blurred the boundaries.

Ada County:
• By 2030, Ada County’s total population is expected to increase to 548,210 – a jump of
some 220,000 people (a population larger than present-day Canyon County) or 68
percent.

• In 2002, 3.2 percent of houses were in the rural areas. By 2030, 25 percent of houses will
be there.

• Over the next 25 years, the Boise and Eagle are expected to have fast-paced growth rates
(46 and 76 percent, respectively), while unincorporated Ada County will likely experience
historic rates of growth.

• The projected population increases will be larger by both percentages and in real numbers
than the population jumps between the 1990 Census and Census 2000, previously
considered the county’s “boom” period.

• Following current housing densities by area, the population increase will require the
development of an additional 45 square miles within Ada County – an amount of acreage
that is unavailable in and immediately adjacent to the Boise River Valley.

Canyon County:

• In 2002, 24 percent of houses were in Canyon County’s rural areas. By 2030, 34 percent
of houses will be there.

• By 2030, 87 percent of the land in the rural areas of Canyon County will be taken by
housing.

Other issues:
• The design of the current growth does not support alternative transportation. If the design
and pattern of development doesn’t change, traffic congestion will increase significantly
because people will rely on cars to take them where they need to go.

• “Sprawl” puts a strain on emergency services such as police, sheriff and fire. It increases
costs to local school districts because of busing.
Facts about projected growth in Ada and Canyon counties



Sources: COMPASS, U.S. Census
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[Anchorless]

Do you have a weblink for this article, idahomama?

[ArtMom]

COMPASS COMMUNITY PLANNING ASSOCIATION (COMPASS) - Idaho

208-855-2508



Try this.

[ArtMom]

[quote=idahomama;121341]Here is one article I found..........
If growth and development continue in the current pattern, it will be possible to drive through
Southwest Idaho and not be able to tell when you’ve left one town and entered another because
residential growth will have blurred the boundaries.


I have to ask if they've driven down State between Boise and Eagle? There is no line. From Eagle up to Fairview/Meridian? And soon Eagle thru the foothills to Emmett. The lines are already gone.

[deem]

:eek

Originally Posted by micrguy

Does anyone know of where I can find some honest figures other than the Chamber of Commerce or local government websites for what the growth in and around Boise will be like in the next 20 years. Last time I checked the population for the Boise metro area was roughly 600,000 or so. What do people think the population will be in 20 years?

I was really shocked to hear this number -
caldwell has 32008, kuna has 8581, garden city has 11210, star has 2232,nampa has 65463, meridian has 43913,eagle has 14795 and then Boise itself has a population of 190466 according the 2007 population numbers from Sperling's and CNN Money
this totals 368,668
The only reason I question this - is we are looking forward to moving there from AZ and felt that , when we were there this summer, this definitley had a population feel (in the entire Boise area) of being less than Mesa, AZ which is well over 600,000

Am I missing some towns?

[Syringaloid]

Originally Posted by deem

:eek

I was really shocked to hear this number -
caldwell has 32008, kuna has 8581, garden city has 11210, star has 2232,nampa has 65463, meridian has 43913,eagle has 14795 and then Boise itself has a population of 190466 according the 2007 population numbers from Sperling's and CNN Money
this totals 368,668
The only reason I question this - is we are looking forward to moving there from AZ and felt that , when we were there this summer, this definitley had a population feel (in the entire Boise area) of being less than Mesa, AZ which is well over 600,000

Am I missing some towns?

You are missing population numbers of all of the people who don't live in the city limits. The local census group has the population numbers higher than CNN money and the local group Compass, is most likely correct. Locally the population of Boise is nearly 210,000 with the metro over 600,000.

[Anchorless]

Parts of the Boise area (downtown, BSU, east and north Boise) feel like a town of 150,000.

Other parts, and certain roads in particular, feel like 600,000.

[janab]

Originally Posted by deem

:eek

Am I missing some towns?

You retired? Try Grangeville,ID...

[boiseguy]

the compass numbers are much higher
boise is 211,000 nampa is 82,000 meridians just surpassed 70,000 eagle is 20,000 and kuna is more like 13,500.. then of course you have all the people that live inbetween, and that actually estimates to 615,000 people.. which is the Boise Metro. surprising to say the least...