Boundary County, Idaho

Boundary County has a population of 13,172 and has grown 16.1% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $410,500, about 6.1 times the county's median household income of $67,237.

Home price
$410,500
Income
$67,237
Population
13,172
Unemployment
2.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$410,500county
Median gross rent$877county
Median year homes here were built1991county
Share of homes built before 198034.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile13.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant10.1%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented24.7%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use3.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,400county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$973county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$742county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,353county
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$67,237county
Family health premium / yr$24,531(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$9,630(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.352(statewide)
Poverty rate13.6%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 home10.4%county
Unemployment rate2.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force49.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed13.4%county
Share of workers employed by government13.2%county
Share of workers in the largest industry17.2%county
Economic output per resident$50,008county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.39%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 time18.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service94 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2064142county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.1 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station32 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.1%county
Traffic deaths60.7county
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 higher24.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher86.1%county
Public schools in the county6county
Public school enrollment1455county
Students per full-time teacher19.7county
Free lunch eligible39.3%county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools1county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution84 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians56county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter9.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance14.0%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year14.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.9%county
Frequent mental distress15.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.7%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.6%county

Place

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

Population13,172county
Land area in square miles1,269county
People per square mile of land10.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores3county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store9.7%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+16.1%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age43.7 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.3%county
Share of residents 65 and over23.5%county
Share of households that are one person26.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.4%county
Second languages6.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls36.3%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents207county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents11county
Households that moved in351county
Households that moved away342county
Average income of arriving households$80,510county
Average income of departing households$46,474county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year32county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate231(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature44.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation38.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.79 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F0 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing148 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days147 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 8county
Average first fall frostOct 2county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$124county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh11.5¢county
Household electricity use1,083 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$9.86(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity25.4%county
Homes heated by utility gas38.8%county
Homes heated by propane4.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.0%county
Homes heated by wood29.0%county
Households with broadband90.8%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk45.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk15.2county
Landslide risk97.7county
Hail risk3.8county
Earthquake risk25.4county
Tornado risk3.5county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk30.9county
Winter weather risk68.4county
Strong wind risk5.2county
Wildfire risk80.7county

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 teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Boundary 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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