Boise County, ID
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 43.99, -115.72.
Assembled 2026-10-06. Read the brief.
- 92nd pct · 224th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 83rd pct · 8th of 43 Idaho counties · median $396,924
- 75th pct · 2nd of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median $485,284
- 48th pct · 1,576th of 3,063 US counties · median +2.9%
- 42nd pct · 25th of 43 Idaho counties · median +2.9%
- 50th pct · 3rd of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median +2.8%
- US counties: not published this period
- Idaho counties: not published this period
- counties in the Boise City metro: not published this period
- 15th pct · 2,722nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 18th pct · 36th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- 0th pct · 5th of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median 4,505
- 5th pct · 3,043rd of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
- 2nd pct · 43rd of 44 Idaho counties · median $1,026
- 0th pct · 5th of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median $943
- 98th pct · 42nd of 3,063 US counties · median 4.3
- 90th pct · 5th of 43 Idaho counties · median 7.6
- 100th pct · 1st of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median 9.0
Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
Typical home $487,252 (Aug 2026), +2.8% over one year, +10.8% over five
- 92nd pct · 224th of 3,063 US counties · median $234,566
- 83rd pct · 8th of 43 Idaho counties · median $396,924
- 75th pct · 2nd of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median $485,284
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Boise County, ID | $487,252 · +2.8% 1-yr |
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
Zillow publishes no rent index for this area (ZORI covers about 1,400 counties)
- US counties: not published this period
- Idaho counties: not published this period
- counties in the Boise City metro: not published this period
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Principal and interest of $2,667 a month on $487,252 at 7.28%, against an average weekly wage worth $3,419 a month: 78.0% of one job’s pay.
- payment = P·r / (1 − (1+r)^−n), P = $487,252 × 80% = $389,802, r = 7.28%/12 (Freddie Mac PMMS via FRED, 2026-10-01), n = 360 → $2,667/mo principal and interest
- wage share = payment / (avg weekly wage $789 × 52 / 12 = $3,419) = 78% of one average job's pay (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all covered jobs)
- years of wages = $487,252 / ($789 × 52) = 11.9
The wage is one covered job’s average, not a household’s income, so this is the share of a single paycheque and not a mortgage underwriting ratio.
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
1,932 jobs at 253 employers (2026 Q1); -2.2% jobs and +17.1% average weekly wage over the year
- 15th pct · 2,722nd of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 18th pct · 36th of 44 Idaho counties · median 4,800
- 0th pct · 5th of 5 counties in the Boise City metro · median 4,505
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Boise County, ID | 1,932 jobs · $789/wk · -2.2% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 621 | $426 | 19.53 | +0.0% |
| Accommodation and food services | 182 | $357 | 1.05 | +0.0% |
| Retail trade | 143 | $471 | 0.76 | +2.1% |
| Manufacturing | 95 | $986 | 0.61 | +28.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 40 | $2,537 | 0.54 | +14.3% |
| Administrative and waste services | 37 | $578 | 0.34 | +23.3% |
| Finance and insurance | 23 | $1,946 | 0.29 | +76.9% |
| Real estate and rental | 22 | $846 | 0.74 | +46.7% |
| Agriculture, forestry, fishing | withheld | |||
| Utilities | withheld | |||
| Construction | withheld | |||
| Transportation and warehousing | withheld |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Drought #
D0 abnormally dry
Sites found: 5, searched within 0 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 0 km away are not.
US Drought Monitor current week; the highest class of any polygon containing the point.
Reservoirs #
No reservoir gauges within 150 km (or the camera is above the gauge altitude)
Sites found: 0, searched within 150 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 150 km away are not.
Σ(capacity × percent full) / Σ capacity over TWDB reservoirs within 150 km. Texas only; elsewhere USGS reservoir elevation/storage is listed without a capacity to normalise by.
Stream gauges #
32 gauges · 0 flooding · 8 with quality panels averaging 95 % · 13 stale
Sites found: 32, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| DRY CREEK NEAR EAGLE ID | flow 0.05 ft³/s · quality 63 % (4) · STALE | 55 km |
| SOUTH FORK PAYETTE RIVER AT LOWMAN, ID | flow 324.0 ft³/s | 13 km |
| BANNER CREEK ABV PIKES FORK NR LOWMAN, ID | flow 2.40 ft³/s · STALE | 13 km |
| MIDDLE FORK PAYETTE RIVER NR CROUCH ID | flow 85.6 ft³/s | 25 km |
| NF PAYETTE RIVER NR BANKS ID | flow 564.0 ft³/s | 34 km |
| DEADWOOD RIVER BL DEADWOOD RES NR LOWMAN ID | flow 4.83 ft³/s | 34 km |
| BOISE RIVER NR TWIN SPRINGS ID | flow 293.0 ft³/s | 36 km |
| PAYETTE RIVER NR HORSESHOE BEND ID | flow 1,060 ft³/s | 39 km |
| MORES CREEK AB ROBIE CREEK NR ARROWROCK DAM ID | flow 22.7 ft³/s | 44 km |
| SF BOISE RIVER AT NEAL BRIDGE NR ARROWROCK DAM ID | flow 500.0 ft³/s · quality 100 % (1) | 49 km |
USGS latest readings screened against EPA freshwater criteria (DO ≥ 5 mg/L, pH 6.5–9, conductance, turbidity, temperature); NWS flood categories where a NWPS gauge is co-located.
Groundwater #
2 wells in 0 named aquifers:
Sites found: 2, searched within 75 km of this place’s internal point. That is a disc around a point, not the area itself: sites outside the boundary are included, and sites inside it further than 75 km away are not.
| Site | Reading | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| USGS-433705116110601 | depth -16.1 ft · 2026-10-05 | 56 km |
| USGS-433700116111001 | depth 42.7 ft · 2026-10-05 | 56 km |
USGS latest daily water levels. A single latest reading says where the table is, not which way it is moving; select a well for its 365-day trace.
Water stress #
low (0.02)
Σ wᵢ·termᵢ / Σ wᵢ = 0.35×0.00 + 0.2×0.05 / 0.55
Banks & federal dollars #
FDIC publishes no Summary of Deposits rows for this county. $77.0 m federal obligations in FY2026 (direct payments $69.5 m, grants $3.8 m), $39,880 per covered job
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| county 16015, ID | $77.0 m FY2026 · $39,880/job | |
| MULTIPLE RECIPIENTS | $69.9 m · top recipient FY2026 |
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Social Security Administration | $61,024,606 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $8,508,154 |
| Department of Agriculture | $4,147,114 |
| Department of Transportation | $3,030,713 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $378,686 |
| Small Business Administration | $256,666 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $73,266 |
| Department of Education | $62,976 |
| Department of the Treasury | $886 |
| Department of the Interior | -$35,818 |
| Environmental Protection Agency | -$400,000 |
That is $39,880 per covered job, against 1,932 jobs in the 2026 Q1 QCEW quarter.
per job = FY2026 obligations $77.0 m / 1,932 covered jobs (BLS QCEW 2026 Q1, all ownerships) = $39,880
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 12.69 | 2026-10-05 | +3.3% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 72.60 | 2026-10-06 | +0.0% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 6.00 | 2026-09-22 | -14.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 6,830.00 | 2026-08-01 | +7.4% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 96.16 | 2026-09-29 | -3.2% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.28 | 2026-10-01 | +3.6% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.20 | 2026-09-01 | +2.4% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -105,572.00 | 2026-08-01 | -13.7% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 646,347.00 | 2026-08-01 | +1.1% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
Boise County, ID: 14 findings, 3 at a watch level and 11 noted
watchBoise County, ID's years of wages of 11.9 ranks 42nd of 3,063 US counties, a watch level here: years of wages in the top tenth of US counties (position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: yearsOfWages percentile = 98.66100587851078 >= 90
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
position among the counties that published both a ZHVI value and a QCEW average weekly wage; not an official level
watchBoise County, ID's covered employment is -2.2% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -2.2 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
watchBoise County, ID's years of wages is 11.9, a watch level here: typical home value worth 10 or more years of one average covered wage (typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52), one average covered job rather than a household; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026-08.Show the arithmetic
- test: yearsOfWages = 11.876086052271415 >= 10
- typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52); one average covered job, not a household
typical home value / (average weekly wage × 52), one average covered job rather than a household; convention chosen for this dashboard, not an official level
noteBoise County, ID's average weekly wage was 17.1% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +17.1 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteBoise County, ID's covered employment was 2.2% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -2.2 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
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