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Boise, ID
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Boise profile


Living in Boise



Boise is a relatively large city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 237,446 people and 75 constituent neighborhoods, Boise is the largest community in Idaho.

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.73% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One thing that you will notice about Boise is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider Boise a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.

The citizens of Boise are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.68% of adults in Boise have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Boise in 2018 was $40,056, which is wealthy relative to Idaho, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,224 for a family of four. However, Boise contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Boise is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Boise home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Boise residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Boise include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in Boise is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.