Population & Demographics
Boise City, ID
Boise City is home to 237,242 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 117,202 resident workers commute each day.
237,242 residents
Median age 38.6 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).
Boise City population & demographics
Who lives in Boise City — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.
Race & ethnicity in Boise City
How Boise City breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).
Race across Boise City
Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Boise City.
These figures are for Boise City proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.
How Boise City commutes
Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.
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How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.
Boise City
117,202 commutes, one dot at a time
Boise City
Where 117,202 workers commute
Where residents work
Top destinations for people who live in Boise City, by worker count.
Who commutes in
Top origin places for workers who travel into Boise City.
Top industries
The sectors that employ Boise City’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.
Internet options for Boise City
The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.
FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).