About Kuna

Kuna is a somewhat small city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 5,492 people and just one neighborhood, Kuna is the 33rd largest community in Idaho.

Kuna has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures.

Kuna is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kuna is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kuna who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.00%), sales jobs (13.26%), and teaching (6.31%).

Also of interest is that Kuna has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Kuna is very much a car-oriented city. This is because the population of Kuna isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 97.14% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small city, Kuna does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Kuna Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Kuna is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 14.96%: 14.74% of adults 25 and older in Kuna have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kuna in 2000 was $13,891, which is lower middle income relative to Idaho and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $55,564 for a family of four.

The people who call Kuna home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Kuna is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Kuna include German, English, Irish, French, Dutch, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Kuna is English. Some people also speak Spanish.