Kuna is a medium-sized city located in the state of Idaho. With a population of 26,673 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Kuna is the 14th largest community in Idaho. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Kuna, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Kuna, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Kuna’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Kuna does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $69,940.00.
Kuna is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Kuna is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Kuna who work in sales jobs (11.76%), management occupations (11.41%), and food service (9.92%).
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.
Because of many things, Kuna is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Kuna a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Kuna has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Kuna’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
In Kuna, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.41 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small city, Kuna doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The population of Kuna overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Kuna, 23.14% have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Kuna in 2018 was $25,715, which is upper middle income relative to Idaho, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $102,860 for a family of four. However, Kuna contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Kuna is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kuna home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kuna residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Kuna also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.66% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Kuna include German, English, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Kuna is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.