Ada County, Idaho

Ada County has a population of 518,935 and has grown 10.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $512,300, about 5.6 times the county's median household income of $91,502.

Home price
$512,300
Income
$91,502
Population
518,935
Unemployment
3.1%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$512,300county
Median gross rent$1,577county
Median year homes here were built1997county
Share of homes built before 198027.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant4.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented29.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,926county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,655county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,381county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$2,318county
Home insurance / yr$2,240(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living99.9(statewide)
Median household income$91,502county
Family health premium / yr$24,531(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,630(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.352(statewide)
Poverty rate8.3%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home18.5%county
Unemployment rate3.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force65.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed6.9%county
Share of workers employed by government14.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.5%county
Economic output per resident$87,592county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.52%county
Top state income tax5.30%(statewide)
Capital gains tax5.30%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.03%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time21.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service5.6 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2475370county
Miles to nearest general aviation field11 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station194 micounty
Households without a vehicle3.8%county
Traffic deaths9.2county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-7.3(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher44.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.2%county
Public schools in the county151county
Public school enrollment79936county
Students per full-time teacher18.5county
Free lunch eligible33.5%county
Elementary schools81county
Middle schools23county
High schools27county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above4county
Share of local colleges that are public20.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians89county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county7county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter7.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance6.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year9.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.4%county
Frequent mental distress15.2%county
No leisure-time physical activity18.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes8.7%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population518,935county
Land area in square miles1,052county
People per square mile of land493.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores56county
Convenience stores5county
Share living far from a food store20.1%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract2.2%county
Population change since 2020+10.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents3county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age38.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.2%county
Share of households that are one person25.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.2%county
Second languages9.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls47.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents82county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents16county
Households that moved in16,745county
Households that moved away14,301county
Average income of arriving households$81,744county
Average income of departing households$73,263county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes25county
Housing units authorised in the latest year5,221county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings11.2%county
Violent crime rate231(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature54°Fcounty
Annual precipitation13.4 incounty
Annual snowfall12.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.62 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F55 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing91 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7acounty
Frost-free days179 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 25county
Average first fall frostOct 21county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$108county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh11.8¢county
Household electricity use916 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$9.86(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity27.5%county
Homes heated by utility gas68.9%county
Homes heated by propane1.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.4%county
Homes heated by wood1.0%county
Households with broadband94.7%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk89.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk14.6county
Landslide risk69.1county
Hail risk54.5county
Earthquake risk88.2county
Tornado risk27.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk92.9county
Winter weather risk98.9county
Strong wind risk91.8county
Wildfire risk98.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here1county

Figures marked county are measured for Ada County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Idaho figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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