Boise Neighborhood Information (homes, housing, areas)

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There have been different posts asking about different areas in Boise. This link Blueprint Boise Documents
has the city broken out into different sections and gives an overview of the areas.

For instance from the section on Northwest planning area:


[LEFT]Demographic Profile[/LEFT]
[SIZE=2][SIZE=2][SIZE=2][LEFT]Population[/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2][LEFT]Population: [/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]In 2009, the population of the Northwest was 16,247.[/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2][LEFT]Median Age: [/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]Northwest residents are slightly older (35.7) than Boise residents as
a whole.[/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2][SIZE=2][LEFT]Housing[/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2][LEFT]Total Households: [/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]In 2009, the Northwest was home to 6,602 households. This
accounts for 6.6 percent of Boise households.[/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2][LEFT]Household Composition[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]: The Northwest is somewhat more affordable for
young families and seniors, who make up higher percentages of Northwest
population than of all Boise. For example, 26.9 percent of Northwest residents fall
under the age of 20.[/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2][LEFT]Median Home Value[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]: Median home value in the Northwest is slightly lower
($192,512) than in Boise as a whole.[/LEFT]
[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2][LEFT]Tenancy[/SIZE][/SIZE][SIZE=2][SIZE=2]: Most Northwest residents own their homes (71.4%). Northwest[/LEFT]
renters represent 26.9 percent of all households


I hope this can help some of you in researching the area.

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