Boise, ID (Idaho) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 202,832 (Urban population: 202,084, Rural population: 748 (16 farm, 732 nonfarm))

Boise, Idaho Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 77,950 (74,501 occupied: 47,643 owner occupied, 26,858 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	36%
State:	28%

Housing density: 1222 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $303,955.

Median contract rent in 2007: $628 (lower quartile is $531, upper quartile is $766)

Housing units in Boise with a mortgage: 33,301 (4,441 second mortgage, 3,598 home equity loan, 194 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 8,732

Boise,ID index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $220,000 (it was $118,100 in 2000)

Boise:	$220,000
Idaho:	$178,100

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $167,800 - $324,500

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $286,639
Here: $286,639
State: $251,224

Townhouses or other attached units: $204,785
Here: $204,785
State: $186,487

In 2-unit structures: $247,541
Here: $247,541
State: $340,461

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $278,538
Here: $278,538
State: $305,789

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $165,821
Here: $165,821
State: $193,422

Mobile homes: $33,343
Here: $33,343
State: $52,209

Occupied boats, RVs, vans, etc.: $31,657
Here: $31,657
State: $37,997

Median year house/condo built: 1978

Median year apartment built: 1980

Household type by relationship

Households: 181,913

In family households: 145,952 (36,416 male householders, 10,603 female householders)
37,424 spouses, 52,553 children (47,615 natural, 1,700 adopted, 3,238 stepchildren), 1,633 grandchildren, 1,474 brothers or sisters, 870 parents, 1,532 other relatives, 3,447 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 35,961 (13,083 male householders (9,267 living alone)), 14,507 female householders (11,611 living alone)), 8,371 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 4,024 (2,573 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 20,000 2-persons, 11,017 3-persons, 9,904 4-persons, 3,943 5-persons, 1,611 6-persons, 544 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 20,878 1-person, 5,510 2-persons, 929 3-persons, 200 4-persons, 51 5-persons, 19 6-persons, 3 7-or-more-persons.

33,757 married couples with children.
10,423 single-parent households (2,547 men, 7,876 women).

91.7% of residents of Boise speak English at home.
3.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
2.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 19% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (48% speak English very well, 33% speak English well, 16% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak other language at home (70% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 5% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 8,962 (4.8%)
(38.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.3
State:	6.1

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	3.8
State:	4.1

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Boise, Idaho:
	1 room: 89 2 rooms: 482 3 rooms: 1,638 4 rooms: 4,168 5 rooms: 9,715 6 rooms: 10,102 7 rooms: 8,307 8 rooms: 6,359 9 or more rooms: 6,783

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boise, Idaho:
	1 room: 1,847 2 rooms: 3,403 3 rooms: 5,600 4 rooms: 7,721 5 rooms: 4,632 6 rooms: 2,087 7 rooms: 836 8 rooms: 446 9 or more rooms: 286

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 2,079
1995 to 1998: 8,325
1990 to 1994: 10,353
1980 to 1989: 12,041
1970 to 1979: 18,550
1960 to 1969: 7,785
1950 to 1959: 8,035
1940 to 1949: 4,572
1939 or earlier: 6,210

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Boise:
	no bedroom: 162 1 bedroom: 1,484 2 bedrooms: 9,025 3 bedrooms: 23,506 4 bedrooms: 10,446 5 or more bedrooms: 3,020

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Boise:
	no bedroom: 2,152 1 bedroom: 8,123 2 bedrooms: 10,846 3 bedrooms: 4,708 4 bedrooms: 801 5 or more bedrooms: 228

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Boise in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 1,071 1 vehicle: 12,482 2 vehicles: 22,099 3 vehicles: 8,887 4 vehicles: 2,386 5 or more vehicles: 718

Cars and other vehicles available in Boise in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 3,070 1 vehicle: 12,799 2 vehicles: 8,409 3 vehicles: 1,949 4 vehicles: 532 5 or more vehicles: 99

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Boise, ID:

Less than $10,000: 178
$10,000 to $14,999: 89
$15,000 to $19,999: 138
$20,000 to $24,999: 266
$25,000 to $29,999: 213
$30,000 to $34,999: 136
$35,000 to $39,999: 142
$40,000 to $49,999: 293
$50,000 to $59,999: 306
$60,000 to $69,999: 299
$70,000 to $79,999: 245
$80,000 to $89,999: 232
$90,000 to $99,999: 263
$100,000 to $124,999: 1099
$125,000 to $149,999: 2964
$150,000 to $174,999: 6986
$175,000 to $199,999: 7462
$200,000 to $249,999: 12130
$250,000 to $299,999: 7529
$300,000 to $399,999: 6336
$400,000 to $499,999: 3036
$500,000 to $749,999: 2261
$750,000 to $999,999: 490
$1,000,000 or more: 393

Boise rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Boise:

Less than $100: 190 people
$100 to $149: 310
$150 to $199: 338
$200 to $249: 366
$250 to $299: 462
$300 to $349: 590
$350 to $399: 951
$400 to $449: 1,460
$450 to $499: 2,139
$500 to $549: 2,557
$550 to $599: 3,248
$600 to $649: 3,429
$650 to $699: 2,931
$700 to $749: 2,161
$750 to $799: 1,608
$800 to $899: 2,748
$900 to $999: 1,608
$1,000 to $1,249: 1,115
$1,250 to $1,499: 237
$1,500 to $1,999: 325
$2,000 or more: 396
No cash rent: 588

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 3,865 1990 to 1994: 964 1985 to 1989: 1,043 1980 to 1984: 648 1975 to 1979: 480 1970 to 1974: 373 1970 to 1974: 316 1965 to 1969: 1,273

Boise, ID Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 94.6%
Number of people working at home: 3,948 (4.0% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 2527
5 to 9 minutes: 12251
10 to 14 minutes: 21738
15 to 19 minutes: 22885
20 to 24 minutes: 18023
25 to 29 minutes: 4927
30 to 34 minutes: 7503
35 to 39 minutes: 674
40 to 44 minutes: 707
45 to 59 minutes: 1527
60 to 89 minutes: 1203
90 or more minutes: 1092

Boise mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 79,089 (80%)
Carpooled: 10,169 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 1,098 (1%)
Streetcar or trolley car: 21 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 7 (0%)
Ferryboat: 9 (0%)
Taxi: 83 (0%)
Motorcycle: 141 (0%)
Bicycle: 1,636 (2%)
Walked: 2,281 (2%)
Other means: 523 (1%)
Worked at home: 3,948 (4%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 4934
$10,000 to $14,999: 4072
$15,000 to $19,999: 4916
$20,000 to $24,999: 5489
$25,000 to $29,999: 4930
$30,000 to $34,999: 5421
$35,000 to $39,999: 4723
$40,000 to $44,999: 4694
$45,000 to $49,999: 4022
$50,000 to $59,999: 7204
$60,000 to $74,999: 8333
$75,000 to $99,999: 7759
$100,000 to $124,999: 3532
$125,000 to $149,999: 1781
$150,000 to $199,999: 1328
$200,000 or more: 1471

First ancestries reported:

German: 26080

English: 22019

Other groups: 20622

Irish: 14173

United States or American: 13208

Norwegian: 5197

Scottish: 4852

Italian: 4548

Swedish: 3856

European: 3546

French (except Basque): 3516

Scotch-Irish: 3154

Dutch: 2625

Danish: 2400

Welsh: 1776

Basque: 1773

Polish: 1741

Yugoslavian: 1337

British: 1165

French Canadian: 1023

Russian: 991

Swiss: 877

Scandinavian: 736

Czech: 552

Finnish: 538

Greek: 499

Arab:: 434

Portuguese: 403

Ukrainian: 379

Hungarian: 344

Northern European: 322

Czechoslovakian: 314

Canadian: 298

Austrian: 292

Albanian: 269

Subsaharan African:: 223

Croatian: 220

Lithuanian: 207

Lebanese: 163

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 152

Iranian: 142

Belgian: 127

Jamaican: 121

Arab/Arabic: 97

Slovak: 89

Icelander: 89

African: 85

Celtic: 81

Armenian: 78

Serbian: 63

Romanian: 59

Somalian: 57

Slovene: 51

Iraqi: 50

Brazilian: 49

Egyptian: 45

Eastern European: 37

Moroccan: 35

Australian: 33

Latvian: 31

Pennsylvania German: 29

Sudanese: 27

Syrian: 26

Turkish: 25

Nigerian: 25

Estonian: 24

Slavic: 22

Other Arab: 18

Luxemburger: 16

Dutch West Indian: 14

South African: 12

Zimbabwean: 10

Haitian: 10

Acadian/Cajun: 8

Afghan: 7

Other Subsaharan African: 7

Maltese: 7

West Indian: 7

Macedonian: 5

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:

Mexico (15%)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (11%)
Canada (7%)
Vietnam (6%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Germany (5%)
India (5%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 80326
Northeast: 6834
Midwest: 20368
South: 11477
West: 55872

45% of Boise residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 31% lived in Idaho.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 138
Nursery to 4th grade: 93
5th and 6th grade: 173
7th and 8th grade: 664
9th grade: 428
10th grade: 943
11th grade: 846
12th grade, no diploma: 1,614
High school graduate (or equivalency): 10,907
Less than 1 year of college: 4,002
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 11,939
Associate degree: 3,932
Bachelor's degree: 14,200
Master's degree: 4,620
Professional school degree: 1,883
Doctorate degree: 830

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 112
Nursery to 4th grade: 82
5th and 6th grade: 182
7th and 8th grade: 855
9th grade: 688
10th grade: 913
11th grade: 1,210
12th grade, no diploma: 1,523
High school graduate (or equivalency): 13,965
Less than 1 year of college: 6,118
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 12,265
Associate degree: 4,498
Bachelor's degree: 12,801
Master's degree: 4,026
Professional school degree: 855
Doctorate degree: 270

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.1%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 7.1%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 3.6%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 23.6%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 6.1%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 2.4%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 8.8%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 4.6%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 8.7%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.3%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 12.1%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 8.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 6.5%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $49,595
Black householders: $58,619
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $29,632
Asian householders: $36,352
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $104,171
Some other race householders: $57,010
Two or more races householders: $36,713
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $47,547

Boise household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Boise household income for Black householders

Boise household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Boise household income for Asian householders

Boise household income for Some other race householders

Boise household income for Two or more races householders

Boise household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Boise marital status for males

Boise marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $225,588
Black or African American householders: $227,451
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $183,116
Asian householders: $216,088
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $176,037
Some other race householders: $206,215
Two or more races householders: $215,715
Hispanic or Latino householders: $213,852

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 50,426
One, attached: 4,296
Two: 3,150
3 or 4: 4,659
5 to 9: 3,156
10 to 19: 3,087
20 to 49: 2,573
50 or more: 3,181
Mobile homes: 3,304
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 118

Median worth of mobile homes: $24,600

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Boise:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Utility gas (82%) Electricity (14%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (51%) Utility gas (44%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (2%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%) Other fuel (1%) No fuel used (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 1,877

Here:	8.8%
Idaho:	7.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 819

Here:	7.8%
Idaho:	5.7%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 1,031

Here:	9.3%
Idaho:	22.0%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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